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Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by biggy26: 3:29pm On Jul 18, 2020
dodelight:
It's more of what works for you as a couple. My wife has male colleagues who are close friends with her and I don't feel threatened by them; she knows her limit. When our first child was delivered through CS, the first pap she would take was brought by my own close female friend (someone I intended to marry years back) who now happened to be a nurse in the ward, and she was there for my wife till discharge. When there was a problem at the early stage of the pregnancy, it was that same friend of mine that made sure my wife was attended to on time by calling the doctor at the emergency (UCH, Ibadan) and claiming my wife is her inlaw. I don't like to be caged, so I don't cage my wife. We know how far we can go, and we live our lives with God's grace.
So why didn't you marry such a nice lady?

But the human mind also works in a mysterious way, so none of you should give each other any reason to suspect your friendships, and the best way is to gist each other the gist you gist with that friend.

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Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by ojuu4u(m): 3:29pm On Jul 18, 2020
IamDavid:

It's alright. Afterall in reality, it's all about boundaries. Once the boundaries are well set (in the minds/heart of each of them) there shouldn't be any problem.


Why involving urself in a very dangerous and risky adventure in first instance! $ince boundary can be shifted and encroached, why having boundary with such friend?


Choose a friends (female)with boundary less instead.
Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by Thane(m): 3:31pm On Jul 18, 2020
Atlanticfire:


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You can expand the solar systems in future if you don't have enough money now

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Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by biggy26: 3:34pm On Jul 18, 2020
Digitalstarlite:
It depends on type of relationship, maybe is church ppl, Evangelist, neighbor, office colleague...


In dis part of the world we are, it drpends on d type orientation and upbringing that your partner is might not support it cos any day that ur partner travels, anytin can happen...


Some Women might not hold it dan to confess to d partner DAT was a mistake, jus like d Augustina and jaden issue


For me, I don't support it except in d office but not to start paying me a visit at home....
But why are you deceiving us with your pic? I know that lady na. Oya say it's you.grin
Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by GboyegaD(m): 3:36pm On Jul 18, 2020
ojuu4u:


How stopping to having male besties pause ur life ooo


You guys should stop hiding under one finger. As you are growing older in life, you will be passing different stages of life, each stage of life must define how you will handle it, provided you want to succeed in that area. ...

The type of friends one moves with when one is a teenager must different from wen one is adult, ......the one you closed with wen u are single must be different from wen u married, ( male or no male).


I will advice u to allow ur wife to follow her male friend to nightclub and wen she is coming back home around 2pm, you should be the one to open door for her.....................its a free world, marriages is not synonymous to slavery.



..lunatics everywhere.


You are the lunatic here for thinking everyone has to succumb to your thinking.

That said, i handle my affairs my ways and I know whom I am married to as such, I am secured. My marriage wasn't based on gamble and neither did we choose to engage in things we wouldn't want to engage in post wedding.

I asked a simple question and instead of you to answer, you were busy going in circles and dodging the question. Anyways, enjoy your choice.

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Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by Nairaboi(m): 3:39pm On Jul 18, 2020
My wife should be my best friend. But you never can tell what happens and she is to be close to other male friends even in the office setting who she will at one time confide in (this may include marital issues as things may turn out).
A woman who wants to cheat will cheat no matter the companionship you give her.
Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by skyhighweb(m): 3:50pm On Jul 18, 2020
paulolee:

female frienda for what?? am prone to temptations and thats why i would cut them off before getting married..
we hear u, so having a female friend while married is a temptation, no wonder marriage becomes boring n u wonder why

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Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by Psoul(m): 3:51pm On Jul 18, 2020
Log out from your social media Accounts.
Now, Log in to your Bank Account.
What you sees there is the real you
And not that person you make us to believe in ur social media accounts.
If you feel happy about the person you saw in that your Bank Account, good.
If you are not happy about what you saw, then it's time to have a rethink.
Only you can tell yourself the truth.

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Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by mcdokwe(m): 3:52pm On Jul 18, 2020
DIVINEEVIDENCE:


Pesin wen you done kpsnsh finish?

And you yourself didn't discover that worth enough to marry her?

Simps allover the place!
Unfortunately, some of you think sex is all that matters. You will be wiser with experience

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Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by emmnprince(m): 3:52pm On Jul 18, 2020
It is okay. It depends on you and your wife.

I believe the "close" is not the same as "intimate."

