Your friends...as a married couple and as single people

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Re: Your friends…as a married couple and as single people

This, I agree with

furthermore, call me narrow-minded but especially when I have kids I would refrain from associating with nonmuslims at that close a level simply because I wouldnt want my kids (i.e. daughter) to grow up and want to marry the hindu/christian/jewish/budhist/etc kid they grew up with…so in that sense I would prefer muslim friends, though I wouldnt give a hoot whether they were desi or arab or white or whatever

@TLK

In my case, my friends are the people that

1. I like to associate with (because I like them)..
2. and I can associate with (because we have similar activities)..

now second condition depends upon your lifestyle and choices. If I dont go to music parties, instead like to go to Dars-e-Quran, my friends would by default be muslims only, even if I like to hang out with someone who is non-muslim.

I have couple of guys at work who play cricket and go to movies together. They are all nice guys and we kid around a lot at work, but my after work life belongs to my family. I love to spend time with wife and kids and plan all the activities around them. Obviously I cannot spend time with a bunch of guys so I cannot be part of that circle.