RULE 70
Treat your partner better than your best friend
I was talking to a friend about this Rule the other day and she disagreed with me emphatically. She said you had to treat your friends better because you knew them better and you owed them more loyalty. I then went on to talk to another friend and she said that wasn’t the case. You treated your partner better because you knew them less well. Intriguing. My point is you should treat your partner better than your friends because your partner is both lover and friend. And ideally best friend.
If they’re not, then who is? And why? Is it because they are the opposite sex and you need a same-sex best friend? Or are they the same sex and you need an opposite-sex best friend? Is it because you ...
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