Very few people have genuine friends

You should be extremely happy that you are so blessed and lucky. Few Friends => You have genuine friends whose well being you are concerned about and vice versa. Awesome Marriage => You have a spouse who loves you. And mind you, this is the person you are going spend the rest of your life with! They are going to make sure you are happy by even going the extra mile. Social life is a completely personal choice. If whatever you are getting now is what you are happy with, then there is nothing to be concerned about.

You should be happy that you have a life which does not involve fake feelings, struggling to keep up with too many people, and instead is filled with genuine love and happiness. And that's a beautiful thing! As human beings we all have needs for social and emotional interaction with others. Some of us who are very fortunate are able to focus our energy on meeting those needs primarily with a loving partner, with some dash of interest and intrigue thrown in with our small but loyal Social Circle. Most people for better or worse, meet these needs through a more extensive social network.

What matters most is your individual happiness in your situation. It sounds like you are indeed extremely happy with your state of of relationship, and are just observing a s difference between you and many of your acquaintances. Because it's easy for friendships to be de-prioritized by the relationship you have with your spouse, especially if you're lucky enough that your spouse is also your best friend. The downside is if you and your spouse break up this would leave you (both I assume) feeling alone.

?If you feel your social needs fulfilled, you have little to worry about. I would add the caveat that people who put everything into their romantic relationships feel very alone if those relationships end- remember, your spouse could leave you, or unexpectedly die. You never know. I think it’s important to have at least a few solid friendships with other people, not only for a broader scope of viewpoints and company, but also purely as an insurance against the unexpected things in life.

It’s normal to have friends and a social life, but how much that matters to any one individual just depends. My neighbour was almost completely blind and deaf. She relied entirely upon her husband. She had very few friends, and as far as I knew, no social life. Yet they were happy together. Actually, he too had a poor social life and few friends. They were a match. Some people are so anxious or have so many phobias they can’t cope with the outside world. If such people can find a good match for them, they are very fortunate. It might not be ‘normal’, but it’s not psychotic either.

Social life outside of your marriage is a thing that comes and goes. Sometimes you need it, sometimes you don't. Generally, though, a few friends outside of your marriage is nothing but a good thing. Seeing those friends enriches your marriage in ways that are only apparent after the fact. I once became the friend that was invited to all family gatherings of a family that had four girls. Gaining several points of view other than my own was invaluable to me, but that fact was not apparent until years later. I also realized that I had become a stabilizing factor in that family, tending to help keep in check little quarrels between the four girls. Those visits gave me skills I didn't know I needed, but was able to apply in my own family.

I?think this is what all people really long for, but it is harder to do. If this is really what is happening for you, you could consider bringing children into the equation. Yes it's important to have friends. But I think some people are more choosing of their friends and that's me. It really needs to click easily and that is not as easy to find in a common person. My spouse has a group of friends from high school that they meet once a month and she goes on trips with them occasionally, but I think if she had to choose he would only have one friend from that group. I just think about priorities.

For me it's more important to have a good marriage than have lots of friends. Then you will have even more productive friendships that will potentially last and last and last. It is normal for people to take the easy path in life verses cutting a new path in the Forest. Superficial relationships offer less risk than marriage. "It is the exceptional individual who journeys the road not normally taken". Robert Frost, poet.