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The purpose of the present study was to examine both positive (i.e., shared friend support) and negative (i.e., disapproval and interference of partner\u2019s friends) aspects of friend ties on divorce across 16 years. Using a sample of 355 Black and White couples from the Early Years of Marriage project, we examined these associations with a Cox proportional hazard regression, controlling for a number of demographic and relational factors. Our findings indicate that (1) the negative aspects of couples\u2019 friend ties are more powerful predictors of divorce than positive aspects; (2) at least early in marriage, husbands\u2019 negative perceptions of wives\u2019 friends are more predictive of divorce than are wives\u2019 negative perceptions of husbands\u2019 friends; (3) friendship disapproval may be less critical in the marital lives of Black husbands and wives than of White husbands and wives; and (4) the association between disapproval of wives\u2019 friends at Year 1 and divorce may be partially explained by wives\u2019 friends interfering in the marriage. 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