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>>18986092
when i was in high school (over a decade ago now) i was the same way, although i still did have guy friends. i preferred hanging around women and felt i could get on with them as friends far better.

that all changed very quickly though. i had many friends that were girls, but i'd say i had about 3 that were my "bros" though one of them did start to like me eventually) anyway all three of these girls left our hometown to go to college the fall after graduation; in short, they were not the same people when they came back. i knew they had been slutting around and partying but i hadn't anticipated how much it would change them in the core of their being. they never had that feminine warmth (even just as their friend) again and i quickly grew apart from them all. took me years to really learn about women but this is where the seeds were planted that something seriously was fucked up with them.
>>18986094
what was this transformation like for you? i used to think men were less oversocialized than women but i don't believe that anymore, they just appear to be less so because they're less agreeable. i feel very uncomfortable hanging out with most dudes because everything is a competition with them, they're always trying to one up, and "be dominant" in the most insignificant interactions and i find it exhausting. i do have guy friends but they're definitely different than "most guys".