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ok - so I'm very curious - do you consider your fiance/husband/partner, etc...your "best friend"?
I always hear a lot of people talk about their other-half as their "best friend"...
To me, though, I try to - but it's like "best friend" just has such a different connotation to it.
My "best friend" is my matron of honor - she's an INCREDIBLE person who I absolutely love. :D but when it comes to my husband, well he's EVERYTHING to me - but I wouldn't eve call him my "best friend"...i guess that i understand it totally depends on how you define "best friend" - but i just don't think of him as my "best friend"...
what about you guys?
My husband is one of my best friends, but I have another one too. We actually met through our husbands {they went to hs together} and she is the best! I don't think it's a bad thing if your husband isn't your best friend. Men can't provide the type of support that women can for the most part. When you have children, it's so helpful to have other mothers as your support system. Because no matter what, men can't help with everything in that situation.
Mrs. Cheese wrote a really great post about this subject!
http://www.weddingbee.com/2009/05/12/lucky-2/
I don't know if I would consider my FI my best friend. I have so many "best friends" so it's not like I'd be choosing him over some one else. But at the same time, I wouldn't sleep with my best friend ;)
I think we need other people in our life, other than our FI's, to count on. If you define "best friend" as some one you share every single thing with, you deepest secrets, your most intimate thoughts...that could get exhausting for one person to handle. While I do talk to my FI about everything, it's nice to have "best friends" who aren't romantically involved with me. They can give opinions that my FI might not be comfortable giving. They can be more direct and know that I won't make them sleep on the couch if they say something I don't like (not that I have ever done that to my FI, just giving an example.) And most importantly, I can gripe about my FI to them when he does something worth griping about. I know you shouldn't air out dirty laundry, but sometimes you need to talk to your "best friends" about your FI, and if your FI is that best friend...uh you're kinda stuck?
So no, my FI is not my best friend. He's the man I'm spending the rest of my life with, the father of my future children, my Twister partner, and so much more.
i never really had any female best friends. my maid of honor is my sister, whom i'm very close with, but she's family. so i guess i'd consider him my best friend, he's the one i always go to. sure, i have other friends, but they're not best.
My FI is definitely my best friend, for now. I've moved away or grown apart from the women I used to call my best friends. I have very good friends though, I just don't have anyone else right now who knows me as well as my FI.
Oh yes, FI is my best friend- we're glued at the hip hah, even after 7 years. We share everything with each other, and we typically prefer each other's company to that of even our closest friends (we are not lovey-dovey though!!!). My best friend is a guy, and we are good friends, but FI is still my closest friend. I have two female friends I'm quite close to, but I don't interact with them the way I interact with guys, and I don't share as much with them. I'm not a girly girl, heh. FI has his D&D group, which are his best friends, but he's always switching between which one he likes the best- he doesn't really share a lot with them though, even though he is the most open of the group.
Both FI and I are extremely loyal people- we respect our friends, we never cancel plans w/o giving advance notice and with a good reason, we never ditch people, etc. But, a lot of our friends aren't the same way (except for my BF), so we get flusterpated with them all frequently hah
I think my husband is one of my best friends. I would consider us best friends, especially because we were friends for 9 years before we started dating. However, I also have a twin sister, with whom I'm super close and another best friend whom I've known since 7th grade.
FWIW, I think there's a bit of a difference between best girlfriends and husbands. Even though I think my husband is the first person I'd talk to on most things, I would still go to my girlfriends for certain kinds of things first.
i'm going to ditto EAQ. My MOH is who i consider my best friend; i lived with her for 4 years in college and was AMAZING with me through all my life troubles. She's just the greatest friend a girl could ever ask for. I also have a best friend back in Cali i've known since i was 5 that i love to death!
that bering said, DH and i have a relationship beyond "best friend" because he's my husband!
two very disticnt things in my mind =]
right now my FI is my best friend...but, I think if my best friend since age 10 was here and living in the area he would have to take a step down .....I do love him so much, but there is a difference between friendship with your FI than with your best girl!
