Forget what you’ve heard: your partner shouldn’t actually be your friend. Writer Brittany Galla argues why keeping your man in a separate category strengthens your relationship.
On the night before our wedding, I snuck my fiancé, Jeremy, into a corner of the restaurant where we were hosting a dinner for friends and family. Champagne glass in hand, I sternly reminded him: ‘Please don’t refer to me as your best friend in any Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram or toast over the next 24 hours...or ever.’ He laughed in agreement, interlocking my fingers in his. I was, and still am opposed to the ‘I’m marrying my best friend!’ BS. Every time I see or hear that cliché, it takes serious restraint now to comment: wait, did you erase your actual besties when you got a ring? I love Jeremy and I happily chose him as my life partner, but being with him doesn’t mean he’s replaced my girls. It seems like so much to ask of someone—be my lover and my closest confidant.
I know I’ll get hate for this opinion, considering that 83 percent of adults say their significant other is their BFF, according to a Monmouth University poll. Some of these couples could have actually started out as pals before dating. But it’s more likely that since they have so much in common and spend every moment together, they have started to refer to each other this way, says Ian Kerner, a sex and couples therapist.
This story is from the November 2017 edition of Cosmopolitan India.
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