My girl friends often say how our guy friends for some reason always feel like they can talk to me. They’ll talk to me about their problems, family, girls, etc. I don’t know why that is. I also find it confusing at times… maybe I sense a problem and somehow get around to asking about it.
From my experience, guys don’t like to be told that they’re wrong- or at least not right away. So when they talk, don’t immediately interrupt with your judgement. Although they usually tell me about their problems without being asked… Sometimes you can’t just simply ask “What’s wrong?”… you have to make your way around it by asking how their day is, how their family is, how school/job is, how their gf is doing, etc. Another important thing is trust. Girls tend to gossip and my guy friends have told me before how I don’t gossip as much as others and they can trust me.