But what is the logic "behind" a married man or woman having close friends of the opposite sex?
Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by paparazi1(m): 3:53pm On Jul 18, 2020
abysirius:
Hi Nairalanders,

Greetings to everyone in the house. Trust we are all enjoying the weekend. As regards to the above-mentioned subject. What is your take on this? Would u allow your partner have a close friend that is of opposite sex? Briefly give your reason (s) and state what you believe should be the ideal arrangement in a family setting.

I was listening to a program on the radio earlier this morning on Raypower FM before power outage. However, I have to put it on this platform out of curiosity to know how we feel about it. Personally, it is a capital NO for me. But of course, one of the 2 callers that called in before power cut termed it as insecurity as nothing seems to be wrong with the idea. Do you agree?

Mod pls help push this to the front page. Thanks.
I don't agree to those callers. Just like you my answer is NO. Your partner and you are suppose to be best
of friends. Apart from the issue of infidelity that can gradually creep in on notice, People seem to respect you
when they don't know much about you and can't even pre empt your actions and reactions. Again your
family matter will have no privacy as they may likely discuss events going on in your house to outsiders. They might
even separate you and your spouse through gossips, and envy, the reasons are endless.
Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by Billionsclub: 3:54pm On Jul 18, 2020
it is a capital no. There is no vacuum in life. cheating does not happen in a day. it begins from friendship.. once you are already preparing for marriage, develop a continuous flow of communication with your spouse
Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by Billionsclub: 3:57pm On Jul 18, 2020
one of the reasons opposite sex have bestie in marriage these days is because people build sexual capacity and forget to build communication capacity.
Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by Exoclassic: 3:58pm On Jul 18, 2020
abysirius:
Hi Nairalanders,

Greetings to everyone in the house. Trust we are all enjoying the weekend. As regards to the above-mentioned subject. What is your take on this? Would u allow your partner have a close friend that is of opposite sex? Briefly give your reason (s) and state what you believe should be the ideal arrangement in a family setting.

I was listening to a program on the radio earlier this morning on Raypower FM before power outage. However, I have to put it on this platform out of curiosity to know how we feel about it. Personally, it is a capital NO for me. But of course, one of the 2 callers that called in before power cut termed it as insecurity as nothing seems to be wrong with the idea. Do you agree?

Mod pls help push this to the front page. Thanks.
they will end up fucking each other
Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by Digitalstarlite: 3:59pm On Jul 18, 2020
biggy26:

But why are you deceiving us with your pic? I know that lady na. Oya say it's you.grin


I guess u re in DAT group also?
Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by ojuu4u(m): 4:00pm On Jul 18, 2020
[quote author=GboyegaD post=91844024]

You are the lunatic here for thinking everyone has to succumb to your thinking.

That said, i handle my affairs my ways and I know whom I am married to as such, I am secured. My marriage wasn't based on gamble and neither did we choose to engage in things we wouldn't want to engage in post wedding.

I asked a simple question and instead of you to answer, you were busy going in circles and dodging the question. Anyways, enjoy your choice.[/quote......




I guess you lacked basic comprehension when reading. Maybe you should give it to any man who understand the tenet of successful marriage in you lineage for proper and detail explanations


Anyway there some people who welcome every child that wives bring into the family as biological kids!!!
Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by ofiko123(m): 4:00pm On Jul 18, 2020
In this world of 5G I don't see any thing bad in it..but surely there must be limits in such relationships..
Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by Ladycewhy(f): 4:03pm On Jul 18, 2020
Good people are hard to come by , humane people who can lend a helping hand without expecting anything in return are rare , not even marriage can make me let go of such people.


Most men are insecure because they know themselves so well and want to project their indiscipline to their wives.

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Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by Retrography(m): 4:03pm On Jul 18, 2020
Louisananda7:
As a popular philosopher once said "man know thy self".

Socrates.... Very big Bill board of it in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
(Some years ago)

"Know Thyself"
Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by paparazi1(m): 4:04pm On Jul 18, 2020
dodelight:
It's more of what works for you as a couple. My wife has male colleagues who are close friends with her and I don't feel threatened by them; she knows her limit. When our first child was delivered through CS, the first pap she would take was brought by my own close female friend (someone I intended to marry years back) who now happened to be a nurse in the ward, and she was there for my wife till discharge. When there was a problem at the early stage of the pregnancy, it was that same friend of mine that made sure my wife was attended to on time by calling the doctor at the emergency (UCH, Ibadan) and claiming my wife is her inlaw. I don't like to be caged, so I don't cage my wife. We know how far we can go, and we live our lives with God's grace.
Oga you sure say you no de do like that with the nurse at the back of your wife.
Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by GboyegaD(m): 4:05pm On Jul 18, 2020
[quote author=ojuu4u post=91844736][/quote]

For you to still respond the way you did, it tells you are the one who lacks comprehension skills. That said, I am married, I know my wife, and I am not insecure like you. Learn to look for quality above quantity as that is what gives you the rest you desire.

