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[Epistemic status - totally conjecturing] Has anyone else noticed that women these days refers to their husbands as their "best friends"? I hear it in every wedding vow I've heard from the millennial generation. Was this the case before our generation? Is this the case in more conservative places? I guess I always felt like this is emblematic of marriage becoming less religious and less sacred (i.e. it's just a fun thing I'm doing with my best friend as opposed to a sacred vow I undertake in the eyes of God). Also women are married to the state to such a degree that they don't need men anymore, so marriage has just been relegated to "just for funsies!"
Alternatively, maybe everyone's always referred to their SO as their best friend throughout history, and I'm just wildly projecting.
Haven't been to any weddings for a while now, but my own parents both used this term when referring to one another in separate books I had them write in where they chronicled their lives. Dad died age 90 and he outlived her a few years. I don't think this is evidence against a possible cultural "trend" of making such references, but it's at least suggestive that making such a statement isn't unheard of. They married in 1966.
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