We are unapologetically best friends. We always say to each other (in embarrassing baby talk voices), "Best friends!" I define "best friendship" first and foremost by companionship. My best friends throughout my life (I've had a few, like most people) have had one thing in common - I loved spending time with them! Of course, there is much more to it, but what makes me call my FI my best friend is that he is always #1 on my list to tell a funny story I heard or to simply share my days with. That's why I'm marrying him 
I understand the Mrs. Cheese philosophy of having other people in your life to fill other roles so that your relationship with your husband does not become unhealthy. However, I have seen this swing the other way with people I am close to - they aren't particularly close with their husbands anymore, they would often rather spend time with their girlfriends, they don't confide in their husbands like they do their friends. Personally, I have no interest in that. I will always make my FRIENDSHIP with FI a priority - I believe its what makes us so special and will help our marriage stay strong.
My definition of best friend is someone who's closest to you, someone who you can rely on, who you want to share things with, who you confide to, prefer to be with over other people, etc. etc. etc. So, oh, yes, my FI is definitely my very best friend. He's the person that I go to first for everything and we are each other's best friend. My Matron of Honor is my best female friend and we agree on most of our values, but my FI is everything to me, just like her husband is everything to her.
My fiance is definitely my best friend. As much as we are attracted to each other romantically, we were friends for some time before we began dating. I have more fun laughing with him than anyone else.
To be fair, I don't live near all my good girl friends. In this military lifestyle, I move a lot. I stay in touch with me good friends, but we're not so much a part of each other's day-to-day. I have girl friends in the area, but we just don't have that history.
Oh, I just read what daniellemybelle posted and I 100% agree with her about seeing couples who are not that particular close to their spouse and prefer to be with their friends over spouse. I feel the same way, my relationship with my FI is priority.
He's my best friend. My girlfriends and family are good friends in their own way, but he's the only one who sees and embraces every piece of me. Girlfriends can drift apart as you move or your family situation changes, but with him we've made a promise to go through those changes together.
FI is my bestfriend and according to him, I am his bestfriend. If you take our relationship and remove all the romantic stuff out, I think you'll find a very deep friendship as the backbone. He's just my everything...I tell him everything and we do everything together.
I would consider my FI my best friend because we share everything with each other, we know everything about each other, and we have that deep relationship beyond the romantic side of things.. But if anyone were to ask me who my best friend is, I would say my best friend that I have known since she was born.. She has been there literally my entire life, and while FI is my other half, she is too, technically.. Her and I are just so close and we're there for each other through everything and we've stuck together through thick and thin, and while FI and I have that same relationship, it's not the same as sharing it with another girl who can understand things that you go through a little better sometimes.. Especially since, growing up, I didn't really have many girl friends, it was hard to develop deep relationships like that for me.. I am so glad that I have someone like that to call my MOH, she's more like a sister to me than anything else.. So yes, while my FI is technically one of my best friends, he is not THE best friend, which is by no means demeaning to him, considering that he has so many other important and vital roles that he plays in my life..
Mr. Bear Cub is definitely my best friend. I try to put the majority of my "friend" energy into people I see on a daily basis. Since Mr. BC and I have moved to another country, we don't see our other friends very often anymore. We spend most of our time with each other. We have other, new friends here, but it's not quite the same yet.
For that reason, I really feel like we're already married - my mom and dad moved around a lot growing up, and my mom never had any girl-best-friends of her own (besides her sisters), and ditto for my dad.
I'm glad that Mr. BC is my best friend. I have girl-best-friends that mean the world to me, but Mr. BC is definitely the most important to me.
I agree 100% with daniellemybelle. Fi is my best friend and I cherish the friendship part of our relationship. I do have a best girlfriend, but FI is who I am closest to.
We are best friends. We have a lot in common and we make each other laugh. I feel absolutely comfortable around him and can talk to him about anything.
Not my fiancee yet but definitely my best friend. We were very close friends for about 9 months before we even met (we met on the internet). When we met in person well, we've been together ever since and although it's not a perfect relationship it's definitely perfect for us. I think the saying goes this day I will marry my best friend, the one I laugh with, life for, love. I never knew how I felt about him until I read that quote and it summed up my feelings for him, it's strange how such a simple statement can say so much.
