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Friendship

Discussion in 'Friendship' started by Lynne, Jun 7, 2006.

  1. Lynne

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    All,

    How do friendships differ between the genders?

    Do man/man friendships differ from woman/man or woman/woman friendships?

    If so, how?
     
  2. Trishee

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    There is a McDonald's commercial where two guys, roommates, are playing pranks of a sort on each other... the first one uses a marker to decorate his 'friends' face like a kitty cat. The second man retaliates by shaving the eyebrow off of the first man...who then shaves a stripe of hair off the other mans head. I asked Kevin.. and he says that is what guys do. Teabag's and Technicals are jokes that are funny to men... if you don't know what those are, either Google it, or private message me... I wont go into detail here lmao

    These things are stuff, that as a woman, I just would not do to someone I consider a friend. I think women have far greater spans in the friendship bar as well. There is the person whom we tolerate, don't like all that much, but as we don't have a reason not to... we call them a friend. Then there is the friend we hate... we have all had them. They have perky boobs, or an annoying laugh... and we somehow hang out with them more often than that friend we truly enjoy seeing. There are those we love with all our heart, and those we secretly wish would trip on the curb.

    Also... women tend to hold grudges. Men will either beat the daylights out of each other, get over the offense, or drop the person. Women seethe, at least I know I do, and the other women I have talked to have said similar things. It seems harder for a woman to get over an offense (not saying taking the last cookie at tea time, but the hard-core offense), and that they hold it close to them.

    I think relationships with the opposite sex is always different than with that of our own. Not always a bad thing, but different. Maybe there are those of you women that can discuss in detail the reason you pick the feminine product that you use with your guy pal... but I am not comfy with that. I don't want the guy friend to be interchangeable with the girl friend... Men are not like us, and we should quit trying to make em more 'streamlined'... IMO.


     
  3. Tink

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    I have a few close girlfriends and I'd discuss almost anything with them. But casual friends, whether male or female, I am usually very guarded.

    As for male friends, the male friends I have had have always tried to change the relationship from friendly to romantic. It always catches me off guard and now I am extremely hesitant of male friendships.
     
  4. jeni26uk

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    i dont think it matters whether it is male or female friends if u trust the certain friend i dont think it would differ...