“Couples must be friends first, lovers second”
Agree
- Friendship provides lasting foundation
- Passion fades but friendship endures
- Best relationships feel like partnership
- Genuine liking matters more than chemistry
- Friendship sustains through hard times
Disagree
- Romantic chemistry is irreplaceable
- Friendship and romance are different things
- Passion matters for relationship vitality
- Can have both without hierarchy
- Starting as friends risks friend zone
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