Be a Good Friend To your Spouse
Is friendship an important component in a successful marriage. The answer is yes. It has been seen many friendships which have turned into marriages has been a successful one. Therefore friendship is an important factor in a relationship. Let’s try to understand that how we can know that we are good friends with our loved one.
If both of you are just engaged in what you expect from each other and spending a romantic day together or you also talk about the common interests of each other. If you also talk about the common interests of each other; if you generally inquire about the well being of each other, then it’s a sign of friendship. Both of you are good friends to each other apart from being a couple.
The difference between a friend and a couple is generally that between friends there is a healthy exchange of ideas while among couple It always results in fights with one trying to impose one’s opinion over the other. The relationship does not remain healthy here. That’s why it is important to have an element of friendship in a relationship.
In friendship there is also an equal share of duties. While in a relationship there may be power struggles, where one tries to take over the other. When you are friends each of you are supposed to perform your duties so that everything runs smoothly. This is why an element of friendships makes marriage successful. There is perfect understanding of duties and rights and it helps in smooth functioning of day to day affairs.
There is also a genuine understanding of each other’s problems among friends. While a friend helps during your bad times, you may take it as a burden when you are married. The couples should share burden as the friends do. They should help each other in the bad times. It will keep the ship sailing.
Also there is more ego problems among couples than among friends. One tries to dominate the other. It is not there in friendship. So it’s better that there is an element of friendship in marriage.
