30 Something Baby Doc

I'm now beginning to realize that male bonding is something necessary for my emotional and psychological heath (I'm not venturing into homosexuality). Most of my best friends (male) live out of state. All my patients are female, my ancillary staff (nurses..ect) are all female, the residents are 99% female and most of my physician colleagues are female.

It's a fact the men an woman interact differently on a social level and majority of my interactions are with women. I truly miss the time spent with my male friends, where politcal correctness and social graces are thrown out the window. There is a certain amount of brutal honesty in the male circle with disregard an the individuals sensitivities. In the male circle truth supercedes all. Example - if an individual in the male circle has an unattractive girlfriend, his counterparts would have no problem informing him of this fact. They would likely take the opportunity to make fun of him in addition. At the conclusion, everyone would still remain friends.

The reason I started this post is because one of my male partners is insisting I join his men's group and I've been strongly considering it. All my males friend are life long. I've known most of them for nearly 20 and 30 years. There has to be a reason for that.