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If you're in a marriage (or serious defacto relationship) do you believe that a line needs to be drawn when it comes to friendships with the opposite sex?
For instance, is it okay for a husband to befriend a single female and socialize with her, call and text her when his wife isn't present? What kind of action (if any) should a wife take under these circumstances?
I look forward to your thoughts and opinions. Thanks!
If you're in a marriage (or serious defacto relationship) do you believe that a line needs to be drawn when it comes to friendships with the opposite sex?
For instance, is it okay for a husband to befriend a single female and socialize with her, call and text her when his wife isn't present? What kind of action (if any) should a wife take under these circumstances?
I look forward to your thoughts and opinions. Thanks!
I take it on a case by case basis. A new friend would also have to be my friend, otherwise she's not going to be my husband's friend. Both my dh and I have opposite sex friends and everybody is on the same page.
If you're in a marriage (or serious defacto relationship) do you believe that a line needs to be drawn when it comes to friendships with the opposite sex?
For instance, is it okay for a husband to befriend a single female and socialize with her, call and text her when his wife isn't present? What kind of action (if any) should a wife take under these circumstances?
I look forward to your thoughts and opinions. Thanks!
Do whatever you want. If your spouse doesn't like it, they're welcome to divorce you.
When my best male friend started dating his now fiance, one of the conditions was that she was to be okay with our friendship. She wasn't sure at first, but once she saw us interacting and got to know me she became very open and okay with the idea. Now, his fiance and I are very good friends and I've been asked (by the both of them) to be their best man at the wedding. I adore them both.
If I were to get into a relationship, he would have to be okay with my best male friend. I'm not going to give up a nearly 15 year long relationship because he's feeling insecure.
Since I've experienced a very long and fruitful opposite sex friendship, I think I'm more open to the idea of it. I do think it's a possibility, but it would definitely depend on the people involved and how they interact with each other.
I have a female friend that I talk to on messenger and I've known her a few yrs now and we chat a lot, Mrs. Chow is fine with her, they are friendly to each other as well. I think what it is is that once you know someone pretty well, it would be like incest to move it past being friendly.....
One should always avoid the appearance of impropriety.
I wouldn't hang out with, or have a friendship with the opposite sex unless I introduced him to DH. If I went to hang with the guy, DH would always have an open invitation to join.
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My husband has numerous female friends, some I know, some I don't know and it does not bother me one bit. He has had a lot of these friendships for more than 20 years and I've only been in his life for 10 years. We both know we are married to each other, we trust each other to the core of our being and we both know the consequence if one or the other steps outside of the vows we promised to each other and there are no second chances.
We don't draw any lines with each in this regard. We are both free to have whatever friends we want and socialize as we wish. We only expect each other to use some common sense and be sure to respect OUR relationship first and foremost. We don't own each other. If there is a serious transgression, we are free to break up - but it's a very, very unlikely thing to ever happen.
We got out to dinner or to clubs with our friends and without each other at times, and all together other times. We trust each other, and our friends respect our relationship - or they don't stay friends.
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