What is more important to you: friendships or relationships?

[moneymagnet24]

🙃

Friendship

Relationship

[HawkPerception]

Honestly kind of hard to say as it depends on a lot of factors.

Our partner/lover is the person we aim to be with for the rest of our lives, the one we spend the most time with, get physically intimate with, knows us the best and is our biggest supporter. However, you never know if they might just up and leave or call it quits.

Your friends are usually people that know you the longest and know you in a different way than a lover. We don't spend as much time with them, but good friends are there through thick and thin and always have your back as well. They're always rooting for you and just want you to be happy.

We're talking about the most ideal case in each scenario because not all lovers and friends are like this. So it highly depends on how long I've known the friend & partner, how much I trust them, and how each makes me feel.

For example, if I just started dating a girl and I've known my friend for many years and he's always had my back, I'd probably choose the friend. But even if I just know the girl for a bit and she makes me feel alive and she seems like she gets me more than anyone I've ever met; it feels amazing when I'm with her and I can envision my whole life with her, I might choose her despite the time I've known my friend.

The more likely case is I choose the partner over the friend. Especially after we're married, but still likely if we've spent a couple years together. I know I want my friend to prioritize his wife and marriage over me any day and if he didn't he probably wouldn't be my friend. I think every friend just understands that you have a life and family of your own that you should always prioritize.

[Neatfinity_YT]

Relationship 100% because you can have friendship from relationship they’re kind of the same thing, but assuming you’re talking about a loving relationship with someone I would muchly prefer to have a partner than friends because you can do everything with your partner that you would do with a friend And more

[uniquelyshy]

Honestly I feel a friendship is more important because in relationships most start out as friends whether by accident or on purpose and it's been proven that such relationships last longer, do better and manage stress and obstacles better than those who just started dating and didn't start as friends. Also it's just my opinion but, I feel friendship is more important to me.

[moneymagnet24]

Maam I'm totally agree with you.

[Minky17]

Relationships. The point of relationships are for creating a lifelong family bloodline with someone. I can't do that with friends. Most friends have animosity towards each other and aren't always safe havens.

[Luopio27]

When you start to raise a family, the time you spend with friends is a tiny fraction compared to what you share with all ftiends and relatives together. There is no sex in nirmsl friendship snd mist often, friends of the opposite gender start to vanish when one gets into relationship.

[PBandJ_Nerd]

Friendships since I don't have any relationships with anyone (romantic & sexual).

[handsomelad70]

I guess because I'm a man, friendships are a bit more important than relationships.

[ICanSmellTheCosmos]

I'm going to say friendships.

[LaurenM1997]

Relationship

[moneymagnet24]

But we're friends so friendship is not important to you 😒😒

[LaurenM1997]

Yes it is ☺️

[Anonymous]

I don't give a rat's ass about either of them