Can a married woman have a guy friend?

yes. As long as it doesn't go further than friendship

why not? it is only a friendship..

I would actually encourage my wife to have guy friends

if the guy is just a friend ya but if its more than that then i dont think so

This, for me, requires two answers.

1. Yes, if she is in a strong, mature marriage in which the husband accepts it for what
it is i.e. friendship.
2. Yes, if the main reason she is into the friendship is friendship and not an attraction.

sure..I have many married friends and they all have single as well as married friends...and it never goes any further..

Of course! It is healthy to have friends. According to your own rules in the relationship, you do not let it get past friendship. Te line may be different for different people but the principle is the same. If it is not taking away from your marriage then it's a good thing.

She can especially if it's online and long distance. As long as she doesn't do questionable things I'm sure it is perfectly OK.

Yes, a married woman can have guy friends. As long as you are just friends, it shouldn't affect your relationship at all. Maybe (as my mother has so told me often) it is not you he dislikes, but the guys you are friends with? Or maybe he's just insecure? Any of those could be possible. Just talk to him about it, find out what about it he doesn't like. That would help you two find a solution.

Sure! There is nothing wrong with a married woman having "guy" friends....but her husband should be included in on these friendships...if they are so innocent, that is. My husband works with a majority of women and they are all my friends to. We socialize often. As far as a married woman or a married man getting together with another man or woman ...alone...that shouldn't happen. It sends the wrong message and a mature married person, man or woman knows this and knows just how far to take a friendship and where not to go with it. This behavior of getting to familiar sends bad messages to the other person and can be misconstrued and cause a lot of problems for you and others. For instance...a married woman should not have a male as a BF that she runs to for advise or when she has a fight with her husband...she also should not go out on "dates" alone with a man other than her husband...when it goes this far...there is usually something lacking in the marriage and a third party is not the answer...if that third party is a male. Sure...go have a nice heart to heart talk with your best girl friend...but it tends to send the wrong message to a male friend!! This day and age people are so sure that married couples can have their own friends and that it wont cause any problems at all because they are old enough and mature enough to know what is right and wrong and they can handle it...well...it is prove that id just doesn't work that way. Besides if you are happily married...man or woman why would you want to have a guy as your best friend any way...your husband is supposed to be your best friend and if you can't involve your husband with your best "guy" friend, then you should not be married. Married couples should respect each other and if a married woman is going to hang out with single or married men...this starts problems. I know I sound a "lot" preachy but I have has a few friends experience this same thing and it ended very sadly...like my BFF who did the same thing 12 years ago and ended up divorced all because she had a lot of "BF's that were men!"

obviously. what sort of stupid marriage arrangement would cut out half the world's population as potential friends?

The man and wife may agree on any kind of arrangement when it comes to relationship. The life partners can have any kind of life they want and in my opinion there should be no laws governing the bed rooms.

possibly many male friends

Yea

you can be friends but one day it will happen

if the guy is just a friend ya but if its more than that then i dont think so

Hmmmm i say no. Because there is no diffrence between a true guy friend and a lover besides sex and romance. You may not be phsicly cheating but you sure are mentally cheating. But there aint nuthing wrong with a guy homie

Hmmmm i say no. Because there is no diffrence between a true guy friend and a lover besides sex and romance. You may not be phsicly cheating but you sure are mentally cheating. But there aint nuthing wrong with a guy homie

I think they can but they do have to be careful and keep everything open and aboveboard. My husband is very possessive and controlling and he's having a fit right now because I have an "on-line" friend who is male. We are just friends. He's more like a brother to me but it really bugs my husband.

I'd been a good friend with an ex gf of mine for 30 years (we never had sex when we dated as we were just 15f and 16m), we eventually gave in and had a very steamy affair. She wanted more, found a new man, divorced her husband and re-married. We're still really good friends but her new husband is very cautious about me.

It can happen, and it shouldn't threaten a strong marriage. However... if problems occur in the marriage, the friend could start to look pretty darn good!

Hmmmm i say no. Because there is no diffrence between a true guy friend and a lover besides sex and romance. You may not be phsicly cheating but you sure are mentally cheating. But there aint nuthing wrong with a guy homie

I don't see anything wrong with it, I wouldn't want a woman telling me who I can and can't hang out with and if you don't trust your wife enough not to just keep it on a friendship level you probably shouldn't have married her in the first place. She needs to make it clear to both her husband and the guy friend that it is just a friendship. It would help if the guy was friends with the couple and hung out with them together a lot, though.

I would say it depends. If there is a past then no it will eventually end up in the bed. If its a guy who is just a friend and always has been then there is nothing wrong with that.

i dont see why the hell not. guys have little girlie friends all the damn time :)