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No! People have a range of different types of friends. Think of the friends you have, you be with some because they are sensitive, others because they make you laugh, others for being fun, etc. He is lucky he has a friend like that around him regardless of their gender.
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I might.
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If that friend knew things about my spouse that I didn't know, then I would feel very left out and sad. Sometimes I think we need sounding boards...people to whom we can go to "bounce" things around and from whom we expect honest answers. I believe fervently that platonic love exists among friends..so my spouse having a close friend of the opposite sex would not threaten me..I have friends of the opposite sex that don't threaten him...it's a two-way street, after all and trust is trust! :)
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It would depend on how frequent and what the situatation is that the friend needed support for. For instance, maybe she lost her husband and is in need of support from various friends that may have known him. However I'm not sure by what you man by "feel cheated" - do you mean feel cheated that your spouse is sharing themselves emotionally with someone else or that you feel that your being cheated on.
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There is such a thing as an emotional affair, which can be more serious than a physical one. I would feel as though that was cheating, absolutely. Your spouse is supposed to lean on you for emotional support, and if they don't feel as though they can, it may be time to work on something that's going wrong in your relationship.
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Yes i would. Being married, I don't understand why a spouse would need to speak to another of the opposite sex for anything. Only if the conversation would be the same, if I were on the other end of the line.
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Yes! We took enough effort to get that communication going, that would feel like so much wasted effort.
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This is a complex world today. A person cannot rely on one single person for all their emotional support. Friends are absolutely necessary to help with emotional support. So, yes I think that it's okay.
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I absolutely would. We've been through the trauma and pain of an emotional affair in our marriage. Having opposite sex friends who he relied on for emotional support is too close to home. Having opposite sex friends is fine, but it's fine in it's place. He doesn't need an opposite sex friend to rely on for emotional support. For that, he already relies on me, his male friends and family of origin. This crosses the line in our marriage. It crosses the line of my personal boundaries. He is not willing to cross those lines. He wants to have a healthy and happy marriage after working so very hard to get there. I have every faith that we will stay there.
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The bottom line is that people who are in traditional relationships, modelled after 20th century morality, feel that their partner must give them all their emotional support--except for that provided by family and friends of the same sex. Those who are living in the Acceleration Society of the 21st century know that with things going so fast you must get emotional support from all your friends and family. The sex of the person is not an issues. Yes, this conflicts with yesterday's sex-obsessed morality, and that's okay. But many people do not do traditional relationships today. Probably only half the people do. Just a thought. People have to do what suits them. Therefore, there is no one answer to your question.
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My absolute best friend IS my husband but my next best friend is another guy who also happens to be my ex boyfriend. I only dated him for 3 months and that was almost 10 years ago so my husband is cool with him. We used to be neighbors and my friend even had a key to our house for a while. So if my husband had a friend who was a woman that he hung out with I think I would understand.
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