7 Signs that Show if Your Spouse is Your Friend Friendship and companionship are basic needs of your spouse. How can you tell if you’re meeting these needs so that they won’t look for fulfilment elsewhere? Relationship Essentials - Can your Marriage Grow without Change? You know how they say that you can’t fit a round peg in a square hole, or vice-versa? Well you can’t fit a single person into a marriage hole... Relationship Essentials - How Important is showing Appreciation? Women are more likely to express their feelings of lack of appreciation than men, but neither wives or husbands should be taken for granted. Are you speaking the same language? Marriage and any other relationship is like a building. If you can't understand your spouse, or your spouse cannot understand you, you cannot build anything of lasting value together