Is it just me?
There are often threads here from women, girlfriends, wives who have husbands who have a ‘close female friend’ and are exclusive of the wife/gf. Often they get told on MN that they are jealous, insecure and controlling for feeling uncomfortable.
Isn’t this a case of other women being a bit misogynistic towards a poster feeling insecure?
Why on earth is it ‘cool’ to be oh so fine with your man having as many close female relationships as he likes?
And why is it assumed that cheating only ever happens because the man is going to cheat anyway, it’s hard wired? That it doesn’t matter whether they have female friendships are not.
I don’t understand and I think we are in danger of putting ourselves down as women telling others not to trust their instincts.
Why aren’t healthy boundaries cool? I think that they are.
That’s not to say that opposite sex friendships are banned, but there is a healthy balance.
Unless a woman is being very jealous, not letting her partner look at another woman etc, then I’d say 90% of these posts are from women who really are being disrespected and demeaned by their partners.
Just feel a bit depressed to see so many women be put down for this!