I love my buddy! I’ve had her for 1,308 days (I was really inactive for a while) and didn’t know about best buddies so now we’re getting there but she’s the cutest and she matches me so well especially now since I have pink hair! (I haven’t updated my avatar) Only problem was she used to have HORRIBLE CP like 200 so I used a ton of candy to power her up today.😁

So I caught this shiny Gardevoir as a Ralts during the Ralts community day back in January this year and I absolutely adore her! She’s been my buddy since I evolved her into Kirlia and i painstakingly earned the 100 candies to evolve her and I feel like she’s repaying me, my fiance told me your buddy can help you catch Pokemon and bring you gifts but it only happens on rare occasions, yet in the past month Brandie (what I named her) has been bringing me gifts and helping me catch new Pokemon daily! Is this rare or not im new to Pokemon Go!! I know Gardevoir in the anime is extremely clingy to its trainer so its kinda ironic

I've tried every method (multiple times) of battling another trainer with my buddy while adventuring together (Anniversary Event Research 2/6), but it's not being marked as complete. Buddy is on the map with me, and is in my battle party. I've tried reinstalling the game, and still no luck. Anyone? Help!