In reply to John_Hat:
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> Most of my friends are female - basically I'm not a particularly "blokey" bloke - don't do football/cars/etc, and historically have always got on better with women than men.
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I'm somewhere in the middle, although to be honest if I'm generalising I find friendships with women are bit less superficial.
> To be honest, I don't think that having friends of the opposite sex is any different to having friends of the same sex. They are friends - hence you interact with them on a level where their gender is irrelevent. Hence I don't think it makes you a better BF/Husband.
I tend to disagree that their gender is irrelevant. My friendships with women are different to my friendships with men. Also, and I think this is where I was going with the thread, I think having friends of the opposite sex helps you to understand that sex better, which makes you more considerate and understanding.
> It always makes me feel kind of strange when you see these blokes where all their friends are blokes, and the opposite sex is only there as potential relationship material, and obviously the same for women who only have female friends. Presumably their only view of the opposite sex is as sex objects? Presumably if you've got that view of the opposite sex it might cause problems, but as the whole idea is a foreign land to me I don't know.
I've known blokes who have been genuinely puzzled as to how I could enjoy the company of women, except as a means to shagging them. Can't help thinking that they're missing out.