He wasn't attacking his exes at all. Sounds more regretful that he feels he mismanaged the relationships.
Idk if being best friends is possible. I can see where he's coming from but seems to me it's also important to be ok with you and your girl liking different things and doing things separately. My gal is never going to like Doug Stanhope, or help me rebuild my Holbrook lathe, or contrast a Roman History podcast with the audio lecture series from TTC. Yes, it would be nice to learn a thing or two from her about Immanuel Kant over dinner but if I had to find a woman who digs everything I enjoy, and vice versa, I would wander the Earth, pecker-in-hand, until the end of time.
Who can say. Homo or hetero, lasting harmonious relationships seem to be the exception. He appears to be trying to troubleshoot, which is to be expected. If you meet the guy or [more often imo] the gal who didn't make a single mistake in the last relationship and everything was their ex's fault... oh boy, look out.
Interesting, however, that someone as sexual as Taylor would lean toward something as tepid as good friendship. Yeah, you gotta be good outside the bedroom too but I like it hot. I like sexual tendrils running through the relationship like mycelium through the earth. I don't think I'd be content with being good friends with my wife and sex is some distant or unimportant thing.
An old greyhaired couple telling me they're best friends is sweet. But I'm not there. I've got blood in my veins and someone is gonna get her brains fucked out.
Yeah, more regretful.
Of course we won't have everything in common with anybody. But hopefully we find someone we share most the important things with.
As far as friendship vs. sex..... Why not both? 😁
