Friday, May 10, 2013

Best Friends & Girlfriends


            I’d like to take this time out to discuss two of the most important things in the life of a young college mans life, best friends and girlfriends. Whether it be your girlfriends’ friends or your friends’ girlfriends, the balance of, as well as the correct approach to these two as they relate to each other is vital to a healthy college lifestyle.

GIRLFRIENDS BEST FRIENDS


            As a man in a relationship, it you have willingly accepted your responsibility to make your woman happy and deal with all of her emotions, mood swings, and overall irrationality. You have also willingly accepted your responsibility to deal with the emotions, mood swings, and irrationality of her best friends, whether you want to or not.
            Your girlfriends best friends opinion of you is crucial to the success of your relationship. Don’t believe me? Think about whom she spends her down time with when she is not with you. Think about whom she goes to for advice when you two have issues. Think about whom she is posting instagram pictures with when it’s not cuddling with you. Exactly! Earning approval from your girlfriends’ best friend is equally as important to earning her fathers approval. A positive relationship with her best friend results in positive reinforcement from her most trusted confidant. A negative relationship with her, however, results in a troublesome pain in the ass.

BEST FRIENDS GIRLFRIEND


This is NOT a good idea.


            Your relationship with your best friends girlfriend is a very interesting, yet important dynamic. I have found that when dealing with the significant other of your best friend, that the best course of action is not to get too close. Get to know the basics of your best friends girlfriend, but not the specifics. It is important for this to be a very healthy relationship so that she feels comfortable around and accepted by his friends, because that will make her happy, and make your friends life much, much easier. It is just as important, however, to not get too close to your friends girlfriend to the point that you consider her “your friend” before you remember that she is “your friends girlfriend” first and foremost.

YOUR BEST FRIEND & YOUR GIRLFRIEND

            As I said in the beginning, these are two of the most important people in your college life, and their happiness is vital to your emotional wellbeing. When dealing with your best friend, and your girlfriend, the most important thing is balance. You have to effectively allot your time between the two of them efficiently. You do not want your best friend to think that your girlfriend changed you, and you don’t want your girl friend to think that you spend too much time with “the guys” and not enough time with her. Time management is key.
            If you find that perfect balance, as well as make sure that your best friend and your girlfriend are maintaining a cop esthetic relationship at the least, I promise you will find your college life a lot healthier, less stressful, and more fulfilling.

SIMBA SAYS:


            Timon and Pumba were two of the most important people in my life. They were there for me through thick & thin through my formative years, and for that, I am forever grateful. When Nala came back into my life, I was fearful that I would have to make a choice between my best friends, and my girlfriend, but thankfully I didn’t have to. We all came together beautifully, and it created one of the greatest bonds I have experienced in my lifetime. I highly recommend making sure that you maintain these relationships with care.

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