Weddingbee Blog

Whenever someone gets into a relationship that starts getting serious—like, spend-every-moment-of-every-day-with-each-other kind of serious—usually that someone has a friend (or mother) that says, “Don’t lose sight of everyone else in your life. Don’t ignore your friends. Balance is key.”

While I completely agree with this sentiment, I also know that Mr. Socks is my best friend, and if all I could ever have in life was him, I’d be okay with that. When I graduated college, I moved in with Mr. Socks and quickly fell into a lifestyle very different from my friends’. Being homeowners in suburbia was a very bittersweet thing at first: I didn’t see my friends in the city as often, but it brought Mr. Socks and I closer together.

At that point, we had only been together roughly six months, but living together was so easy, so natural, and so fun. It wasn’t long before we adopted our two wire fox terrier puppies: Wrigley and Zoe.

Here’s Wrigley being a couch potato!

Here’s Zoe, annoyed that I picked her up and took away from precious snow playtime!

Having dogs turned us into even bigger grown-ups: we had to get up every morning (even on weekends!!) at 6 AM, and be back home at night to let them out. No more super-late nights out, and if we wanted to stay in the city for a night, arrangements for the pups had to be made.

So because of our move away from the city, and because of our “settled down” lifestyle, we don’t exactly see our friends as often as we used to or would even like to.

We are absolutely each others’ best friend though, and so most of the time, we’re okay with it just being us. We share most of the same interests, we enjoy eating and drinking the same things, and our personalities complement each other perfectly. Many men and women talk about needing a night out with the girls or a night out with the boys, but Mr. Socks and I have never exactly required time away from each other. Not that we don’t enjoy ourselves if we do spend time with our friends separately, but we’ve never minded being together during most of our spare time.

I’m glad that Mr. Socks is my best friend—I don’t think I’d have it any other way. We have a heart-to-heart discussion almost every day, whether it is about our families, the wedding, future children, or our future as just the two of us. I can tell him anything in the world—all of my fears, dreams, desires, frustrations and faults, and he can do the same with me. It makes me confident that even in the hardest of times, we will be okay with each other, and we’ll get each other through whatever life may hand us.

Are you best friends with your FI/hubby/significant other?