There are plenty of reasons to marry your best friend; from the comfort and trust you have with one another to the respect and admiration you have for each other to the humor and honesty you share with each other. Honestly, the list of reasons that best friends make great partners is a long one, which makes the fact that marrying your best friend can help you with parenting not at all shocking or surprising. I mean, best friends are the best. It says so, right in the name.
A recent study conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research In Canada claims that marrying your best friend can make a marriage stronger and improve your overall life satisfaction. It says that friendship, rather than love or lust, allows couples to reap the "full benefits" of marriage. So, if you're looking for the signs that you and your partner are going to be amazing parents together and your partner just so happens to be your best friend, you might not have to look very far at all.
There are a lot of ways your relationship with your partner changes after you have kids, and having a baby can test your relationship in ways you couldn't have possibly imagined. I'd argue that when you marry your best friend, you have a leg-up on those impending tests, and can weather the storm that is new parenthood easier than most. I know from my own personal experience that having a baby can make your relationship stronger, but getting to that point definitely isn't an easy journey. My husband and I laughed and cried and fought and disagreed more times than I can count during our first few months as a parenting team, but we made it through the tougher times and I'm almost positive it's because my husband is also my best friend.
So, if you're getting ready to become a parent and your partner just so happens to be your best friend, here are just a few reasons why parenthood will be something you two will definitely be able to handle: