I think the most important foundation about any relationship is just being honest. You’ve got to. My wife and I are honest to a fault with each other, and we’re best friends on top of it, so we’re very fortunate.

Greenfield frames romantic partnership as grounded less in grand gestures than in a daily ethic of candor. “Honest to a fault” suggests a willingness to risk discomfort, embarrassment, or conflict rather than allow small deceptions to accumulate into distrust. By pairing honesty with friendship, he implies that intimacy thrives when partners treat each other as trusted equals—people with whom one can speak plainly and still feel safe. The closing note—“we’re very fortunate”—adds humility: even with effort, a relationship that sustains both truth-telling and companionship is presented as something to be valued and not taken for granted.