Lots of men think it’s either date or bust with women, me personally I think platonic relationships with women are the single most important thing a man can have for social development.

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bc men don’t know how to be platonic

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Things that come with women probably. Drama often times. People thinking there’s something going on

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Most people are straight and there’s always the possibility of someone wanting a relationship. If your friend is attractive to you and you like them you’ll probably want to date. If they’re not attractive to you you’re afraid they’ll want to date. Plus a lot of people are not okay with their partner having straight best friends in general

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Youre not usually… the nicest people. Im sorry, theres no great way to sugarcoat it. Men put a lot of effort into dating/getting laid because it’s dating and they have to work hard at it or give up. But with friendships, men can walk away more easily and focus on people who are easier to be friends with (friendships are supposed to be easy, not hard). But a lot of women let the whole dating pathology of taking people for granted and self-sabotaging relationships infect their platonic circles too

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They don’t know the lore of the Roman Empire

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Also a (huge) part of it is survivorship bias. A mixed friend group can usually only sustainably have one gal in it bc if there are 2+ they’ll eventually dissolve it in a messy friend-divorce. & women tend to erase their OWN friendships if they find out their friend is attracted to them, bc some women see attraction and friendship as a zero-sum game. Finally, men lose all their female friends whenever he gets into a relationship, whereas male friends accumulate bc they survive relationships

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oh have you not heard? girls have cooties

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I have one friend group with women in it and another friend group without women in it so I think I can give a good answer here. The kind of bond men form quickly and naturally with each other can only really be formed with a woman if there is attraction or some kind of trauma bonding. The girls I am friends with were the people who I kept in touch with during Covid for example. There’s no attraction there, but there was something that actually formed the connection.

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