Friendships are just as important — if not more important — than romantic relationships says author Rhaina Cohen. In her TED Talk, she explains how life-long friendship is often undervalued and why you should think more broadly about what it means to be someone’s “significant other.” “This is what I hope for all of us: That we feel like we have permission to share our lives with whoever we are lucky enough to find, whether that’s a spouse, a sibling or a house full of friends."