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Originally Posted by ksemmel
I think this, age and relationship status of the time meeting and growing a relationship with the female friend is really the key and where this discussion may have gone sideways.
At say 40 and married, is it usual to make just a female friend as a male? Probably not. Possible, yes, but unlikely.
In my instance, at 18,19,20, I think making a female friend is a lot more likely and socially acceptable.
With that being said, I do think the post #59 (and more recent posts) in this thread highlight a very poor presentation from a few people about the subject. To me, presenting a different point of view but being disrespectful to the people you are discussing the topic with is a poor look. The discussion went from what could have been an interesting and fun back and forth, to just insulting people that have/believe in a different situation that you do.
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I have explained my viewpoint clearly. Whether others agree or disagree is up to them. You were the only one in here that even attempted to explain your opposing point of view.
In response to post 59: The “you must hate yourself” is a little strong worded, but I thought it was a well known thing that men that say they have women friends are more feminine. Literally the only guys I knew who actually would hang out with girls were gay. I did not think that was disrespect.
It goes both ways because the entire thread I had people calling me a psychopath because I said something they didn’t agree with. No talking point is ever going to last with stuff like that happening.