Is having other friends important in a romantic relationship?
I think having friends besides your significant other is sooo important. If you rid yourself of friends, your boyfriend not only is your boyfriend anymore, but your best friend too. It’s great to have a boyfriend that you’re close with and trust like a friend…but to maintain that relationship, you need other people to talk to and do stuff with. When he replaces your friends, you start to spend so much time together that you can get tired of each other. You guys probably have some different interests, and sometimes you want to pursue those with your own friends…it’s sweet for your bf to teach you about his video games, but he might want to have a serious gaming night with his guy friends sometimes. Plus, absence makes the heart grow fonder. A mistake I’ve seen happen over and over (especially in younger relationships) is couples replace their friends with each other and when they break up, they don’t have any friends left. It leads to you having that co-dependent personality.
