I agree having a close friend who you can trust is more important than having someone you can have sex with.

But these things are not mutually exclusive. My fiancee is my best friend and I trust them completely. I couldn’t be in a romantic relationship with someone who I didn’t trust and who wasn’t my friend first and foremost.

I’ve been in romantic relationships lasting years which were both sexual and non-sexual. In my previous relationship lasting two years, you could count the number of times we had sex on one hand. It was more like we were to best friends who also cuddled, kissed, slept in the same bed, and other romantic things.