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The Pushing Daisies star, who has been with actor David Thewlis for nearly 10 years, said that she would never consider asking him to marry her because she is "too old-fashioned".
Friel told InStyle magazine: "Our relationship is not conventional. He's 13 years older than me. We have our own separate properties and we're not married. He's my best friend. We have great conversations.
"I can ask him about anything and he'll always have the answer. He's smart and talented, two things that I'm attracted to.
"He's never asked me to marry him. It's never come up. I'm too old-fashioned to ask him. No way does a woman ask a man. I know some people do, but I couldn't."
Friel and Thewlis have a 4-year-old daughter called Gracie.
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