--- title: "Why You Need to Have a Best Friend More than a Boyfriend ..." description: "Who else Can You Vent to when You're Mad at Your Partner?; Your Best Friend Will Never Try to Make You Jealous with Other Besties; You Can Talk to Your BFF about Your Fantasies; And Your Crushes; And Also Your Fandom Obsessions; More ..." url: "https://lifestyle.allwomenstalk.com/having-a-best-friend-matters-more-than-having-a-boyfriend/" category: "lifestyle" last_updated: "2026-06-17" --- # Why You Need to Have a Best Friend More than a Boyfriend ... It's always better to have a best friend than a partner. Well, ideally, you want to have a best friend and a boyfriend or girlfriend, but when romantic relationships fail, your best friend will always be there. I confess, I'm one of those self-satisfied, smug butt holes who really did marry her best friend, so I'm the luckiest girl alive, and I'm sure that that's true for lots of people. However, you still need a best friend outside of your partner. Why? Well ... ## 1. Who else Can You Vent to when You're Mad at Your Partner? ![person, woman, photography, art, photo shoot,](https://img.allw.mn/content/wb/ks/q9pqrfn55775af2fa191a871930810_500x281.gif) You always need to have someone to listen when you need to vent, especially when you're venting about your partner because even if you love your girlfriend/boyfriend/spouse, you know they get on your last damn nerve sometimes. ## 2. Your Best Friend Will Never Try to Make You Jealous with Other Besties ![singing, pattern,](https://img.allw.mn/content/yz/d7/zwwvpsui5775af2e619be166790876_500x281.gif) But if your partner does try this sorry ish, your bestie will be behind your revenge plan. ## 3. You Can Talk to Your BFF about Your Fantasies ![photography, art, SPRINKLEOFZ0, ELL,](https://img.allw.mn/content/aq/gw/aoggh02e5775af2ed6b15166658003_500x281.gif) Sometimes it's awkward to talk to your boyfriend or girlfriend about your fantasies, whether you're talking about your sexual fantasies or your dreams and goals. ## 4. And Your Crushes ![person,](https://img.allw.mn/content/vg/lj/gqpoqnpd5775af3015a54826658046_500x250.gif) Also awkward – you don't want to make your partner jealous or anything, but come on, you need to talk about the hottie barista at Starbucks. ## 5. And Also Your Fandom Obsessions ![person, facial expression, woman, human action, blond,](https://img.allw.mn/content/tp/k5/nyo8ez0s5775af31361cc728408004_500x230.gif) There are some things your partner just can't understand, such as your obsession with Dr. Who. ## 6. The Two of You Can Share Clothes and Makeup ![person, hair, blond, hairstyle, singer,](https://img.allw.mn/content/jr/qj/xc1q77375775af318315c982956790_500x262.gif) That seems superficial, but it's really not – it's really kind of awesome, honestly. ## 7. Your Best Friend Will Always Come Back to You ![person, film, HEARTHALDORF,](https://img.allw.mn/content/kx/dd/tmw3ehro5775af3369900681289227_500x264.gif) And she won't play come here, go away games with you, which is always a plus. ## 8. You Can Eat Crap Food in Front of Your Best Friend ![hair, play, photomontage,](https://img.allw.mn/content/e9/qo/avmr16k05775af34725ee596108956_500x280.gif) She'll eat it with you and she won't judge you if you go back for seconds. ## 9. And Unabashedly Undo Your Jeans Right after You don't have to feel bad about burping or farting, either, because your bestie won't think you're gross. ## 10. Your BFF Knows Your Deepest, Darkest, Dirtiest Secrets ![meal, lunch, floristry, Cheers.,](https://img.allw.mn/content/ah/t8/af757w3w5775af36ecc0f149150232_500x270.gif) You know, the ones that you're just not prepared to tell your partner until you've been together for like fifty years. ## 11. And the True Versions of All the Great Stories You Slightly Embellished ![santa claus,](https://img.allw.mn/content/p0/ou/gbh6dov85775af3785f67036721477_500x250.gif) Whatever, it's just to make them sound better, it's not like you go around pretending to be a Duchess or anything. ## 12. Your Bestie Understands All Your Mood Swings ![person, black and white, emotion, love, Come,](https://img.allw.mn/content/fu/mr/khf5bmyd5775af384dcdd942576328_500x287.gif) She doesn't judge you for them and, more importantly, she doesn't take them personally, even when you're all full of vitriol and angst. ## 13. Not to Mention Your Weird Personality Quirks ![brown hair, BFFL., Best, Friends, For,](https://img.allw.mn/content/dq/ui/jgr78mhb5775af38e3478942696527_500x282.gif) You don't even have to try to explain them. ## 14. And Your Irrational Fears ![person, cello,](https://img.allw.mn/content/gl/ok/zmybpkn45775af3b21303507608747_500x282.gif) No one else understands your unwavering fear of the cotton in pill bottles, but your bestie does. ## 15. Your BFF Remembers Every Birthday, Anniversary, and Special Occasions ![person, facial expression, Taurza,](https://img.allw.mn/content/hu/m6/eurunku65775af3b81bec178647652_500x259.gif) You don't even have to leave broad hints, your bestie just knows. ## 16. Your Bestie Never Judges Your Guilty Pleasures ![person, facial expression, plumbing fixture, emotion, bathing,](https://img.allw.mn/content/hm/qc/v2t1qxsc5775af3bc1220906700380_540x303.gif) Not the crap movies you watch, the cheesy music you listen to, or the awful books you read – your best friend judges nothing. ## 17. And She'll Be There Long after Your Boyfriend/girlfriend Isn't ![person, human action, romance,](https://img.allw.mn/content/s7/lr/jfyv2n5o5775af3e16358586758487_500x256.gif) Because that's what friends are for. Do you have a best friend who's worth ten boyfriends or girlfriends? 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