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baldman24 -> RE: Which Gender Do You Get Along Better With? (7/17/2008 9:41:45 PM)
Wow! Looks like I'm really late to the topic discussion as well! It's kind of funny, but as a 31-year-old male, I get along fantastically well with the "little old ladies." No, it's true. I have found in my life that a lot of elderly women have been unusually supportive of me (some of them even have a certain amount of pity for my single status!) It's a different story with women my age....a lot of them just seem to act a little aloof or snooty (don't take offense, gals! Rest assured I'm not referring to anyone here!) I just have to wonder what gives? I try to be friendly with everyone...the older gals are much more open with me than the younger ones.

WaitingforBoaz -> RE: Which Gender Do You Get Along Better With? (7/18/2008 12:28:45 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: baldman24 Wow! Looks like I'm really late to the topic discussion as well! It's kind of funny, but as a 31-year-old male, I get along fantastically well with the "little old ladies." No, it's true. I have found in my life that a lot of elderly women have been unusually supportive of me (some of them even have a certain amount of pity for my single status!) It's a different story with women my age....a lot of them just seem to act a little aloof or snooty (don't take offense, gals! Rest assured I'm not referring to anyone here!) I just have to wonder what gives? I try to be friendly with everyone...the older gals are much more open with me than the younger ones. This says alot about you. There is no one I trust more than little old ladies and children. They are great judges of character. (dogs are pretty good too[:D])

WaitingforBoaz -> RE: Which Gender Do You Get Along Better With? (7/18/2008 12:35:56 AM)
Pre-marriage - I got along better with men. I only had two girl friends that I was close to, the rest of my friends were men. After marriage and kids - Most all of my friends were women. I am also good friends with many of their husbands. (dated two of them) Now ? Everyone I know is married. We are still great friends and have been for over twenty years, but since my husband died, the dynamics have changed. I do not feel comfortable when everyone gathers together and I am the only single. [&:] Online - I have more friendships with women.

BugLady -> RE: Which Gender Do You Get Along Better With? (7/18/2008 12:52:58 AM)
quote: I do not feel comfortable when everyone gathers together and I am the only single. Same here. It makes it challenging when trying to expand your social circle. quote: Online - I have more friendships with women. Again, same here. At least they claim to be women. [8D]

CoeurdeLeon_ -> RE: Which Gender Do You Get Along Better With? (7/18/2008 8:36:56 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BugLady quote: I do not feel comfortable when everyone gathers together and I am the only single. Same here. It makes it challenging when trying to expand your social circle. quote: Online - I have more friendships with women. Again, same here. At least they claim to be women. [8D] I am, and always have been, a woman. Well, I was a girl first, but you know what I mean.[8D]

CoeurdeLeon_ -> RE: Which Gender Do You Get Along Better With? (7/18/2008 8:46:52 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: WaitingforBoaz Pre-marriage - I got along better with men. I only had two girl friends that I was close to, the rest of my friends were men. After marriage and kids - Most all of my friends were women. I am also good friends with many of their husbands. (dated two of them) Now ? Everyone I know is married. We are still great friends and have been for over twenty years, but since my husband died, the dynamics have changed. I do not feel comfortable when everyone gathers together and I am the only single. [&:] Online - I have more friendships with women. This is similar to my situation except, in the divorce all our couples friends didn't want to "take sides" (or something, I don't know for sure, maybe they didn't like me in the first place) so I lost all of them. Now, IRL I don't have any balance in my friendships, it's all women. And I feel......out of balance. I'd give a lot to be included in a "mixed company" gathering. I can hardly make friends with married men and single men are going to think any friendly overtures are something else entirely. It sorta stinks. Thankfully, I do have guy friends online and they have been life-savers! I think I still have more online women friends but that may just be a numbers thing. There are more women here so the likelihood of finding more women who are of the personality type that I get along with is higher.

WaitingforBoaz -> RE: Which Gender Do You Get Along Better With? (7/18/2008 8:22:43 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: CoeurdeLeon quote: ORIGINAL: WaitingforBoaz Pre-marriage - I got along better with men. I only had two girl friends that I was close to, the rest of my friends were men. After marriage and kids - Most all of my friends were women. I am also good friends with many of their husbands. (dated two of them) Now ? Everyone I know is married. We are still great friends and have been for over twenty years, but since my husband died, the dynamics have changed. I do not feel comfortable when everyone gathers together and I am the only single. [&:] Online - I have more friendships with women. This is similar to my situation except, in the divorce all our couples friends didn't want to "take sides" (or something, I don't know for sure, maybe they didn't like me in the first place) so I lost all of them. Now, IRL I don't have any balance in my friendships, it's all women. And I feel......out of balance. I'd give a lot to be included in a "mixed company" gathering. I can hardly make friends with married men and single men are going to think any friendly overtures are something else entirely. It sorta stinks. Thankfully, I do have guy friends online and they have been life-savers! I think I still have more online women friends but that may just be a numbers thing. There are more women here so the likelihood of finding more women who are of the personality type that I get along with is higher. Yes, I think having guys as friends may be in the past. Other than the husbands of my girlfriends. It must have been a college age thing. [&:]

humbleinspirit -> RE: Which Gender Do You Get Along Better With? (7/19/2008 8:32:11 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: CoeurdeLeon This is similar to my situation except, in the divorce all our couples friends didn't want to "take sides" (or something, I don't know for sure, maybe they didn't like me in the first place) so I lost all of them. I have lost some friends in the past from refusing to take sides also! [&o] Except it wasn't from divorces though.

ebony101 -> RE: Which Gender Do You Get Along Better With? (7/19/2008 5:28:34 PM)
I get along fairly well with women because somehow there's always a lot of them around. I get along with guys too whenever they put in an appearance in my life. I don't have as many guy friends as female friends. With both groups though the success of the relationship is dependent on the personality of the individual(s). On the Crosswalk Forums I think I get along with everyone. I haven't heard anyone complain [:)]. Well at least not yet.

beachcooky -> RE: Which Gender Do You Get Along Better With? (7/20/2008 2:10:19 AM)
Men, hands down. Doesn't mean I hate girls or stuff. But I find myself getting along better with guys then women.

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