[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.