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Are men as intimate with there friends as girls are? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago by SpaceFox@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've had female friends and I've had male friends but for some reason I've noticed that females are more intimate and close to there friends then males are. Is this true for all male friends?

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[–] Starb3an@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

I'm generally more open with female friends than male friends. There's one friend that I've become more open with but that's because we've been friends for over 15 years. Growing up taught me that showing emotion was weak and not what I was supposed to do. I was very sensitive as a kid and learned to hide and intellectualize my feelings rather than feel them