QUOTE(Petre @ Aug 22 2025, 02:31 PM)
guys and ladies, if a woman, be it gf/wife, frequently hangs out with a group of male friends, does it cause side effects? example, does it affect her affection towards her spouse?
There is no issue for one to hang out with opposite gender. You both have the responsibility to always keep that true without creating any problem for each other.
For example, uncontrolled impulses will create fire from sparks -- sometimes one may develop feelings of lust and/or romance towards someone else while being in a committed relationship, but you have a logical, conscious mind. You have the responsibility to tell yourself NO. ANY relationship requires two hands to clap. If you find it difficult to control your impulses and the feeling is growing stronger, then you should stop meeting the friend, even if it means destroying it. If you're true friends, in time when things settle, you can always meet again and rekindle the friendship.
Now, for someone with insecurity issues, you need to communicate to your partner what is acceptable to you or otherwise, and hopefully the partner can comply. Insecurity is your problem, yes, but it requires effort from both side to mitigate that and hopefully in time, you can be "normal" again.
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My bf had a bad breakup with his gf where she cheated on him despite her being super possessive and controlling of his interaction with any.. female. Few years after, we met. Now, he trusts me to hang out with my male friends (often it's a mixed gender group, but occasionally there might be 1:1 situations), meanwhile I make a point to always tell him who I'm going out with, and answer any questions he may have. If he is not comfortable with it, he would explain why and often, it's more towards his distrust towards the unknown men (i.e. my friend, not his). That said, so far so good la my male friends are generally nice people. I guess somehow I'm super lucky to have relatively normal people in my circle of friends.
We've fought over various things in life so far, but never once because of opposite gender... Yet. For me, I know how much it hurts to be cheated on as I came from a broken family. For him, well, his personal experience. I guess we both know how much it hurts to be cheated on, so we never want to do that unto another.