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"there friends" would be like... friends that are somewhere else. As opposed to "here friends", I guess
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"there friends" would be like... friends that are somewhere else. As opposed to "here friends", I guess
I think it would be hard to nail down the overall demeanor. Of course there's the stereotype that men are closed up emotionally and sometimes male toxicity enforces that, but I think it really just comes down to how people develop emotionally and if they feel secure to trust others with those emotions.
maybe 100+ years ago before gay panic really got going.
I'd wager the opposite. I'd say men hug more now.
Source: am secretly a Highlander
Some are, I'm not a man but I have male friends and we're very intimate and close, hug and cuddle each other, express our affection and our emotions openly
Ofc I have had the "bro" type of male friends, where it seems they feel like we can't do that kind of stuff even if we do rly care for each other :(
It's much better in queer and queer-friendly spaces ime
I'm (m) somewhat "intimate" with my friends I'll hug and stuff. But I'll play it off as a joke half the time depending on who. I was fortunate enough to have made really great friends in high-school that I can be more friendly and am secure enough that if anyone said anything it wouldn't phase me
Adding on to this, I'm more secure when we've had more to drink so a "drunken hug" is more acceptable
yes, we're not all incels and taters and fundamentalist wannabe strong men