How Prioritizing a Best Friend Impacts Relationships When a partner consistently puts a best friend first, the relationship balance shifts in predictable ways: time, emotional energy, and ...

Your partner should undeniably be one of your favorite people. But can counting them among your best friends affect your friendships? FG Trade via Getty Images They say the best relationships are ...

In past research, the term “friend” has been narrowly defined. Romantic partners, parents and siblings cannot be placed into the friend category. Pennington determined that this wasn’t realistic for ...

It's not abnormal to consider your significant other your friend as well. Considering you spend so much time together, have integrated your personal lives with one another, and confide in each other, ...

Have you found a partner who is also your best friend? Source: Photo by Pablo Merchán Montes on Unsplash Being someone’s BFF is a big deal – you don’t hand over the other half of your “Best Friends” ...

Quick, without thinking: Who's your best friend? Did you think of your college roommate? Your buddy you met at work years ago? Or, did you think of your romantic partner? Perhaps surprisingly, it's ...

The other day, one of our coaching clients was describing her concern about not feeling any “best-friend” energy with her husband. She’s been wondering if this is a problem, or if it means that she ...

Others will tell you why you shouldn't be bestfriends with your partner and how you should always separate the best friend from the partner We often hear people describing their partners as their best ...