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Why you don't need to be best friends to have a great marriage #marriage #truth #relationshipadvice

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SoulWords—Rabbi Shais Taub

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Should your spouse be your best friend? It's wonderful. It's beautiful when spouses are friends or even best friends, but there's a ridiculous amount of pressure on people today to pursue completely unrealistic and unnecessary levels of social compatibility in their marriages. And that's why what happens is when they stop being so socially compatible, they think the marriage is over. My goodness. Marriage is not a friendship. It may involve friendship. It's obviously more pleasant when you are friends with your spouse, but marriage is something completely in its own category than friendship. Marriage is a holy endeavor where two souls come together to create the holiest thing that anyone can create, which is a home. And a home means a safe place for the people in the home, including the children, and most importantly, a safe place for God. That's what a home is. A home is holy because it's a safe place for God himself to dwell. When you have two people who are focused on that and locked in on creating that, yeah, it's nice if they're socially compatible, but there's something so much bigger going on than just getting along.