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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 16 year old daughter was just like yours, and I am proud to say...she still is.  She has only superficial friendships with other girls her age.  She loves to go to dinner or movies with us, and she is very mature for her age.  I used to worry about it, but I got good advice on this very website a few years back to just let her be and be happy.  I did and she is a beautiful, smart young woman.[/quote]
This was me.  Not too many close girl friends and tons of male friends my entire life.  Worked out fine until about four or five years ago when a lot of my male friends were getting married; and I discovered a lot of their significant others didn't like me or found me threatening.  I've been married for eleven years and have four kids, so it's not like they could think that I was a threat romantically.  It made me depressed at the time because I lost three friendships with people who had literally known me for decades.  If I could go back, I probably would have made more of an effort to be friends with girls.

Op, this is probably not an issue and likely never will be.  But if you are concerned about something like my story happening (which honestly probably isn't common), maybe get her involved in classes or activities that only attract girls.  Things like ballet, or girls softball, or maybe gymnastics.  You could also proactively set up play dates for her.   Kids that age aren't mean and will play with someone if they show up at their house.[/quote]

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