Falling in love with your best friend is THE BEST RELATIONSHIP!
A lot of peoplewould be understandably hesitant to dive into a relationship with their bestfriends. That hesitation is perfectly reasonable. Having a best friend is agreat blessing. When you put your healthy friendly relationship at risk byinvolving romance, things can get a little messy if things don’t turn out asplanned. Not only will you have failed at a prospective romantic relationship,you may risk losing a best friend as well. But for some people, that’s a riskthat they are willing to take. There are some benefits to dating a best friendthat could potentially outweigh the risks for a lot of people. Here are a fewgreat things that happen when you choose to get into a relationship with yourbest friend.javascript:window[“$iceContent”]
1. You don’t have to suffer the awkwardness of getting to know each other.
You already know each other pretty wall. You don’t have to go through the awkward getting to know you stages of a traditional relationship. You don’t have to feel shy or awkward around each other at all. You can skip all the early awkwardness that comes with starting new relationships and go straight into being comfortable with each other.
2. You don’t feel the need to suppress your true self when you’re together.
You know each other so well because you’re already best friends. In a typical dating scenario, you would try to suppress yourself. You wouldn’t want to reveal all parts of yourself to a person that you’re just getting to know because you’re afraid you might scare that person away. However, with your best friend, you can feel at ease with being your normal self.
3. You know the nuances of each other’s lives and personalities.
You know each other so well. You know what makes each other tick. You know the things that would make your best friend upset. You also know the things that would make your best friend happy. You know what to do to bring balance and harmony in the relationship because you are both so familiar with each other’s personalities already.
4. You don’t have to go through the hassles of having tomerge social circles.
You don’t have to go with the usually awkward and complicated rituals of having to merge social circles. You don’t have to introduce your partner to your group of friends, and you don’t have to go and meet your partner’s closest pals too. That’s because you are both probably already within the same social circles.
5. You don’t have to hide your flaws and imperfections fromone another.
You have both spent so much time with each other. You are both probably very much exposed to one another’s strengths and weaknesses. You know that you are both incredibly flawed people but that doesn’t matter much. You both believe that you have great chemistry and you both love each other so much despite the fact that you know that you’re flawed people.
6. Spending time with each other is easy because you’ve done it a million times before.
There are no awkward silences. There are no ruts. There is no monotony. You are best friends and you don’t really require much to have fun with each other. It doesn’t matter what you’re doing or where you are. Just as long as you are in each other’s company, you know that you are going to have a good time. You find it so easy to spend time with each other because of your best friendship.
7. You are probably well past the meet the parents stage.
Both of your parents probably already know who you are. There’s no need to go through the uncomfortable and nerve-wracking experience of having the partner meet the parents. It’s as simple as telling your parents that you’re already dating each other and that your best friendship has blossomed into something more.
8. You are going to have a relationship that is full of laughs and humor.
Granted that you are both already best friends, you probably love the fact that you spend so much time with each other. You are both already very comfortable with being silly around one another. Your quality time together is always spent laughing and cracking jokes.
9. You’ve been through hard times together as friends and soyou know how to overcome difficulties.
You’ve both hadyour fair share of fights and difficulties. You have had your bad experienceshas friends. But still, you managed to overcome them. You both know that youhave a bond with each other that is difficult to break. You know that youremotional connection would be enough to overcome whatever obstacles are thrownyour way.
10. You literally get to date your best friend.
What could be better than having your best friend become your life partner? It all feels so natural and organic. You are ready to face the world together because you know that it’s always been like that. You have each other’s backs and you would both willingly take a bullet for the other.
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