Which one lasts longer? Friends or life partner?

@yenwie84 (1344)
Malaysia
July 19, 2008 1:00pm CST
Which one do you think will last longer in your life? Your friends or your partner(can be boy friend or girl fried,husband or wife)? In my opinion, I think life partner will last longer in our life. After all, he or she will be the one in our life and accompany us till the end of our life. Friends do lasts forever in our life but they cannot be there forever for us when we need them or when we are in trouble. Some how,when we have grown up, everyone will start to have own life,family and career to busy of. It's hardly to see a friend who is always there for us. Do you agree with me? Please share.
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@coolmailraj (2460)
• India
19 Jul 08
Hi. I guess both of them. I am not in a relationship for the time being and has never been in one, so I can't tell you what it is exactly like but I have always thought that your life partner has to be a real good friend of yours to be able to live with you for the whole life. Without friendship there can't be a successful relationship between any two persons.
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• Malaysia
20 Jul 08
I would agree with you! Life partner will last longer. Friends will have their own life, they might not be around you after a certain period. Your life partner is the personwho is staying with you from time to time, except something happened and caused divorcity.
@amvinay (122)
• India
20 Jul 08
yes i feel both are more important in our life,its really worth and we miss or we cant stay with out a friend and a partner in our life ,and we get a very good partner then i feel that u r life is full of happiness and enjoyment .............
@Ithink (9980)
• United States
20 Jul 08
I would say it is depending on alot of factors. Divorce is not unheard of in this day in age and so if that was to happen I would say the friend would last longer. However if the partner and you stay together forever, well there is the answer to that the partner. However I do believe you can have that 1 or 2 special friend that too can be with you for life. It is true that you can outgrow anyone thou in life, friend or partner if you dont work on the relationships.
@vimaal (3361)
• India
20 Jul 08
hi friend, for me my life partner is lasts longer than friend. Because i love my life partner
@pukaprat2 (442)
• United States
20 Jul 08
i have a hetro life mate. i met her in junior high and we have been friends ever since. there is alot of things that she and i agree on and the like however we are both comminted to someone else. and we both have families to take care. she will call me out of the blue for no reason what so ever just to say hey. and it is the same for me. i remember that when she got her boobies done she called me up and told me. at the time i lived in california and the only thing i could think of to say was "i bet that hurt". it is more than friends, yet we dont swing that way.
• Nepal
20 Jul 08
I think that life partners last longer than friends. Theres no doubt that friends are the most important people than anything else. But as the name suggests life partners last longer. Life partners are meant to be those with whom we want or can share our whole life with. Life partners are meant to be only one but friends may be many. Some may be in one place of the world and some, in the other than where we are. So i think that life partners last longer.
@n30wing (4767)
• Philippines
20 Jul 08
Like wise a partner in life. Why? Cause she will understand you and be with you all the time to listen and to appease you with everything. A friend will just be their when they need you, not all the time they can be with you and listen to you. A lifetime partner can accept you for what you are and for what your gonna be. A life time partner will stay with you through out. Have a nice day!
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
20 Jul 08
hello,i guess it depends then.if you are not happy with your partner? whats then??so for me i can say best friends will lasts longer coz even if you are married the best friend still there forever.
• India
20 Jul 08
your life partner will be the last longer, because they mantain the relatinship with heart and love, they never left you alone. You also keep this relation with your partner.
20 Jul 08
for me i feel my life partner last longer because she will be with me in my house and take care of me as friend is on his place both have there on identity.
@reckon21 (3479)
• Philippines
20 Jul 08
I agree with you. Now my bestfriend did not communicate with me after we graduated from college. I really miss him. There are times that memories will flashback.
@chenmeiyi (972)
• China
20 Jul 08
yes,i agree with you. when we are young,we need friends more than our soul mate.But when we grow up,we have to start our family,our friends also have to begin their families ,so we may have little time staying with our dear friends.I think good friends can be thousands miles apart if the two hearts really get together.In the deep winter,everything tends to shrivel,while the flower of friendship stands there bloom fragrantly as it is watered with love.
@vijayamr (15)
20 Jul 08
i think that both friends and life partner will last longer in our life. friends and life partner are like two eyes in our face.good friendship always remains forever.
• India
20 Jul 08
hey yenwie84 i think u have not understood whats the meaning of friendship.......... friendship is the feeling that yes someone is always there for u come what may and its like if friend is true he will always be there as i have ....... u will not feel comfortable if u don't talk to him and friends will be there anytime even if they will not be with u they will always try to help u out try to make friends and trust them ......................... u will get the answer automatically
@shana123 (2095)
• India
20 Jul 08
Obviosuly life partner will last longer. I have many friends more dear to me but i always share my interior secrets with my fiance .Initially he was so and now he is not so but anyways i'll do continue the same way i was before.
@austere (2812)
• Philippines
20 Jul 08
that should be life partner. or your special someone, or husbands, or wives. i dont know, well, i know it's not the same for everyone, but in my case, i think that's my boyfriend whom i'll be marring two years from now. my boyfriend is my bestfriend, and i can tell him anything, everything to him. And that's why we are happy together. so it's really best if you see your life partner as a friend. then you can have both lasting forever!:)
@Mat_keane (236)
• Malaysia
20 Jul 08
Yes of course, i'm agree with you. But depend on the relationship. Anyway we must be kind and honest with our friend.
@Humbug25 (12540)
19 Jul 08
Hi yenwie I think you can have both. If your partner is genuinely your soulmate and you have friends since high school it really is possible. At present though I would have to say friends because when my abusive marriage came to end, my friends were still there for me when I needed them even though we hadn't been as close while i was married. Take care
19 Jul 08
In my own opinion,I think friends will last longer.We don't tend to have just a friend.Several of them exist in our life.This is an advantage over a life partner that is just a single entity.Two heads,they say are better than one.It is only when we have serious problem,and friends come around us, that we know the value of surrounding ourselves by people who care. Two or three friends can not die at the same time,unless it is predestined,but a life partner can leave without notice.May be painful,but that is the reality of it all. Again,many a relationship may not really work out as planned with life partners as many divorce cases in court has shown in recent times.But,we hardly have so much trouble with "our friends"to the extent of going to court.So,friends are deemed to last longer!
• Australia
20 Jul 08
Don't think anyone's has said this but, "Bros over hoes". I think it depends on the person, I'm really close with my friends, and we've been through heaps together, but I can't say the same for my girlfriend.