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Quote by: Keith Hamburger  Well, I have to disagree. I recently had a very close friend who was a woman. The friendship had to be broken off because my wife thought we were "too close". |
Wait just one minute, stop right there! You've given a segue into my point for this thread! :)
That aspect of your situation, as well as similar ones, has everything to do with gender roles. For a female, the male is in all intense purposes her source of comfort and security(possibly as well as yours- I don't know the full context of your marraige). Considering this, the situation of "breaking off" had everything to do with gender roles- the underlying sexual tension and possessiveness that exists in a male-female relationship can exist in a male-male relationship when the two are living together, considering this.
In fact, I would not be surprised if some of my homosexual brethren were more comfortable with having thier partner hang out with females than with males. Hell, I've even seen a couple of examples of such a thing amongst my friends. I also would not be surprised if some homosexuals could not form the same casual relationship with a male as you did with that one other female in your situation.
Really, this all depends on individual context. I guess for "most" you would find some barrier in getting emotional security due to the stoic nature of the average male-male relationship, but in homosexual situations you have to keep in mind many of those roles are twisted, reinterpreted, or thrown right out the metaphorical window.