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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ladies, [b]I’m not saying that men NEVER[/b] meet up with their male friends for lunch outside of work.  Of course it happens.  But not as much as women.  [b]It’s just not a thing[/b].  There ARE some differences between male and female social interactions you know.  Stop getting all worked up over something so obvious.  [/quote]
1. You did say that, twice. Three times if you include this post.

"Husbands don’t go out to lunch with their guy friends. Nice try though."
"I said guys don’t get together with their friends for lunch. They just don’t."
"It’s just not a thing."

2. Why does it bother you that men have lunch with their friends? What a bizarre hill to die on.

Of course men have lunch with friends. Of course men have free time without their child. Instead of pretending it doesn't exist, why don't you dig into the cultural and societal issues that make it fine for men but not women. No one is telling men "Oh you're such a bad friend if you don't want to hang around with your friends' children". And yet, some are saying that exact thing about women. 
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You’re funny.

It’s the “cultural and societal issues” that explain WHY men don’t socialize with other men the way women do with other women — including lunch.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-pathways-of-experience/202304/male-friendship-why-its-hard-for-men-to-bond-closely[/quote]
"According to a 2021 survey of 2,000 adults, 15 percent of the male respondents said they had no close friends at all. (That compares to 3 percent who said this in 1990.)"

Must be you?

My husband has a small group of close friends, that he's known for 25+ years, and through those friends have made friends with the overlapping larger groups. We just hung out with a bunch of them over the weekend. A few of the WAGs, but otherwise 20+ dudes. I do agree that lack male friendship is contributing to the male loneliness epidemic, but to say that NO men have friends or NO men have lunch with their friends is just crazy talk. [/quote]

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