Marriage to Your Best Friend
For many of us, the idea of marrying the person we love most is both romantic and practical. It makes sense to marry the person you love and have a deep, committed bond to. In many cases, we marry our best friends because this is the person that we are comfortable with and believe we grow and change with over time. That notion can change, however, in the face of evidence that we all grow and change at different times which are not always in the direction of and in the way that our spouses want.
How to best handle these emotional and behavioral “growth spurts” is one of the issues that marriage counselors help couples with. It helps to have someone on the outside talk to you and help you understand the changes that inevitably come with long-term relationships, and how to best handle them in a way that is positive.
Harry and Julia have been married for five years. They have always said they were each other’s best friend and that was a source of pride in their marriage. As the years passed and priorities switched to career and children, they felt as if they had nothing in common anymore, and that their friendship had disappeared and grown apart.
Many couples who once prided themselves on being the center of their own universe often fall victim to the changes that a long term relationship have. By seeking out the assistance of a marriage counselor, this couple was able to help themselves reconnect as changed, more adult individuals who still loved each other, and needed each other’s support.
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