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by voisin 1613 days ago
Not sure why you are being downvoted. It is an excellent point that while two people may have no issue with it, their significant others wouldn’t be out of line to feel awkward about their partners turning to members of the opposite sex for advice and sharing intimate details.
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Definitely is a problem. I've had close relationships with women that had zero problems that faded pretty fast once they had a serious partner. I don't blame them, a partner comes first, but I really wish it wasn't quite so normalized for it to be OK for significant others to isolate partners from opposite sex friends. I know a lot of it happens naturally due to relationships taking up time and some people handle it no problem, but it seems far too common.