Are friendships as important as relationships?

[Daniel.]

It's in the title.

To you, are your close friendships as important to you as a boyfriend/girlfriend/wife/husband or not?

[smudgie]

As important yes.
Somethings you can only discuss with close friends, rather than family.
Hopefully you are blessed with your partner being one of your best friends as well.

[Tony Montana]

As important yes.
Somethings you can only discuss with close friends, rather than family.
Hopefully you are blessed with your partner being one of your best friends as well.

:clap1:

[Crimson Dynamo]

they are very different and yet the same

[Mystic Mock]

For me friendships are more important than relationships as I don't like the idea of being tied down to just one person, and if TV Shows are anything to go by, you have to be incredibly angst or dramatic 95% of the time.

Where as friendships are great because you can just have a laugh about things.

[Marsh.]

if TV Shows are anything to go by, you have to be incredibly angst or dramatic 95% of the time.

Oh Mock, love, TV isn't real.

They have to be dramatic or it's boring.

[Mystic Mock]

Oh Mock, love, TV isn't real.

They have to be dramatic or it's boring.

TV isn't real?:laugh:

[Marsh.]

TV isn't real?:laugh:

No love. It's fiction.

[Mystic Mock]

No love. It's fiction.

There was me hoping to meet Tyrion Lannister someday.:bawling:

[Marsh.]

There was me hoping to meet Tyrion Lannister someday.:bawling:

And me with Dany. :(

[Mystic Mock]

And me with Dany. :(

:bawling:

If she were real we would've been able to have the Dragons warm us up in this freezing cold weather.:joker:

[Kizzy]

Well depending on the time, energy and experiences shared I'd say as important .. maybe more.

[Jigs]

YES!!!

My partner is my best friend in the entire world, but as we get older I've definitely found that my other friendships are taking a back seat because my partner and I are beginning to settle and spend all of our time together. I hate the feeling of being tied down to one person so I definitely feel impacted by the reality of my friendships becoming weakened. From personal experience, based on the question asked in the thread title, friendships are definitely equally as important as a relationship.

[Niamh.]

my friends are very important to me but Gavin is my family so he has to be the most important (along with my kids obviously)

[Josy]

My husband is my best friend, no other relationship in my life comes close.

[JerseyWins]

To me close friendships have always been MORE important to me than relationships and that's probably Reason Numero Uno why I'm single and my past relationships are pretty limited and short-lived lol...

Reason Numero Dos is that I'll randomly speak Spanish to say Reason #1.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Relationshis have to be more important and closer. Why because they are. Friends come next