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Yes, Pat...
I think we do have to agree to disagree on this issue. I'm with LadyChardonnay on this one. It seems as if the straight women I've been associated with really do do a lot of what I, too, would call whining. I also agree with Lady that the women I've known do seem to ask an awful lot of their friends; frequent get-togethers and lots of emotional support and shared activities are the norm. If you're not doing lunch or shopping with the ones I know, they wonder where you've been after a very short time, and given my physical problems "where I've been" could be a hospital bed, recovering from that nasty pneumonia I contracted on my last shopping jaunt with them. The men I know don't demand more than I can give, either emotionally or physically.
posted by
kidnykid
on September 22, 2006 at 1:05 PM
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i prefer male friends
gay or straight. maybe it's just the women I have been friends with over the years - but there is TOO MUCH drama and whining. plus if you don't feel like talking to them for a week - they get mad. i can call one of my male friends 2 months down the line and they don't get upset with me. plus i am very strong willed and i attract alot of female friends that are emotionally needy. but quite frankly - rosie o'donnell turns my stomach anyway - who is she to imply anything about anyone. her talk show tanked and so did her magazine - and the wacked-out hairdo. plus she had a crush on tom cruise - maybe she is just jealous because he jumped on oprah's couch instead of hers.
posted by
ladychardonnay
on September 22, 2006 at 12:50 PM
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I'm sorry, but I have to disagree with your premise here.
I don't think Gayle and Oprah have a "platonic" or any other form of lesbian relationship. I think Rosie's gaydar may be off. I've had many buddy relationships with guys. I enjoy men's jokes, the hard work they do, how they take care of their kids and wives - there are lots of good guys around. I have had women friends, and these friendships are much deeper because we have more in common. There are biological cycles, hormonal ups and downs, living in a man's world and dealing with the same gender-based limits, we talk about our mothers, our children. It's not a "platonic" lesbian relationship, it's a sense of sisterhood.
posted by
Pat_B
on September 22, 2006 at 8:31 AM
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I have never had that sort of female incredibly close bonding.
I have female friends...but too much time with women drives me nuts.
So I guess I have no closet lesbian tendencies...
posted by
FactorFiction
on September 22, 2006 at 6:04 AM
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