Has your experiences with women/men been a good or bad one?

Dear Zack,

My experiences with both women and men have been extremely good...

But I look back now, because up until the age of 28 or so most close friendships were with men; I found women generally to be snarky and critical...hard to maintain quality friendships.

Still not sure exactly what happened, but I began to wonder if society oppression of women had something to do with all that. So I made a point to try again female friendships, and it turned out wonderfully.

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There ARE basic differences between male and female friendships, and I now cherish both, my life enriched, would not want to be without either.

A few bad but mostly good.

Women friendships fair 😕to OK🙄.

Best gal pal died of breast cancer, people thought we were sisters 👭.

Men friendships 😨poor to 😩fair.

I've had good experiences with both!

But i noticed always my female friends used to be more than males. The same happened in my internet communications as well. Not something i pick up myself, it just happens! It seems i get submit of a communication into friendship with females easier.

I have been gifted very good friends tho, nice gentlemen and ladies. In and outside of net.

I have had good and bad with both. I have generally had better luck with my men friendships, and I think that is because they never have seen me as competition.

I have found when I was younger, say in my late teens and through my 20s, some women thought I was trying to steal their boyfriends. I didn't want their boyfriends as I had known most of them since grade school. They were like brothers to me and I would treat them that way. I would give a hug hello and tease them a bit. It was their girlfriends' insecurities that made things rough.

As most women that I know have grown past that stage, and also since I am also now married, thing have gotten better.

Mostly good, sometimes bad. It doesn't really depend on gender.

Just like anyone else .. Some good, some bad.  But the good ones far outweigh the bad ones.