How Your Male Bestie Affects Your Relationship

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Having a male best friend—I mean really a best friend whom you talk to several times a day, hang out with weekly, tell all your secrets to, and even bring home for the holidays—can be a lot of fun. It can also create an interesting dynamic when you get into a serious relationship of the romantic kind with another man. If your male bestie is gay then, that shouldn’t affect your romantic relationships. But if you have a straight male best friend, the men you date can see that as a threat. And male best friends have a way of being a bit more intimidating to your boyfriends than your female besties do. If you’ve ever dated a man with a best friend of the opposite sex, then you know it affects things. It’s not always a good thing or a bad thing, but it changes things. Here is how your male best friend affects your relationship.

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He’s a harsh critic

He brings out jealousy early

Sharing a bed becomes not okay

He becomes a third wheel

He outdoes your boo on presents

He knows more about you

Your man may hang with your friends more

He understands the exes

He may overstep his bounds

He can give you good insight

Sex talk can be touchy

Your friend can feel left in the dust

He’s all over your social media

People think you’ll get together

He can be a challenge, and a good thing

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