I think the best advice I have ever been given was from my Therapist.
She said, “Don’t make your partner your best friend.”
Now before you jump down my throat. What she meant was, all girls need another girl/boy that they can talk to, that is not their partner. Someone who can sit and ponder the coffee over a bloody good chinwag, about anything and everything. Someone who won’t consider a ‘vent’ as a personal attack on them. Someone who understands that some days are simply better than others and that’s okay – someone who can sympathize and empathize without trying to “fix the problem”.
Every girl needs a good girlfriend.
Put the welcome mat out for your friends, and don’t be afraid to ask your friends to put it out for you also.