How loyal are you?

@winterose (39887)
Canada
March 24, 2008 6:14pm CST
Imagine you have had a best friend for all of your life, you have spend day in and day out with that friend, imagine you get married, and your spouse and your best friend does not get along, how do you handle the situation,
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
25 Mar 08
I would listen to both sides and try to settle the issue. If there was no way to settle it, then the friend would have to go. You take a vow before God to be with your husband for life. If he was not a man that you felt was any good, you should not have married him in the first place. A lot of things about friends, we simply accept, because we do not have to live with them. We hold our spouse's to a higher standard.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
25 Mar 08
you don't always really know someone until you are married, dating is fun, no commitments, but real life happens when you marry and sometimes a spouse feels because they married you they own you, so you might have had lots of friends while you were dating but doesn't want you to have them after you are married.
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@queenofarms (1659)
• United States
24 Mar 08
Well all mine time will be devoted to my husband. He is now my best friend. I will though make some time for my friend. And she will have to understand that I am married now, so all my time can't be spent with her.
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• United States
4 Apr 08
I totally agre with you. You don't marry someone to have separate lives. I got married because I wanted to spend more time with my partner.
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@reeseyj (906)
• United States
16 Apr 08
If I had a very close friend like that, I think I would reconsider marrying my partner. Love is blind and your bf can see things that you cannot. Theres a reason that she does not like him.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
20 Apr 08
it may be or maybe not you would really have to know what the reason is could just be jealousy and nothing more than that.
• Philippines
24 Mar 08
I haven't been on that situation since I'm really young and is still studying. But, in case I was in the shoes of that person you are talking about (or maybe it is you), I would try to my best friend and my spouse get along. Include my spouse on get-togethers or reunions, include best friend on Sunday strolls... etc. Just to make them okay with each others presence and eventually, they would be friends.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
25 Mar 08
it is a hypothetical situation for you to decide what you would do, just for discussion, it hasn't happened to me or a friend of mine.
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• Canada
16 Apr 08
well i have not been in the best friend scenario but i have had my boyfriend not like my mother and vice versa it was hell because i had to hear it from both sides and i really got to the point i told the to of the to buzz off and went my way and then they realized i was not getting in the middle anymore and they never bothered me again
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
20 Apr 08
Glad it turned out for the best.
@sd_abot (177)
• Philippines
16 Apr 08
I haven't experienced that yet because I'm still young. But in that case, I think I would first ask them what is their problem with each other. Then I'll go talk to them at the same time.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
20 Apr 08
yep that certainly is the way to start.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Apr 08
Oh that is a hard one as I would want to be loyal to my spouse but yet I would not want to hurt my friend either. I would sit down and try to reason with my spouse and really talk it out and find out just why he does not like my friend.then maybe we can work something out where he will not feel threatened or upset of I see my friend ocassionally and I will not force my friend on him unless he begins to like her.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
6 Apr 08
very good answer.