A friend of mine went to a wedding this past weekend. She told me that she had a great time. I'm glad she did, but thinking about weddings (and going to one) is the last thing I want to do. I can't even watch a Hallmark movie. Romantic comedies are out!
Weddings are expensive events. The ring, dress, venue. But weddings are also about love, right? They're about celebrating two imperfect people, coming together, vowing to spend their lives together. Perhaps they're even best friends.
Oddly enough, studies have been conducted on marriage and happiness and what it means to marry your best friend. Murray refers to one such study, published by the National Bureau of Economics Research. Murray writes:
One reason the study gives for why marriages remain so satisfying, is the role of friendship. The study found that the “well-being effects of marriage are about twice as large for those whose spouse is also their best friend.”
Since we’re talking about marriage and friendship, I thought I would end this post with a few good friendship quotes:
“Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.” — Thomas J. Watson
“Friendship is accepting a person with all their qualities — good and bad.” — Mohanlal
“If you are ever lucky enough to find a weirdo, never let them go.” — Matthew Gray Gubler
“Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare — and precious as a pearl.” — Tahar Ben Jelloun
“Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.” — Oscar Wilde
“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.” — Henri Nouwen
“True friends are always together in spirit.” — L.M. Montgomery
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