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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did...he was my best friend before things turned romantic, and now over 15 years later we're still best friends. I'll never understand why some people get so upset when other people use this phrase to describe their spouse. I feel like anyone who has experienced the awesomeness of that sort of relationship wouldn't criticize it.
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I don't get upset.  I just think even the term "best friend" is kind of cutesy and sickly sweet.  That doesn't mean I haven't experienced "the awesomeness of that sort of relationship."  But I hate when people go on and on about that.  I think it kind of makes it all sound so Hallmark-esque.  That's why people post that it makes them want to vomit.

It strikes me as trite.  "I married my best friend!"  That's why it annoys me.

That said, my post wasn't so much about that, but the suggestion that you have to be best friends *first* is also kind of narrowminded.  It is actually possible for a romantic relationship and a friendship to develop alongside each other.

It's not that I don't know what it is like to be married to a man with whom I share a close and deep friendship.  It's that I don't understand this concept of "we were friends for years and then it *turned* romantic."  For me, either the chemistry/romance/attraction is there or it isn't.  That's not to say you can't be best friends with a lover.  [/quote]

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