Who is more important to you a friend or your lover?

@katie0 (5203)
Japan
March 19, 2011 10:03pm CST
I ask this in the place if you weren't married or lived together, cause when that happens then it's family but when you are just dating, who was more important the boy/girlfriend lover or a long time friend? For me it was always the friend. Now having like a married life I feel like the love is family now so it's different but I wasn't never like this. How about you?
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@sender621 (14894)
• United States
20 Mar 11
All people who are close to you in your life should be important to you. A friend or a lover should not be more important than other. They should just be important to you in different ways. All relationships have different wants and different needs. yet they should all be important oness to us.
• Mexico
20 Mar 11
Hi sender: I totally agree with you. They are not oppsoite. In fact, they are a complement for my emotional stability. We have to learn to make a balance and give each person its own priority and its own time. ALVARO
• United States
30 Mar 11
i believe my fiance is greater then any friend she is my best friend and gave me two wonderful boys who mean everything to me
@skydancer (2101)
• United States
22 Mar 11
It isn't hard for me to answer a resounding "friend" to this question because I happen to be asexual and therefore have never been in, nor do I have any desire for a romantic relationship. I have had several platonic friends over the years, but nothing beyond that. I just never found romance very fulfilling. I realize I am in the minority on this, but that's just the way I've always been. So given my background, I have no choice but to choose friends (difficult as they are to come by!) over lover in terms of importance.
• Mexico
20 Mar 11
Hi katie: I would say that even if we are talking about a boyfriend or a girlfriedn, it really depends because both are important for my hapinees: my friends and the person I'm dating. They are two kind of different expressions of love and I need to have enough time to enjoy with my friends and my loved girlfriend. So I would make a balance of these two parts of me that are necessary, sometimes I'd prefer to stay with my friends and sometimes with my girl. ALVARO
@keshia2007r (2880)
• United States
20 Mar 11
Both of them are important. I wouldn't choose one over the other. If I made prior engagements with my friends i'll just have to see my boyfriend later that night, or another day and visa versa with my friends. I could imagine its not hard at all of level out the two (friends and boyfriend/girlfriend) if I can do it, plenty can.
@sashakiddo (1102)
• United States
23 Mar 11
For me it was always the lover. I always wanted someone I could be intimate with and share responsibilities with. It was a matter of closeness, I guess. With friends it was hard to share my true feelings because I always found myself among girls with high standards, always talking about their hair or their style. I guess it's because I am a woman and I was sort of a tomboy. I needed a guy to relate to and guys at that young age weren't willing to be my friend. Eventually when I got to the age where girls and guys started dating, I felt more interested in dating guys rather than hanging around girly friends.
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
20 Mar 11
Hi there! You see both have their own importance and none of them should be ignored. I give importance to my friends even after marriage and priorities are decided as per the situations.
• Philippines
20 Mar 11
friends are more important than me.no guy can measure up to the love given by friends.friends accept you as who you are.friends will always be there for you,in both good and bad times.yes sometime in your life you will meet a friend who will take advantage of you,but that can be avoided if you know how to examine a person's attitude.
@jennbart (1330)
• Philippines
20 Mar 11
A friend is more important. A lover can be replaced and a lover could leave you for another. But a friend? they will not leave you. After being left by a lover, a friend will still be there for you.
• United States
20 Mar 11
Well, I'd put whoever I knew longer first. If I've known my friend for 6 years and my boyfriend for 4 years then I'd pick my friend. But if it was switched around then I'd pick my boyfriend. The person that I'd known longer has been with me more than usual and knows me like really knows me.
• India
20 Mar 11
I never try to consider myself about this love at the time love happens or never happens i don's know but i don't want anything about this love i just vote on long time love or relationship i never date with one i love even more and more my family thats it and i always like a friendship and a married life and i always love my parents just with them.First of all most important thing is parent but not the friends or anything it might be.
@donski (132)
• Philippines
20 Mar 11
You don't have to compare who is more important. what you do is to love them both. they play different role in your life. your lover and your friend makes you happy on a different level. There are things that your friend cannot do what your lover do and vice versa. so i guess you have to cherish them both.
@katrinapaz (2436)
• Philippines
20 Mar 11
for me, the most important is the long time friend. It is because my friend has been there long ago and has been with me thru my ups and downs. However, one would be very lucky if her long time friend becomes her lover. In that way, we can say they would be getting along thru life's tides and waves smoother than ever.
• Philippines
20 Mar 11
Hmm, for me. I would choose the both of them. :D
@DanaS2011 (351)
• United States
20 Mar 11
Both of them are very important. Some people feel like companionship in a relationship is a must not realizing that a friendship holds the companionship that a relationship needs to strive. I would try not to chose and if someone is trying to make you choose you should consider if that person cares about you if its a choice over them and someone else who you care about and who cares about you