On 4/1/2021 8:15 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Apr 2021 16:47:59 -0700 (PDT), "
> > wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 6:27:29 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, 1 Apr 2021 19:16:43 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>>
>>>> We were friends for decades when our spouses were still with us and her
>>>> and I often did things together. Amazing the assumptions people make
>>>> when a man and woman do something together. We are 1200 miles apart but
>>>> I do see her for a week or so a few times a year.
>>>>
>>> Seeing each other for a week or so a few times a year can be a lot of
>>> time together.
>>>
>> It is???
>>>
>>> Seems like you're trying to make that relationship seem very innocent
>>> but I don't believe that, not for a second. A man and a woman can't
>>> be just friends for decades.
>>>
>> Hmmmmmm, strange. I've had male friends for decades and that's all we
>> are, friends. Nothing more, nothing less.
>
> Not alone together... I don't believe that, not for a second. I have
> female friends but we don't go off and spend time alone together.
>
Okay Sheldon. If you and your wife were both friends with some widowed
women (I think Ed and his wife knew their husbands, too) in the same
town for decades and frequently enjoyed having dinner together... and
then your wife died... would you drop the years long friendship? Why?
Because you're a man? Or is it because you weren't really their
friends, you considered them HER friends?

Jill