Is Friendship More Important than Romance?

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I have compared these two types of relationships a lot over the years. I find them both to be very similar with the main difference being that romance has a sexual component that friendship does not.

But I also have to concede that my idea of romance is not necessarily the idea others have. To me, it bears resemblance to friendship. For others, you can take a look at the people they typically go for and there isn’t any friendship involved. It’s just about sex.

It’s a similar thing for friendship too. Some people consider friends to be the people you can use to further your personal ambitions and are mildly amusing. To me, friends are people you get along with and share mutual values with.

So for the sake of this argument, I’m using my definitions.

You’ve probably seen how some of us have a tendency to abandon friends for our romantic partner or to abandon our romantic partner for our friends. It reveals a bias that one has for a specific relationship, but it may not be completely negative.

If one has had one type of relationship for a long time, it’s only natural that there is a temporary overvaluation. A prolonged overvaluation on the other hand really does show a bias — or maybe a distrust.