Men prefer the company of other men - why is that?, page 3


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reply posted on 27-3-2010 @ 11:27 AM by Stop-loss!
reply to post by AshleyD


Kind of impossible in my case. My job requires combat and heavy lifting so there are hardly any females here at all except from different units that do more of a support role then a direct assault like us. I would like more female friends since being stuck with dudes for a whole year all the time just doesn't feel right, but I agree that a mixture of both can lead to good times.

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reply posted on 27-3-2010 @ 11:49 AM by SolarE-Souljah
What an awesome thread!!

I know why I prefer chillin with "da boyz" sometimes instead of hanging out with a bunch of girls. First of all, for 4 months, I rented a house with 2 girls. Wow. No good. Since I was outnumbered 2 to 1, the house's energy had a ridiculous amount of estrogen and femininity flowing through it. Since they were my roommates, many nights would be me hanging out with the two of them. Oh god, if I had to hear one more thing about their periods, I was gonna scream!!! I got really tired of this girl talk and behaviors, so I had to move out. haha.

I like girls, but hanging out with them all the time can get annoying. There needs to be a balance. When with girls, you have to be on your best behavior, and that can really suck. When you are with the boys, you can cuss all you like,relax, and talk about guy stuff. Like some other posters have said, men don't even need to talk. Men are content with jamming music in their cars with no talking required between them.

My favorite part about hanging out with only guys has gotta be the fact that men can relieve themselves much simpler and easier than girls. Let's say me and my boys are cruising around in my car at night. All they have to say is " I gotta take a piss," and all I have to do is stop the car while they go piss behind my car. When traveling with girls, many of them require you to search out a bathroom for them to use, and that can get my eyes rolling.

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reply posted on 27-3-2010 @ 12:12 PM by Muckster
Originally posted by rcwj1975


Its called brotherhood, comradery, friendship...nothing sexual about it. Men have to bond and know that there are guys just like them out there they can talk about the game with, go shooting with, fight with and know someone has your back, work on cars, tell war stories too, etc.... To have a friend a phone call away that can help you move, help you fix something, etc....again nothing sexual. Women are great, but as we all know a woman cannot understand some things we men are interested in or don't want to do what some of us men do. Just like women who have women friends...because some men want nothing to do with certain aspects of what she likes.

A MAN can love another man....I served with some OUTSTANDING men whom I will love until the end of my life and will do anything for if asked...and the reason we can prefer each others company is because we have common likes and understand each others. There is no "physical attraction", there is no desire....as we all want women, we all want to share the emotional side and feelings we have with a female. There is nothing greater than spending a fun day with the guys and doing our thing to go home to your girl and shut that side off and put someone you love with everything you have in your arms and allow the "softer" side to show....

Again, IMO...it is normal and NEEDED to have fellow men to live life with...share things with....and understand that its ok to love another mn as your brother, your comrade, your friend...and hold onto that...before you know it...its all gone.



After reading this i didn’t bother reading any more... excellent response that sums it up. Pretty close to what i was going to say!!! Only the confused modern metro men (if you can call them men) would see anything sexual in two male friends fixing a car or going for a beer!!!

I must admit i hate this feminisation of manhood... leave us alone... i like my rough skin and scars... i like the fact that in the middle age of my life i have a bit of a belly... dam, i even like the fact that I’m going bald...

Take your hand moisturisers, face creams, hair gel, six pack and fake tans and shove them up your ar....tistic nose


reply posted on 28-3-2010 @ 05:47 AM by Muckster
reply to post by Lookingup


You sound like my wife... On our first date i took her to a Roy Ayers concert... After the concert we was walking to the bus when she looked at me and said the most romantic beautiful thing any bloke could hear...

"i'm starving... do you fancy a kebab?"

That was it... i had found my wife

Seriously... i have friends who are very jealous... if they take their wife to the cinema they have to watch the latest Rom Com staring Hugh Grant or risk hour of huff's and puff's with negative comments about men and violence...

My wife HATES Rom Coms and Hugh Grant... She loves Sci-Fi, Action and some serious films... she loves football (although sadly she support Man U Urrgh!!) and comse shooting with me on the weekends (although not at the moment cos shes pregnant)

Some of my friends have, what i would call, typical trophy wife’s... Blonde, Shallow, palettes petals who, you would think that, butter wouldn’t melt in their mouths... But everything in their life is superficial... Try to discuss anything deeper than the latest TV drama and the response is a blank stare!!
I know that their relationships are unhappy, especially from the blokes point of view, who seem to put up with hours of endless nagging and high credit card bills just to keep up an image!!!

My wife is a diamond... she is my friend as well as my lover... and she is one of the few women who can laugh when i fart, cheer when i blow a clay pigeon out of the sky, and sympathise when my team loses at football!!

Men who pick trophy wife are normally just being shallow and will eventually pay the price for this shallowness

Saying all that... i am not a cave man... i do have a tender side and i can cry (yes men do cry too)

And my wife aint all muck and oil either LOL... Most of the time she is a tender caring mother and wife... it’s just that she aint afraid of my testosterone!

Sometimes, these days, it seems that people are afraid of masculinity,... it’s often discouraged as if it’s some dangerous threat to humanity... It’s not masculinity that’s the problem... its lack of morals and ethics mixed with a loss of identity that’s causing problems in my opinion!!!






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reply posted on 28-3-2010 @ 06:26 AM by mysticalzoe
reply to post by Tinman67


That's odd your wife would think something is wrong with you. I am the complete opposite of all women, trust me. My husband loves my company because he says I am not a normal chick. I can't count how many times my husband and I sat in silence in a restaurant together, or drive together in complete silence. It's nice, refreshing, and what I love best is when he takes his hand and pats me on the leg, and tells me he loves me, it's beautiful!

He said he likes the fact that we can be together and not say a damn word to each other, but just enjoy each other's company! I agree I hate mindless chatter and most women give me a migraine, this is probably why I have no female friends.

I find females extremely materialistic and would actually kill myself if I had to go on shopping sprees and listen to women go on and on about how horrible their husband's are, how they can't stand their kids, and blah, blah, blah!!! I once had a very short term relationship with a female and all she did was talk, for hours on end, it was like she loved hearing her voice. I broke off the friendship because of that.

I like being a women don't get me wrong I am very feminine but I enjoy being alone, shopping alone, and going to the movies alone, I absolutely love silence!!


reply posted on 29-3-2010 @ 11:28 AM by rusethorcain
reply to post by halfoldman


Not all women would rather discuss jewelry, money, make up, fashion snagging a husband or the pangs of childbirth but a large chunk of them do...enough to generalize and make so many utter torture to listen to.
Sometimes it is just the higher pitch to the voice, like a dog whistle.
When they are the slightest concerned or the least bit sad they are happy to share where men mercifully keep these details to themselves.
And once they have you listening... women don't always know when to shut up.
You can't tell secrets to a woman because they blab secrets. Sure men also blab secrets but with them at least you have a 50/50 chance they won't.
With women I think it must be more like a pitiful 10-20% chance your secret is safe!





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