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Angie4b1g

Angie4b1g

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Do you have guy friends? Or only girls? My 2 best friends IRL are guys. I'm not sure my husband is super excited about it, but he seems mostly ok with it. I've always just related to men better, I think. Women can be pretty catty and annoying. :giggle
 
I don't, but I really don't have friends IRL. The only people I'd consider real friends IRL are relatives. I do relate well to men, and before I was married, I had guy friends, but I'm sure DH would have a fit if I started hanging out with guys. I guess I wouldn't like it if he started hanging out with women though either, LOL. That would be weird.
 
I work in an office with 4 other guys, so I get lots of guy time at work. I don't need more outside the office! :giggle

I do relate better to men, but it's weird making friends with guys when you're married and they're married, so no, I don't have a ton of guy friends. I never have, I guess, but until college, it was 'cause I was skeered. :giggle
 
kelley said:
I don't, but I really don't have friends IRL. The only people I'd consider real friends IRL are relatives. I do relate well to men, and before I was married, I had guy friends, but I'm sure DH would have a fit if I started hanging out with guys. I guess I wouldn't like it if he started hanging out with women though either, LOL. That would be weird.
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I'm the least jealous person on earth (and he's probably #2), so it wouldn't bother me. In fact, his running partner is one of my girlfriends and it never occurs to me to care.

He used his FF miles to book me and one of my guy friends a trip to Florida for a race. LOL
 
My boss is a man. I've worked here for 17 years this year. When I first started, we were the only ones under 50 so we eventually ended up eating lunch together everyday. Economy, downsizing, now we're the ONLY ones in the office so we still do. I consider him my friend too and certainly spend a lot of time with him. I don't think his wife thinks anything of it. I'm divorced so no one cares from my side.

My other really close friends are women, though.
 
I don't like most women... however.. i think i need to start :p I had the wonderful reminder last week that single women + married men = disaster land.
 
I used to have a lot of close guy friends in college, but mostly because I was in engineering and there weren't many girls in my classes. I also had girlfriends too though. Now, I don't have any close guy friends, unless they are attached with a girlfriend of mine. :)
 
I have a lot of guy friends. I admit they are mostly jerks, but I love them anyway. I used to think that guy friends were low-maintenance, but they can be as dramatic as my girl friends. :)
 
I always had more guy friends than girl friends before I got married. After that it did kinda change, but one of my best friends is also hubby's best bud so it works out well. No issues there jealousy-wise. He's married, has kids. We've been known to take the kids out for a day of fun if the spouses are working. I agree with the "women are catty" and I don't need the drama.
 
Eh, I've always had both. My sense of humor has always gone over better with the guys though, with the exception of my group of ladies now. THEY are just as horrible as I am, if not worse! Chicks are weird though. I try to be nice to everyone and some chicks look at me like I just got done laying an egg. There are a few good ladies out there though (ME. LOL)
 
Mostly male friends until my kids started school, then all my new friends seem to be girls. I have three brothers and never really got girls before. My husband and I went to uni together so most of our mutual friends are male, works out fine.

My husband has a couple of females he's close to at work, mostly I don't mind but one got a bit too friendly - was not amused when she txted him at 8:30 on a Sunday morning about nothing in particular when we were on holidays... our closest friends were with us at the time and they gave my husband hell for that, meant I didn't look like the jealous wife, it stopped after that...
 
before DH I had a mix of guy and girlfriends. But they have mostly all disappeared over the years, and my friends are mostly girls now. I don't think DH would appreciate it if I was hanging around with guys when he's not around!
 
In school I had more guy friends than girls but since getting married that has changed. It was an easy change for me though. It's just different for me after getting married. My husband and I are not the jealous type but it would just feel weird for either one of us to be hanging out with the opposite sex, IMO, of course we have 4 kids and to be honest we are busy enough with our own family and lives to have time for hanging out with much of anyone outside our family but that works for us and it's how we like it. I do have a few close girl friends though and do have an occasional playdate with ladies in my church that have kids.
 
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