do you think it is right for a partner to choose friends for thier spouse?

Jamaica
February 5, 2010 9:12pm CST
i was just watching a commercial awhile ago and some persons where arguing about men and even women choosing friends for their partners. i would like to know what you think. do you think it is right for a man or a woman to choose the type of friends that their spouse suppose to hang with?
4 responses
@doormouse (4599)
6 Feb 10
i think that is terrible,everyone has the right to choose their own friends,if a someone wants to choose their partners friends then that means that they don't trust their partner,if my man ever tried to choose my friends,i'd hit the roof
@saphrina (31552)
• South Africa
6 Feb 10
No, but as i choose my friends VERY carefully, i would reapect my hubbies feelings and thoughts about them. But i wll not be told who i can be friends with and neither will i tell him what friends to have.
@LevysLuv (238)
• United States
6 Feb 10
No, I don't think its right. I had a friend who's husband disliked myself as well as the group of girls we all hung out with. He was never really rude to us but it was obviouse he didn't want us around. Eventually it drove our entire group away from her. Every now and then she tries to get into contact and tag along with us but the her husband puts a "curfew" on her so she ends up not going. Its sad! We all had a great time together. I think it your significant other doesn't like your friends, still stay friends but have enough respect to not try and "make" them get along. If you partner's an adult they should be able to be civil around your freinds regaurdless of how they feel about them.
• United States
6 Feb 10
I don't think it is right at all for someone to choose friends for their partner, I think it violates the most elemental human rights, we as human beings have free will and the right to the auto determination, and we can exercise them. I think also this behavior is controlling and I wouldn't be surprise if these kind of pattern would lead to domestic violence. Mostly that is how it starts, the person start becoming controlling and the it comes the verbal abuse, and following it, the physical abuse. We as a society shouldn't permit something like that. It doesn't matter if you are a female or male, no one has the right to tell you with whom you are going to relate, when 2 persons get married you shouldn't loose all your freedom, you loose some, but not everything, you should have your own space.