yeah, i chilled in Pitts with your Pops. the weather was wonderful

I have to completely disagree with your post Champ. I think you are using the word ‘friend’ very loosely. I think if you said that men are better ‘chill buddies’ or easier to get along with then I would agree with you wholeheartedly. However, I believe women make better friends for many reasons:

1) They are better listeners.

2) They are more empathetic.

3)For the very reason that you mention: men put their d*&ks first. Don’t have a serious problem and expect a man to drop everything for you. Which concludes that…

4) Women are more dependable

5) Guys can’t talk to other guys about really personal problems. Women are able to open up easily to both men and women, and men open up easier to a female friend.

6) You have a better chance of having your female friend return your calls than you do a guy.

If you take out women being overly dramatic and overly emotional (which is not always the case), you can count on a woman better than a man.

I say all of this even though I get along better with guys than I do with women (this is as a result of being one of 2 females in engineering). They made very great hanging out buddies and made me laugh easily, but that alone does not make them better friends. I cannot say that I can depend on them as I can my female friends.

Sorry Champie, but your logic is flawed IMHO. You should change the title to ‘why men are “great” friends”

there was pie????

i ain’t get no pie. *kicks rocks*

Yeah; that place was something else fam. I got a lot of good experience over there but some of the backstabbing, crabs-in-a-barrel stuff between the women who worked there was disturbing. I just kept to myself for the most part and kept it moving…

I used to actually think no such thing as male / female friendships as well. But as time passed, I’ve gained female friends without the initial attraction / chemistry guideline.

Blackberry touched on it. Those three points also applies to cross gender friendships as well.

I’ve thought about why we are friends and nothing more and my only conclusion was I didn’t feel anything towards them like that. They fill some other role in my life rather than romance or random lust.

Some of them are married now, some aren’t. But I would go to bat for them as hard as I would for my homeboys. And I’m sure they would me.

That is so true. It is unbiased. They have a way to look at a situation and give pros and cons. Now I’m not bashing my friendships I have with my girls, I do cherish those. But honestly, the guy friends just come from a different perspective and sometimes you just need someone to tell you like it is, straight up –no bull. And I can appreciate that. And you know its not coming from a mean place, they’re just like check yourself. I appreciate my friends not letting me go out in the world looking like a fool in certain situations, haha.

*chuckles*