Is it normal for a wife to have male friends

When they have interests, friends, and a life outside their relationship, it feeds their marriage. It gives them something to talk about and makes them well-rounded, fulfilled people. But their hobbies and friendships must be respectful of their marriage. Tell her how you feel. Then, try to come up with a compromise. Expressing your concerns — along with how much you love her — should motivate your wife to compromise. Perhaps, you can suggest limits on the amount of time your wife and her friend spend alone or you could ask to tag along sometimes.

You might even consider choosing for both of you to refrain from outings with members of the opposite sex. You should discuss the potential for an emotional affair, where one spouse is confiding in a opposite-sex friend about things that they should be discussing with their husband or wife.

Private e-mails and secrets between a married person and his or her opposite-sex friends are big no nos. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content.

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Some 83 percent of the people surveyed think that cross-gender friendships can and do exist, according to a Match. And a study by Canada's Public Health Agency of nearly 10, Canadian children shows that they often start early, with 65 percent of boys and 60 percent of girls declaring three or more close opposite-sex friends by grade Eighth-grade math class was where Rob Shore, a year-old social media consultant from Newport Beach, California, met Andrea. Although Shore says his friendship with Andrea has never caused waves with his wife, there have been squalls in the past.

Jealousy over an opposite-sex friendship can be the result of projection, says Dr. Babb says her first husband was so threatened by her friendship with Eric, he forbade her seeing him for nine years. After their marriage broke up, she and Eric not only renewed their friendship, they became roommates. He decided my friendship with Eric was a slap in the face and told me, 'Get rid of him or I'm out of here.

Erica Rabhan, a year-old public-relations professional from Atlanta, says she's become very close with her husband's gal pal, Tamar, whom he met in grade school. Jessica Sabatini, a year-old life coach from Durham, North Carolina, says she prefers male companionship. Do I look pretty enough? You would think that in the 21st-century men and women could be just friends regardless of their marital status. Life is not black and white.

So where do we start? Is it acceptable for a married woman to be just friends with guys? And shock horror — some of these are the opposite sex.

But what do we do when we get married? Should we ditch our best friend overnight? Of course not. But the relationship has to change because we are married.

However, I have two very important caveats to the above statements which makes all the difference. There are lots of reasons why people form friendships. Now, the first three reasons are perfectly acceptable when it comes to married women retaining the friendship of a single man. For instance, they might like playing tennis and her partner is not sporty. Or they may like to trawl antique shops for bargains and the husband is not interested.

Perhaps they support the same soccer team or like the same band. On the other hand, we have three more emotional reasons for friendship. This kind of friendship is more about sharing intimate details of their lives. A married woman who confides with a single man is forging a deeper bond with that single man. As this bond grows stronger so might her feelings for her single friend also grow. More to the point, she is also creating a distance between herself and her better half.

This may lead to comparisons being drawn between the partner and the friend. Before you know it the friendship has crossed over from a platonic one to a sexual one. It is a natural progression. Once we become emotionally attached to someone we want to get physically closer to them.