The lust and attraction are often a given in a romance novel - I want to dig into the elements of true friendship that form a foundation for a solid, gonna-last-forever romantic relationship.
If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.
To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship. [Lat., Idem velle et idem nolle ea demum firma amicitia est.]
To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.
I think in order to really create something special, it has to be built on some foundation. And I think friendship is a good foundation you could always tap back on if you don't agree. So for me, it's not dating, it's more so friendship.
When I first met Kate I knew there was something very special about her. I knew there was possibly something that I wanted to explore there. We ended up being friends for a while and that just sort of was a good foundation. Because I do generally believe now that being friends with one another is a massive advantage. And It just went from there.
I want to know what it is to build the foundation of the friendship for real, to have my best friend and not because we're just intimate, but because we're mentally intimate. So I'm waiting for that person to come into my life.
The foundation of friendship demands the greatest likeness of human souls and hearts.
If you have a solid friendship before dating, there's this understanding that you can be just youBut you should still have fun hooking up!
To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest bond of friendship.
Many a friendship, long, loyal, and self-sacrificing, rested at first on no thicker a foundation than a kind word.
All the really successful, happy relationships that I know of, the people that are together are friends, anyways.
Well, it seems to me that the best relationships-the ones that last-are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship.
