Once married whats the appropriate level of intimacy with female friends?

[Princess1983]

Re: Once married whats the appropriate level of intimacy with female friends?

@Zafra

Marriage leads to changes in dynamics. Changes in friendships and the rest. My personal conundrum is that I have one female friend who still vents to me about all her personal issues even though I am married and well I really don’t care anymore to be frank. My wife is priority and my friend is good about that but she still unloads on me and expects me to listen for hours on end and then help her solve her problems. A shoulder to cry on is fine but some distance would be appreciated.

Although I don’t have any friends of the opposite sex I find it quite facinating that you ‘really don’t care anymore’ about your friend. This would make me think that your friend was a potential partner and now that you are married her purpose in your life is no longer a priority.

If your friend takes up hours at a time you need to break it down to her that your lifestyle is no longer full of chunks of time to talk to her no end.

As for yout wife being your priority; that’s great to hear. How is your wife about your friend talking to you about her problems? Maybe you can introduce your friend to your wife?!