Posted by Tamar on August 4, 2005, at 8:01:12
I think it’s finally clear to me why I’m still having fantasies about establishing a friendship with my former therapist…
I’ve always had lots of male friends, until quite recently. In the last few years a few of my male friends have moved away, and although we keep in touch a bit it’s not the same as having them in the same town.
I have some close female friends and I love them dearly. But I miss male friendship. Of course my husband is my friend, but it’s not the same as having friends who haven’t fathered my children!
It seems so hard to make friends with new men, especially now I’m married with children. If I were looking for places to meet men for romance I’d know where to go. But where do I meet men for friendship?
I met a perfectly nice man a few months ago; he’s interesting and intelligent and funny. We have somewhat similar backgrounds and a few interests in common. He’s not looking for an affair, and neither am I. I know my husband and kids would like him. But he was my therapist. Argh!
Maybe he has a brother…
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