My FI is not my best friend. But he is my family, my lover, my partner. He is more than my best friend could ever be.
Yes, my FI is my best friend; I can tell him anything and he is always there for me <3
My fiance is one of my best friends. I think that the basis of our relationship is our friendship. Of course he is also my partner, lover and soon to be family. But he is also my best friend. We have always been able to talk for hours about anything. We never run out of things to talk about. I guess i would say without our great friendship, our relationship would fall apart. Having said that, I have a girl BFF who is my MOH. She is a wonderful person and knows we very well. They are both my best friends for different reasons :)
He is without a doubt my best friend. I can tell him anything and talk to him about anything. It's wonderful.
My FI and I are definitely best friends. But he's not my only one. My other best friend, I've known her since 6th grade and she's my MOH!
My best friend is actually FI's sister. She was in my class in high school and we've gotten even closer through the years. She's my Maid of Honor and I'm so excited that she's going to be my sister (in law)! I mean, isn't that every young girl's dream - for her best friend to be her sister? haha
FI and I certainly have jokes and secrets that no one else would understand and we tell each other everything and have fun doing more than just the typical date or intimate act - so yes, I would consider him a best friend, too.
Yep he is my best friend. But I also consider my mom and two of my girlfriends as best friends too.
I actually have 2 best friends...and it's not my fiance! Don't get me wrong, I love him with all my heart, but I have a different relationship with the other 2.
My fiance and I are best friends, but we were best friends before we started dating. In fact, I missed that we had started dating all together, we were doing pretty much the same stuff, but kissing every once in a while. I was really surprised to realize that when he said that I was his girlfriend, he was right! I was only fifteen and he was my first boyfriend so I guess it's okay I was a little slow on the uptake!
Yep, my FI is my best friend. We have been through so much - just the two of us. Because we moved away from our home (the place where I met) and have lived the last two years basically in a 'just us' situation, we don't feel extremely close with any of our other friends. So we aren't having a best man or a maid of honor. And although it sounds really cheesy and cliche to say 'I don't have one. I"m marrying my best friend' when someone askes who my maid of honor is, it is the truth!
My FI is definitely my best friend. There is no one whose company I enjoy more, or anyone else I'd rather be with. We have so much fun together- it doesn't matter where we are or what we're doing, its always fun. I don't think I've ever had a best friend before now that I know what one really feels like.
Next closest would be my siblings and stepmom I would think, especially my older sister and twin brother. Still, FI wins in the best friend department!
I'm going to go with yes on this one. Like arobbi81 said, there is no one else I'd rather be with. We laugh all the time. No matter what we do, we have fun together. Before I met him, even with my best girl friend I'd need a break from hanging out with her. I can be a homebody and a hermit sometimes. Now, I'd much rather be with him. I don't crave "alone" time the way I used to. I've met my match, my partner in crime!
He is absolutely my best friend- comes before all other friends. I can talk to him about everything... unless I know it will make him super-jealous- which isn't very often. We can be very honest with each other and we thoroughly enjoy talking about everything from gossip to technical and relationship stuff. I still have 2 other female best friends. They're better to talk to about female biological stuff, things I may want to vent about... and boyfriend/fiance issues if any. I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm gonna have to be with him forever. How can he not be my best friend? I hear that out of any and everything- friendship is what makes relationships endure- beyond passion, sex, children, etc.
Like a lot of other girls on here...Yes, he is my best friend...but I have more than one best friend!! My MOH is my best friend as well...They know me almost equally...but in different ways! :D
Yes, my FI is my best friend. He is the first person I want to share stories or problems with. I prefer his company to just about anyone elses...He is definitely my closest friend and companion among other things :)
My FI is definitely my best friend! More so because all of our friends from hs/college are scattered all over the country and we really are the only "constants" in each others lives.
PS... I love Lost, anyone else get my reference? :)
I consider FI to be my best friend and I know he considers me to be his. We do have friends outside of each as well. FI is the one person that I can talk to about everything, and it really doesn't matter what its about. I love that about our relationship.
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