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Old 05-04-2012, 04:07 AM   #1 (permalink)
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do you feel it is important to have your spouse be your friend too? because mine is not my friend? he feels more liek the person that i met once at a party and befreidned on facebook jsut so i cant look and comment at pictures.
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She 's the only real friend I have. Everyone else just acquaintances. Shes the one I want to get home to. I think about it all day. Shes the only one I want to share my dreams with my hopes and my fears with. She is my refuge from this world!
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She's my best friend.
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My husband is my best friend. He knows more about me than anyone in the world. I am closer to him than anyone else in my life. It's nice having a best friend for a spouse.
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He is my best friend! I'm his best friend as well.
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She is my best friend.
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She 's the only real friend I have. Everyone else just acquaintances. Shes the one I want to get home to. I think about it all day. Shes the only one I want to share my dreams with my hopes and my fears with. She is my refuge from this world!
You said it perfectly! I just need to replace "she" with "he". My husband is the person I want to spend time with and talk to more than anyone else....and we always have each other's backs.
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My husband is not only my friend, he is the Best friend I have ever had...we became inseparable before we even kissed in our teens...my gf's use to get so mad at me cause I wanted to spend all my time with him, it has near remained this way for 30 yrs. I would choose my time with him over anyone in this world....and I know he feels the same.

Even when searching for Wedding invitations, in the back of my mind, I wanted something with Friendship listed in it -because I always held that so dear to my heart. When I came upon this one.. I knew it was for us.



We should be able to take every worry, ever fear, every Joy, every emotion to our spouses and feel comforted & accepted in their arms . If this is missing in your marraige...

Was it there at one time.... before you married?

If so.... what has changed ? What has caused the slow divide in attention towards each other?
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Old 05-04-2012, 07:48 AM   #9 (permalink)
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My husband is not only my best friend but the most important person in my life.
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She's my best friend, my best buddy for fishing, hiking, and other things I like to do ... Pretty much the only person whose companionship I think I can't do without ...
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Old 05-04-2012, 08:30 AM   #12 (permalink)
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My wife is the best friend I've ever had, bar none (and I've had some great friends over the years).

OP I think it's kind of unhealthy to not be at least really great friends with your SO. To be honest you really should be best friends to have a really healthy marriage.

What do you think is getting between you two? Have you considered therapy? Every marriage can use a tune up now and then (from a book, talking frankly about big issues or therapy).
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My husband is my best friend. We are there for each other through everything. We have mutual respect, loyalty and love for one another. I am so happy to be married to my best friend. He is completely my soul mate.
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My wife was my best friend, and that is what I am focusing on getting back right now. This is very important to both of us, to be best friends with each other.
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Yes!!! My bestest friend in the world.
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