{"id":18518,"date":"2026-06-08T18:28:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/quote-of-the-day-with-blake-lively-we-were-friends-for-two-years-before-we-were-ever-dating-and-i-treat-him-like-my-girlfriend-the-secret-of-happy-marriage-by-it-ends-with-us-actress-with-ryan\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T18:28:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:58:43","slug":"quote-of-the-day-with-blake-lively-we-were-friends-for-two-years-before-we-were-ever-dating-and-i-treat-him-like-my-girlfriend-the-secret-of-happy-marriage-by-it-ends-with-us-actress-with-ryan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/quote-of-the-day-with-blake-lively-we-were-friends-for-two-years-before-we-were-ever-dating-and-i-treat-him-like-my-girlfriend-the-secret-of-happy-marriage-by-it-ends-with-us-actress-with-ryan\/","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the day with Blake Lively: &#8216;We were friends for two years before we were ever dating. And I treat him like my girlfriend,&#8221; the secret of happy marriage by &#8216;It Ends with Us&#8217; actress with Ryan Reynolds |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131588724,imgsize-58388,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/ryan-and-blake.jpg\" alt=\"Quote of the day with Blake Lively: 'We were friends for two years before we were ever dating. And I treat him like my girlfriend,&quot; the secret of happy marriage by 'It Ends with Us' actress with Ryan Reynolds\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/blake-lively\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Blake Lively<\/a>, Hollywood\u2019s IT girl, has been taking over the headlines with her legal smashes against <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/justin-baldoni\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Justin Baldoni<\/a>, surrounding the \u2018It Ends with Us\u2019 on-set conflicts. As the director-actor\u2019s lawsuit was dismissed by the court that sought USD 400 million as damages from Lively, she demanded that he pay her legal fees and any additional costs from the case, asking to be awarded triple damages and punitive damages.<!-- --> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>The frenemies reportedly settled with each other outside the legal walls two weeks before they went they were scheduled to appear. While both of their attorneys called this a victory, nobody has actually sent the money, as per Page Six. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>Despite the online bashes and courtroom drama, Lively has been standing tall with her family behind her as a rock. Her husband, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ryan-reynolds\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Ryan Reynolds<\/a>, has been holding her hand, and they have been spotted various times \u2013 whether it\u2019s in the stadiums in Europe or on a frozen yoghurt date. <!-- -->The \u2018Gossip Girl\u2019 actress once shared kind words about the \u2018Deadpool\u2019 actor about trying to figure out life in between the conflicts. Her words to date continue to define their relationship. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">The quote of the day reads, \u201cIn other relationships, if something came up, I would call my girlfriends or my sister, and say, \u201cHey, this is what he did\u2014what should I do?\u201d Where with him, we were friends for two years before we were ever dating. <\/span><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">And I treat him like my girlfriend. I\u2019m like, \u201cHey, this happened. It upset me. This is how I feel. What do I do?\u201d And he does the same for me. He treats me like his best buddy.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Meaning of the quote of the day by Blake Lively<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Blake Lively spoke about the profound trust she has in her husband during the 2017 interview with Glamour. \u201cCommunication is the key to the relationship\u201d \u2013 and the actress believes the statement. Treating him like the closest person, she confides in her husband during the difficult times, where she needs to vent out her anger, feelings, and disappointment. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>They found their person in this lifetime, where both of them are not afraid of emotional intimacy and often think about each other as the personification of home. Despite all the fluctuations in the relationships about attractions, passion, or chemistry, they seemed to have figured out the most important thing \u2013 friendship. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>Instead of bringing a third person into the relationship to solve their problems, they call themselves their best friends who figure their way out of the situations. <!-- -->It\u2019s Lively and Reynolds vs the problem \u2013 always. The couple has built a safety net around themselves, approaching everything as teammates. Love can often be mistaken for grand gestures and humongous gifts. More than that, it\u2019s about finding someone with whom you can be truly yourself and not separate the entity.<!-- --> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds: Relationship Timeline<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, the phenomenal actors, met each other while shooting for the superhero film, \u2018Green Lantern\u2019 in 2010. While the chemistry and humor synced, the feelings developed a year later. He was married to <!-- -->Scarlett Johansson<!-- -->, while she was dating <!-- -->Penn Badgley<!-- -->. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"41\"\/>In July 2011, Reynolds announced his divorce from the actress in a joint statement, and the rumors with Lively began a couple of months later in October. In September 2012, the duo walked down the aisle to say \u2018I Do\u2019 at Boone Hall Plantation in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds share four children: James (11), Inez (9), Betty (6), and a son named Olin (3). <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"43\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Why does friendship matter in relationships?<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"45\"\/>When the romantic feelings are intense, they bring out the best in each other and make a relationship. However, friendships and compatibility help to stay together over the years, helping to understand and overcome the flaws and conflicts. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"47\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/entertainment\/english\/hollywood\/news\/quote-of-the-day-with-blake-lively-we-were-friends-for-two-years-before-we-were-ever-dating-and-i-treat-him-like-my-girlfriend-the-secret-of-happy-marriage-by-it-ends-with-us-actress-with-ryan-reynolds\/articleshow\/131588727.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blake Lively, Hollywood\u2019s IT girl, has been taking over the headlines with her legal smashes against Justin Baldoni, surrounding the \u2018It Ends with Us\u2019 on-set conflicts. As the director-actor\u2019s lawsuit was dismissed by the court that sought USD 400 million as damages from Lively, she demanded that he pay her legal fees and any additional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[299],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}