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Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by paulolee(m): 4:07pm On Jul 18, 2020
skyhighweb:
we hear u, so having a female friend while married is a temptation, no wonder marriage becomes boring n u wonder why
and who tells you that i need a female friend to stay happy, dnt make it seems asif i hate females that much, all am saying is that female friends wnt come close than being jus casual and mutual friends...
gat ma wife, ma family, my guys and my world and still dnt tink how i nid female friend or get bored...
let me ask....hw these female friends wan take help my life or make me stop being bored

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Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by GboyegaD(m): 4:07pm On Jul 18, 2020
dodelight:
It's more of what works for you as a couple. My wife has male colleagues who are close friends with her and I don't feel threatened by them; she knows her limit. When our first child was delivered through CS, the first pap she would take was brought by my own close female friend (someone I intended to marry years back) who now happened to be a nurse in the ward, and she was there for my wife till discharge. When there was a problem at the early stage of the pregnancy, it was that same friend of mine that made sure my wife was attended to on time by calling the doctor at the emergency (UCH, Ibadan) and claiming my wife is her inlaw. I don't like to be caged, so I don't cage my wife. We know how far we can go, and we live our lives with God's grace.

God bless you. The issue is many grew up with so much of insecurity within them and while in their relationship, they pursued shadows and never got to know/see the quality of(in) whom they got married to.

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Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by Sixfeetbelle: 4:16pm On Jul 18, 2020
PHIPEX:
They can be familiar or close colleagues but not friends. There is a difference between a colleague, acquaintance and a friend. Friendship runs deep and I can't allow that for my wife neither will I keep one.

A friend is someone you can easily run to at your moment of happiness or weakness which are the most vulnerable moments, why should it be an opposite sex whose intentions can change any moment?

Riddle me this, will you?

If your wife's best friend is a female (a closeted lesbian of some sort) and in the course of a misunderstanding between you two, she runs into her friend's arms and gets seduced to sleep with her, what would be your reaction if and when you eventually find out about this sort of cheating?
Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by Nobody: 4:17pm On Jul 18, 2020
Thane:
No

nawao
please can people quote this comment with places on the Lagos mainland with steady power supply. I'm planning to relocate but power is important to my decision. Cost is also a factor
Also, if you are looking for a flat to stay in Ibafo, I have an empty room in a 3-bed. flatmate needed 70k
Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by Ghostmode2two(m): 4:21pm On Jul 18, 2020
Capital no for me.
Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by Nobody: 4:23pm On Jul 18, 2020
To all those who see nothing wrong with thier partners keeping besties of the opposite sex.. Na pounding dey end am.

As long as they know their boundaries indeed cheesy grin

Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by ojuu4u(m): 4:24pm On Jul 18, 2020
GboyegaD:


For you to still respond the way you did, it tells you are the one who lacks comprehension skills. That said, I am married, I know my wife, and I am not insecure like you. Learn to look for quality above quantity as that is what
gives you the rest you desire.


Go back for my last paragraph......we know type, even if wife bring concubine, its normal because of trust u guys had built, even when you watch pants and do house chore, it is kind of love and feelings you had developed for her, if she says she don't want to see ur people, ......wife must has say in marriage.

Oga u free ur wife while you entered cage.

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Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by LordOfTheGame: 4:31pm On Jul 18, 2020
This one strong shaa... for me, I don't think I can handle it. Considering the fact that most girls of nowadays are loosed and can Bleep for a slightest or no reason.
Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by OgaTheTop2: 4:33pm On Jul 18, 2020
alizma:

E be like say you from Kogi?
Naaaah.. smiley
Re: Are Opposite-sex Friendships Okay In Marriage? by GboyegaD(m): 4:34pm On Jul 18, 2020
ojuu4u:



Go back for my last paragraph......we know type, even if wife bring concubine, its normal because of trust u guys had built, even when you watch pants and do house chore, it is kind of love and feelings you had developed for her, if she says she don't want to see ur people, ......wife must has says in marriage.

Oga u free ur wife while you entered cage.

At least na my wife, I choose to do as I so please. You no need paracetamol for my headache na. Na people like you think say marriage na where world/life end.

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