Do you generally get on better with men or women?

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Who do you get on better with men or women.
I get on with both but if i had to choose i would say i get on with men far much better.

Given what i read on here daliy i think im the only one.

I get on with anyone provided they're not racist.

Women always have

few men want to strike up friendships with me now i am in my 50’s but when younger so many men wanted to be my friend

Men as they dont take offense in everything.

Genuinely - both.

Both as I'm not 13.

I get on perfectly well with both but I could happily live without male company. Would miss female company far more.

Both, I have friends of both sexes, some of each are long term (40 years plus) and I get along well with both in work, volunteering and hobbies etc.

Everyday life - women, but I generally prefer male work colleagues and managers.

Although I do understand why female managers sometimes can’t afford to be as nice as males, but that’s a whole other thread

Women.

What a Mumsnet response.

In fleeting interactions; men.

But I don’t have male proper friends, and overall I think men are not as nice as women.

But they are funnier.

I get on well with some men as well as I do women but I also find some men a lot more objectionable. I find groups of men a bit tedious these days though, if I join OH at the pub I'm amazed at how loud they are but how little they actually converse!

Both

I get on fine with most people, but my close friends are all women and I'd much rather go out with women friends than men or mixed.
Most men are a bit dull.

I get on well with both. I’m very close with my dh (obviously) and my dad. But I don’t have any very close male relationships. I have brothers and I’m friends with my friends husbands but I would rarely contact them independently and wouldn’t see them alone. I have lots of close female friends and generally find it easier to connect with women.

Weird one for me. I have abandonment issues and I used to think I got on better with men!

However since having therapy and working through the trauma I have since realised I was just seeking their validation. 🤢

Now I'm better and understand myself more - I get on with women more 💐

I like male friends cos it's easier. Lots more banter and jokes. Never that serious. With women you can have the banter and the serious. I don't think I prefer either. I get different things out of the friendships.

Women. I have men friends but way more women friends.

I get on with anyone who’s worth getting on with. I have friends of both sexes. But I do generally prefer the company of women. If I had to choose between spending time with a group of men or a group women I would always choose the women. It’s like my relationship with cats and dogs. I like all cats-unless one shows itself to be a dick. I’m wary of all dogs, until one shows itself to be lovely.

I get on with both equally as people are individuals anyway.

And if I had to choose, I still couldn't.

Women

It’s a bit sweeping to ‘get on better or less well’ with half the human race, surely?

I have more female friends, but I do also have longtime male friends. If I encounter someone for the first time, it won’t be their sex that is the determinant of whether I get along with them or not.

I get on well with men in short bursts but I much prefer the company of women and my friends are 90% women. Mainly because it’s harder to make male friends as an adult without there potentially being misinterpretation of friendship vs something more. I have some male friends from school but only really see them in mixed company.

Mixed company is probably the best (for example going out as couples) as it brings out a good dynamic.

I get on better with decent folk, sex irrelevant. I have worked with many many groups and the dynamics each time are different depending on the individuals who make up the group. I do believe in sex differences but those aren't the main driver of whether I get on with someone, it's all about temperament.

Genuinely both, depending on how they are as individuals, but all my close friends are women. It’s also a bit situation dependent. At work I have three male colleagues who I get on with brilliantly. We go out for lunches, drinks etc in a mixed group and I’m as happy and comfortable chatting to them as my female colleagues. Outside of work it’s a bit different, as it’s mostly interactions with school dads and friends partners. I’ll happily chat with them like I would with anyone else. However, as the divorced and single woman in the group, I definitely notice they’re more comfortable chatting with the married mum’s than with me. Not that I’m all that - or in any way interested in them - but I guess they’re conscious of how it could look.

Women. I get on with both tbf but I gravitate towards female friendship. I’ve just found every time I make good friends with a man there eventually comes the fateful day where they try it on with me and it turns out they just fancied me the whole time. So I have male friends but they’re never my close friends like women are.