It’s never an easy task when it comes to working on a friendship with someone who previously was a lover, but what if the two of you were best friends to begin with? For The Real Housewives of Potomac star Mia Thornton and our Posted On The Corner homie Incognito, they live that reality everyday.

“INC will always make his Mark,” she wrote on a recent Instagram post (seen below), switching over to big caps to finish her caption by adding, “in PERMANENT ‘MINC.’”

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While their official split was confirmed earlier this year, you wouldn’t be able to tell by the way both Inc and Mia continue to boast each other so proudly whenever you see the two together. Then again, what are best friends for if not to be your biggest cheerleader? In a special joint “My First Time” story, we get a look at when this tougher-than-nails bond first began. The magic of a shopping mall proved to be the catalyst in this union made for Hollywood — well, reality TV at least! — and we’re just glad to see the bond still going strong between these two.

Take a look at the latest “My First Time” below, where Mia Thornton and Incognito give us a rundown of when the duo now known as “Minc” first met: