So your boyfriend has a lot of female friends......
@OnMyOwnGRiiND (5)
United States
March 16, 2010 8:27pm CST
So your boyfriend has a lot of female friends... and the maturity of them are ex's. Living with this has to be the toughest challenge for me. I love my boyfriend with all my heart and trust him with our relationship to know he wouldn't go out and do something stupid like cheat on me. But at times, like most of us silly women, we get insecure with ourselves and think the worst. When we argue and he heads straight for his cell phone all you can ask yourself is " who is he texting?" and is it his ex? But, I'm learning now that not questioning who he talks to makes him feel that I'm secure with him. Men love women who have an overload of confidence and part of that confidence includes the trust that we have for our men. For example, if your boyfriend does compliment about other women in-front of you just smile and say "yeah babe she does have a nice body." Swallow your pride and don't let it show that that bothers you. Our lives as women was not easy back then and probably wont be easy for us in a very long time. I believe in God and I believe that He made us strong to take crap like this from our men. Because we all know if the tables were turned these guys would have a very hard time finding a wife. Now for those of you who really are bothered by the amount of female friends your boyfriend have and is insecure about his ways it doesn't hurt to sit down and have a one on one chat with your man. Tell him how it makes you feel and maybe he will be considerate to your feelings and not do things like that that would hurt you. I spoke to my boyfriend about it and he told me this... "I love you and only you. But sometimes a man just has to be a man and looking at other women is part of that. I feel comfortable around you that I can express how I feel when I see an attractive girl because I know at the end of the day I go back to OUR home and sleep in OUR bed." I was glad he told me this because it brought us to the next step in our relationship: understanding each other. So ladies lets not jump the gun and think the worst about what our men do and trust them enough that they will be loyal and honest as we are to them. Be the strong woman that you are and just enjoy life and not worry about these other little girls that might be all over your man and be happy that your with him and there not! :)
2 responses
@artsyfartsygypsy (755)
• Canada
17 Mar 10
Im the type of girl who hangs around a lot of guys (not neccessarily ones Ove dated but also some that Iknow have has feelings for me) so I can undersatnd where your man is coming from. At the saem time he should be careful adn consider you in all of this a little more. But it sounds to me as if you have either a truly amazing guy or a smooth talker. :)
@OnMyOwnGRiiND (5)
• United States
18 Mar 10
See its funny because I've always had more male friends than female friends since middle school to my adult years and I still had a problem with him having so many female friends. I know it sounds hypocritical of me but I know how I am and how I act when I'm with my male friends. Women now that I have run into just don't care anymore if men have wives or girlfriends. So I guess I trust him but don't trust his female friends. Thanks for your input, I appreciate. God Bless!
@artsyfartsygypsy (755)
• Canada
18 Mar 10
Its a little hypocriticl but I understand what you eman. I get like that sometimes too. You just get jealous and dont want him ahnging around with all those girls that you (or at least I) see a slight bit as competitiion. Not trusting his female friends is a bit like not trusting him. You cant trust them not to make amove but then taht means you cant tust him to say no and stop whatever is happenign and set some boundries and guidlines. I dont really have a problem with my bf hanging around girls unless its one-on-one. Then I have an issue.
@onlyprincess (782)
• Philippines
17 Mar 10
Hi,
you have a very nice and insightful discussion. I could totally relate to that because my boyfriend has a lot of female friends too. Girls find him comfortable to be with, and sometimes, I do admit it bothers me. Even if I have 100% trust on him, I couldn't help but think of silly scenarios that could happen. I get paranoid at times and confronted him if he's acting suspicious. I cried a river over these a lot of times. Eventually, as we grow older and matured in our relationship, I realized I have nothing to worry about because what matters at the end of the day, is he loves me and only me.
@OnMyOwnGRiiND (5)
• United States
18 Mar 10
I've cried many rivers as well. Like you said, as we get older and mature we start to not worry about the little petty things and worry about whats really important in our lives. Thanks for your input, I really do appreciate it! God Bless!


