UGH. I can't help but get irritated about this topic...not that it was posted, but, this topic has always been an issue for me.

I have friends that are both genders. I don't necessarily feel more comfortable with one vs. the other, on whole. I have always enjoyed PEOPLE.

I don't find myself 'catty', or non-straight forward. I tend to hang out with people that are like me...so, maybe it isn't so much that most women are XYZ, but, more most women YOU associate with are XZY.

And, I don't know how I would feel if my SO was 'best friends' with a woman. Good friends? Close Friends? Sure...'best' friends? In my ideal world, I would be his 'best' friend....maybe it is just semantical....I don't know.

I don't think ANY of my close woman friends care/are jealous of my relationships with thier mates. In fact...some of them prolly like that I hang out with 'him'...gets him out of her hair! Seriously, while I might have started out friends with 'him', when she came along, the relationship naturally grew to include her. It wasn't an either/or situation, but, more of INCLUSIVE thing.