This is exactly why it's important to have a friendship with your love or significant other. Your boyfriend, your girlfriend, your husband and wife is important to have a friendship because you need to have a bond. You need to know you can trust one another, rely on one another. And if you're friends with someone, more than likely you like that person. You like their qualities, you like their characteristics. I don't know about you all, but I don't want to date someone that I'm not friends with. I don't want to marry someone that I'm not friends with.