bestfriend aside from boyfriend/girlfriend

Philippines
July 5, 2010 4:56pm CST
My first girlfriend always tell me that she hopes she also has a bestfriend aside from me, her boyfriend. This is kinda weird for me since she can always tell me what she want. I don't get it why she needs a bestfriend. Did she already know by then that our relationship will not last? Do you think you will also need a bestfriend if you already have someone you can talk with everything you wanna talk about? What do you think?
13 responses
• United States
6 Jul 10
as females we are not scared to tell you guys everything but then there does comes a time when something happens and would need advice from a best friend. she needs a best fired to do things with when you tell her no you don't want to do or go somewhere she wants to go.she also needs a best friend to tell her feelings to because you will get tired of her always crying to you and telling you this telling you that when she can go to her best friend and tell her how she feels about something. are you getting what i'm saying
• Philippines
6 Jul 10
I understand what you said but I don't agree with this: "she also needs a best friend to tell her feelings to because you will get tired of her always crying to you and telling you this telling you that when she can go to her best friend and tell her how she feels about something." I don't get tired of her always crying. She can cry at me all she wants and I will always make sure she feel better after.
@mspitot (3824)
• Philippines
5 Jul 10
hmmm...i don't think that she thinks your relationship will end soon. it's fun to have a best friend aside from the boyfriend. maybe having a best friend will give her the chance to tell about what he thinks abut you that he can't tell you. maybe she can tell her best friend the things that he loves about you and how happy she is with you. it feels different when you tell it with the one you love and when you tall about the one you love to your best friend.
• Philippines
6 Jul 10
That's a good point and I have to agree with you. It does feel different when you tell other people about what you feel about your partner.
• United States
6 Jul 10
no you don't need a best friend your patner should be your best friend and that should be all you need . if you love each other all you will want is each other
• Philippines
6 Jul 10
Please dont be jealous about it. Its normal to have someone you can talk to beside from someone you love. The relationship would be suffocating if you dont explore the outside world with friends and other people.
@malihat (216)
5 Jul 10
My boyfriend and I are very close and I can talk to him about almost everything. However, I still do have a best friend and I prefer to talk to her about girly problems as she understands them better. Also, when I need to discuss problems related to my boyfriend I can talk to her. So I do think you need to have both in your life.
• Philippines
6 Jul 10
That's a good point. There are things we boys cannot understand about girls.
@Seliya (7)
• China
6 Jul 10
I think, even though my boyfriend and I are close,but there are something I still can not talk to him. In that time, bestfriend offers me a good way to say some little secrets. You know what,closest people need their own space.
@wahmivy (776)
• Philippines
5 Jul 10
I can understand your girlfriend. My husband is my best friend, but I also have a female "best" (I know best is supposed to be best) friend. Your gf might be able to tell you everything, but friendship isn't only about being each other's confidants. For one thing, being male you'll be coming from a different perspective and she might want more of a kindred. It might also be about expanding her society. It'll be a richer world for her to have another important (different ways, different levels) friend in her life.
@Andyvil (793)
• Philippines
6 Jul 10
For me I think its important to have a lot of close friends asides from your significant other. Even though I considered my ex before as one of my best friend it was a good thing I had other close friends asides from her. When we broke up it was hard for me but my other close friends were there to help me get over her. Its not advisable to make revolve your world around your girlfriend or boyfriend cause you never know when you will lose them.
@sinaj292 (602)
• India
6 Jul 10
I dont have friends with them i can speak everything about me...... So I think it is not necessary that all need good friends to go forward......
@ynalane (105)
• Philippines
6 Jul 10
There is nothing wrong with it, Trust, has a big factor in that situation. Sometimes, there is a certain thing that we can't tell to our boyfriend, but can easily say to a friend. But I admit there is a risk factor between a boy and a girl friendly relationship. But if they were a friend before you came in her life, so that means You have things to warried about.
• Portugal
5 Jul 10
i think that if you really were sweet to her and good friend too she didnt need nobody else ^^ maybe she needed that person when you and her were upset and she needed some advises if was in that way i can understand her bcs sometimes when we are upset we cant talk right away with guy we like we need advises from other person^^ but im happy that you worried with her and didnt want her to go to someone else to ask advises when she had you already to do that^^
• Philippines
6 Jul 10
Yep, we need bestfriend. Relationships aren't always smooth sailing isn't it?? There's always ups and downs along the way. How can we possibly share what we feel towards a situation to others when that other person is the one involved. And., we didn't always pick up the right ones so we need to ask for advices and opinions from who else but our bestfriend.
• United States
6 Jul 10
Devoting yourself completely to a relationship is strenuous. Not only that, but it can cause damage on the relationship. People should have lives outside of it as well as tending to each other. By all means, she should have a best friend, as should you. It's not because she thinks that your relationship will not last, but simply because women also need that female connection in their lives. Seriously, what guy enjoys a nice, long talk about the menstrual cycle? None that I know, that's for sure.