She better be friends with me. I'm supposed to know about all the female and male friends he has. If she is his friend then she should be my friend as well because we both are now one soul with two bodies. Same from my side. He should know my male friends and get along with them. Actually I have a really close male bestie, we have been friends for over 5 years now and I don't think that I can leave him for a boyfriend whom I would have known for less time so I do understand being bestie but I approve it only if it was from a long time, before I even came to him. His female friend should be his long term best friend and should become my friend too.
I'm fine with acquaintances, as long as they keep their distance.
But the main thing is, I don't even have to worry about this, cuz I ain't getting in relationship soon.
Single is so good to leave.
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I am more worried about men who only have other men as friends. That's a red flag for me. They're likely not to know anything about women if they have no female friends.
Plus, I like having guy friends. I want a potential boyfriend to have girl friends.
My mother is the kind of insecure, abusive asshole who limited my father's contacts with women. He can't even smile at female coworkers he has worked with for years in the presence of my mother - she thinks smiling at a woman is "flirting". No, she is not normal. She is so insecure she once quit a job in 3 months because "people are too nice".
Women who control their boyfriends like that are not girlfriends. They are abusers.
It needs to go both ways or it won’t work , if your girlfriend has male friends then she can’t complain about you having girl friends period , Having opposite sex friends in a relationship can cause a lot of conflict and trust issues , it’s usually best to distance yourself from opposite sex friends when getting into a relationship out of respect for your partner the same way she should do for you , Friends in general can cause a lot of conflict in most relationships , Your partner needs to be your top priority the same way you need to be there’s or it will not work , Your friends should never come before your partner period , when you start choosing your friends over your partner your relationship is doomed period
No me and my wife both have separate male and female friends.
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If he was friends with her prior to being with me then for the most part I’m ok with it. I think the nature of their friendship comes into as well though, because it’s so rare for men and women to be strictly platonic from start to finish. Seems like somebody always catches feelings or wants to reveal them when they see their friend is pursuing someone and don’t want to miss their own chance. Trust is a key element as well. I’m not one to be insecure or threatened by another woman, simply because I know my boyfriend would never put me in a position to question his loyalty. But for a woman who doesn’t get that reassurance I could see how an opposite sex friendship could rattle her.
If I don't trust a guy not to cheat on me - I would not date him so yes he is allowed to have female friends. He is not allowed to have a female best friend that is more important than me that he talks to and sees more than me but I won't date a guy that doesn't agree to make me his most important female outside his family and his bosses at work. He's allowed to choose his mother or his sister over me but he is not allowed to choose his drinking buddy over me.
I don't mind if he knows girls and hangs out in groups but he ain't allowed to have girl best friends or hang around girls I don't like. Because just like men know how men think I know how evil and two faced girls can be so the ones I don't trust it is because I know what they are.
Because of history l wouldn't trust him to have a female friend. I am the only female he needs! There is no reason for another woman in my relationship with him. And I better not catch him lying about it either!
Ha! Me, Stud Muffin with the women 🧐Both my husband and I have many friends of the opposite gender... Within our marriage it's called mutual trust.
Friends/acquaintances okay…. beyond that…no.
I had lots of male friends when I was single…they are just a lot more fun to be with than girls.
Once I have my SO…. my male friends become my SO’s friend as well respectfully.I dont have a problem with it because I trust him but also he is at that age where all his friends are married and so most the girls he does see are married to his best friends and we all hang out together. Any of my guy friends I introduce him to.. he also trusts me and I wouldn't break that trust.
I trust my husband's judgment when it comes to friends, just like he trusts mine. We both have the same standards for the sort of people that we associate with, and we mostly share the same friends anyway.
I have male and female friends. My husband has male and female friends, and we have been socializing with each other for many years without any issues whatsoever.
Pretty sad when you can't be friends with people who ARE your friends.
My boyfriend doesn't mind when I have guy friends. But I choose to not have guy friends (except for my middle school buddies) because some of them love to really flirt. As a result, I do get a little bit worried if my boyfriend ever has female friends. Not because I don't trust him but because I don't trust SOME of the females. But we wouldn't restrict each other because I trust him and he trusts me.
He's a grown man. If I have trust issues or insecurities that's my problem. I'll trust him until I'm given a reason not to
My boyfriend and I both have friends of the opposite gender - not our absolute closest friends but very good friends. It is completely fine and I do not worry about it at all, I trust him and I’m sure he trusts me too
I'm fine with boyfriend being friends with girls because he's told me before that I'm the only girl that has his heart plus I'm not the jealous type
I don't care. If he's with me, it's because he loves me.
i don't care. i should be able to trust him so doesn't matter to me
Yessss tried that before and it went left! So hell no he can’t have any female friends
The important thing is... Does HE believe that platonic friendships can happen between the opposite sex and whatnot? Because I do believe in it. It's best to be with someone who agrees with the same thing on this topic.
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