Maybe its the boobs I’m growing in middle age but I find myself preferring the company of women friends nowadays. I find myself not liking anymore to get together with a bunch of guys.[/quote]
Maybe it’s because you’ve been around long enough and seen enough to realize that women tend to be better friends. Guys don’t want to be around other guys when they’re having difficulties in life, at least not for long. Women, OTOH, will give you a shoulder to cry on, will bring you food when you’re too sick or depressed to get out of bed, will wipe your butt and give you sponge baths when you’re unable to do it for yourself. Men tend to be less inclined to make personal sacrifices for others, especially if it’s a long-term commitment, though there are always exceptions on both sides.
Men? They generally don’t bond directly with one another like women do. Men bond through third party objects or hobbies like watching football or fishing or golfing, etc. It’s just different.
OTOH, men do tend to be less neurotic, so scaredy has something there. But the #1 reason that “real” men (according to scaredy’s definition) don’t like to hang around women is because men are always jostling for power, and women have historically been the less powerful sex. That’s why being called a “bitch” or a “p*s*y” is a problem for men, but being called a “d**k” doesn’t really mean much to a woman.
