Pete Wentz was recently quoted talking up his great relationship with girlfriend Åshlee Simpson to People Magazine. Since there are so many break ups in Hollywood, I must say it was quite refreshing to hear Pete talk about how amazing it is to be able to kiss your best friend.
When you date someone and spend most of your time with that person, it's inevitable that you become the best of friends, but what about starting off as friends first? Since no relationship is guaranteed to make it for the long haul, do you think it's a good idea to risk a friendship when it comes to taking a chance with romance?
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I am actually currently dating my best friend. We were friends first, but not the best of friends. It's going well, but the one drawback is that when you break up, you just know it's not for good.
1my bf and i werent best friends before we started dating but we wer very good friends and hung out n the same group of friends for a while, thats how i met him. its alwasy better in my mind to date someone u wer friends with first i think its more likeyly to work out
2I voted yes, but I don't think it's always true that "If you're really friends first, a friendship can be salvaged."
3I've never been closer to anyone than I was to my ex-boyfriend, and I know the same was very true for him. But when it ended, it ended badly. Even so, when he got a new girlfriend, he told me that she was jealous and intimidated by me, so he made the decision to cut me out of his life for good. I guess we just had too much history, and he said he just couldn't care about me anymore (those were his weird choice of words). I do regret dating him because I lost my best friend, but I also think that it's worth the risk.
It *is* a wonderful feeling to be able kiss your best friend.
I think it's better to become friends first...that way you get to see the guys true personality. Then you can determine if he's someone you could start thinking of on a more romantic level.
4Dated then married my best friend. It's like a pro-longed awesome sleepover with sex
5It's usually better to be friends first anyways.. So you can get to know the real person. As for best friends, I really wouldn't know because the only real best guy friend I had was my ex, and we're not like that anymore. We're def on good terms, but he has another girlfriend, I'm with someone new & we have new lives. I do miss talking to him like a best friend though. We could talk about ANYTHING & we loved to gossip haha.
6*Gossip with each other... as in talk about things we knew amongst ourselves. We wouldn't talk to other people about the gossip we knew!
7I married my best friend too! I've never had a better connection with a significant other.
8all of my relationships have started out as friendships...i think it works better that way.
9I'm dating my best friend right now, and it's great!!! It's definitely a good move IF you start off with a strong friendship... if not, and there's a break up, it may be hard to salvage the friendship.
10I'm engaged to my best friend. I think some of the things that made it work out so well for us were a) we were friends for a long time before we started dating, so we knew each other really well and were pretty much already in love before it got romantic, and b) we moved very, very slowly. Like, months of nothing but holding hands, hugs, and pecks on the cheek. Years without sex. That kind of thing. That way, if at any point we decided it wasn't right for us, it would be much easier to backtrack than if we jumped in the sack right away. Fortunately for us, it doesn't look like we're going to need to backtrack.
11I dated a best friend and it turned out to be the one of the most meaningful relationships I've ever had. *Because* we were close friends we understood each other well, we were happy--and even after we broke up we still remain great friends (even though it took a bit of time to heal). It was a good time in my life.
12I'm married to my very best friend! He is awesome and life is great! It's the best of both worlds!
13My husband and I tried to start off as friends, but I think the attraction was too strong for both of us to hold off.
I was in a time of emotional need in my life and I needed someone strong to hold onto, and he was there. I never imagined having a relationship with him...but
here I am, married to the same man for over 2 years!
14it depends on the person, definitely
15absolutely! i prefer to know the person a lot first anyway.
16I actually married my best friend....!
17i think that friendship is the best basis to start from for a romantic relationship. it builds history and closeness without emotions getting in the way so that you see who that person really is. i wouldn't say my boy was my best friend to begin with, but we were friends first and that really was what made this relationship a whole long more successful because we knew who each other was to begin with.
18I actually am in love with my best friend--I haven't exactly told him "I'm in love with you", but I think he knows there's something there.
19Kinda in the same boat as ClassicsDiva--there have just been months of hand holding, hugs, and kisses here and there--and we both have so much going on between school and work, but UGH he does indeed facinate me.
i met my husband when i was 13.
20we were JUST best friends for 3yrs.
when i was 16 we started dating.
at 17 we moved in together.
married at 23 and have now been in a great relationship for 10yrs.
we are still best friends!!!
I dunno, I never have and I don't think I ever would. Many guyfriends have tried, but yea I don't want to ruin the friendship I have with them.
21I've dated my best friend before. We broke up but we're still freinds to this day
22i have dated some of my friends.. and its usually worked out ook.. like even if it didn't work out between the two of us.. we are still friends now.. and the guy im currently dating was one of my really good friends before we started dating, and things seem to be going pretty well so far.. so i dont see the harm in it!
23seriously it works... i started dating my best friend when we were 16, and we just celebrated 5 years together yesterday!
24That picture just reminds me how much Ashley's new (well, I guess it's not so new anymore) nose freaks me out.
Except for one case, when I've dated people who were my friends, we tend to stay friends after the breakup. The other people I've dated are divided 50/50 between still friends and out of my life (either on a good or bad note). My current (and longest) relationship though is the case where we started dating first, then became best friends.
25Well, he wasn't my best friend when we first met, but my fiance is definitely my best friend now. It's amazing.
26YES! I met my boyfriend in high school, and we were best friends first. It was definitely a scary jump, because there's always that "what if we break up" factor...I didn't want to ruin such an awesome friendship. However, these past 3 and a half years have been AMAZING.
27I just recently broke up with my boyfriend, who was first my best friend. We were truly good friends before, so we are able to continue being best friends. I do not regret being with him and I love him like family. I know that we will always be able to remain friends because of our love and respect for one another. =)
28i can relate with krissythepirate. I hang out with my bfg all the time and would like to take it up to next step.I love his personality and we always have a great together no matter what we doing but at the same time I like just chilling with him adn being able to tell him anything without having to go through the whole relationship drama.
29But he did get a girlfriend id really jealous though
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