DD is 11, just started year 7. In primary she had a handful of friends, some boys and some girls. None especially close until the end when she became quite friendly with a nice boy for a few months.
Shes just started year 7 and befriended 4 boys immediately ‘in a gang’ so she says. They sound nice. I am pleased she’s happy and has made some friends quickly but I can’t help feeling she purposefully rejects girls for one reason or another.
She’s certainly not a ‘girly girl’ she likes action, Adrenalin sports, Lego and Minecraft. She’s also funny and has no interest in clothes / appearance currently. She shows no interest in wanting to actually be a boy but appears only really to enjoy playing / socializing with them. She also prefers none girly clothes, won’t wear dresses etc but is happy to wear a bra etc so doesn’t seem embarrassed about her female body.
my question is - does anyone’s DD also choose actively to only (or mostly!) be friends with boys? She’s at a mixed school, we know a lot of girls already there and she has actively seemed to distance herself and move towards ‘new boys’ who she doesn’t know after initially befriending some girls she knew a little before starting. She hung around with them on the open days and now had ditched them for boys.
She has had the odd female friend before but certainly never been in a girl group and the friends she’s had have never been very close.
Id like to hear other’s’ experiences. Personally I had both female and male friends but never hung out with all boys, it was a mixture and it worries me a little the boys may not invite her to things as they grow older (this happened in primary quite a bit) but often she was invited to all boys parties.