DW's with platonic male friends

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Hello. I stumbled across this excellent site about a month ago and this is my first post.It has helped me clarify my thoughts about some issues.

Do any of you DW's have platonic male friends that your DH has not met but knows about ? Have these friendships been long term ? In summary, any practical experiences of this type of friendship working ?

(ps I don't seek insights of your reactions to any platonic friendships that your DH might have)
Thanks

Hello I'm not married but I do have long-term friendships with men who DP has not met. The only one he is uncomfortable with is an ex-boyfriend from a long time ago AFAIK. The other he hasn't met purely due to circumstances - never been in the same town at the same time. I do try to introduce them to him where possible.

What do you want to know exactly?

Not that dh hasn't met, no. But some of the friendships (particularly with work colleagues) were fairly long standing before he did meet them.

Dh is fairly grumpy and tends to find most of my friends v dull so we usually socialise separately

Dh has met all my really really long-term male friends (uni friends for e.g.) but he's not me the men i am friends with at work. i was out tonight for pints with a couple of guys from work, good friends, DH knows 'of' them but has never met them.

I have work friends that DH hasn't met. He's welcome to but hates my work drinks. I only socialise with them at work functions.

My long term platonic male friends, he has met and become really good friends with as well.

I have some long term platonic (aren't all our friends platonic if we're married or in long term committed relationships?) male friends DH has never met...he can be a bit jealous though so I try to introduce to him to all my friends at some point, but most of them are actors and he gets bored of the theatre talk

I have plenty of platonic male friends. I suppose there are some whom DP hasn't met, but only because of distance or lack of opportunity.

Lots of platonic male friends (most going back 30+ years) including several ex-partners. DH has met them all - 2 of my exes came to our wedding 8 years ago. Some have become DH's mates as well, one became an employee, others he can't stand!

But he doesn't mind me phoning, texting or chatting via FB with any of them.

I have male friends and dp has female friends who we see alone and together, depending.

I will have a drink in the pub with a male friend if we are both at the same work event, or to catch up, dp likewise. Or will meet groups of friends including men for a night out while dp is on parenting duty - he does the same thing. In truth I suppose I don't meet up on a planned and regular basis for dinner alone with one particular straight male friend, if that's what's bothering you.

Once I went camping with a male friend. His DW was ill, my dp was working, but we had arranged a camping w/e for the kids, so we went.

At no time have I ever done anything even slightly off the straight and narrow with any of them.