Zach Bryan’s Ex-Girlfriend Deb Peifer Sparks Debate With Relationship Advice: “Your Boyfriend Isn’t Your Best Friend”

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Speaking from personal experience?

Deb Peifer is becoming the poster child for relationship advice. The former girlfriend of Zach Bryan has always been loved by fans, with many siding with her during their breakup before Zach Bryan got with Brianna Chickenfry due to “overlapping timeline” theories. However, Brianna and ZB claim there was no overlap between relationships.

Now, Deb is years removed from her relationship with ZB and has not spoken out on what led them to end their romance. Many social media users believe this is because she signed an NDA (similar to what Brianna was offered and turned down) and must remain silent. On the occasions she has hinted at her inability to comment on her past relationship, she silently said all we needed to know.

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Now, Deb is in a new relationship. While her interest in what truly unfolded between her and ZB has not disappeared, we are getting a glimpse into how she views romantic relationships through her recent appearance on the Between Us Girlies podcast. In previous clips that have gone viral, Deb speaks on breakups and how challenging they can be.

@betweenusgirlies Spoken like a true queen @debbiepeifer #relatable #dating #betweenusgirlies #breakup #advice ♬ original sound – Between Us Girlies

While many of the clips from this podcast have gained viral traction on social media, one of the most recently shared ones has taken off in less than 24 hours of going up. In this clip, Deb shared what might be deemed a hot take to some. She believes that your boyfriend is not supposed to be your best friend.

“Your boyfriend isn’t your best friend. I think about it a lot because I mean I love Jimmy (her current boyfriend), but I’m like, ‘I have best friends.’ You’re my boyfriend, why do you have to be my best friend? … I just think it’s such an important delineation of like how quick people are to be like, ‘Oh my boyfriend is my best friend.’

I’m like, wait, my best friends have been with me through so much. Like we went through all of this stuff together, we’ve seen the best parts and the worst parts, and all of these things, and I’m like I won’t even pee in front of my boyfriend yet.”

Deb then goes on to say that her boyfriend gets parts of her that her friends do not, and as time goes on, there are “promotion opportunities,” but that does not equate to the love you get from your friends.

“My best friends are my best friends. That should be just as sacred.” 

While some comments did not agree entirely with Deb, the way she speaks about this topic makes me wonder if she came to this conclusion through her own experiences.

When she was dating Zach Bryan, she was on the road with him for long periods of time, which makes the mind wonder if being with her significant other (who has been accused of emotional abuse) made her realize you have to have two separate lanes for romance and friendship.

Either way, I see truth in this statement. While you can love spending time with your significant other, they are not your only source of happiness, and there are more fun activities with your girlfriends than with your boyfriend.

The comments were pretty mixed:

She’s just lucky to have good girl friends. Not everyone is.

Girls that say their boyfriend is their best friend are a red flag tbh.

Your boyfriend isn’t your best friend but your husband is your best friend.

this is assuming everyone has lifelong best friends lol.

My fiancé is in fact my best friend.

I mean… my husband is my bestie. But he earned it.

I don’t think these things are mutually exclusive…

I have a group of my girl best friends but I also call my husband my best friend.

My bf being my best friend doesn’t take away from my best friends still being my best friends.

My husband isn’t even my best friend. Different people bring different things to your life.