A Guide to Befriending Married Men (or Not)

July 30th, 2010 - By China Okasi


With recent developments in the news about famous married men gone absolutely bonkers in the marriage department (the ring leaders being The-Dream, Tiger Woods, Jesse James), you would think it would be easy to make decisions when you meet a married man.  Fine as the married man might be, you would think that after seeing his wedding band, you would run several miles away from him. But, what if you meet a married man who seems just oh-so-nice? Is there a protocol you can follow? Indeed, there is. Check out this exclusive decision diagram from Madame Noire, for steps you should take upon meeting a married man.

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  • Delania

    I, too, read the article b/c the headline caught my attention. I'm still not sure how how got to this site>oh, yeah…-)

    I agree w/half of Ms. Rose's response, (i.e>the confusion in the story), but as a lady who's been/is(in process of dropping my good friends whose wives I have yet to meet)>Married men should not have female friends unless she is(they are) friends with his wife too.

    Should married women have men friends? (fair exchange ain't a robbery & you get what you give).

    There's too much room for error (confusion)>so if he/she can't have lunch (yep, daytime) with him/her (& their spouse) drop that friend, until he/she GETs REAL.

    Folks say others need others to lend an ear>nope, if it's that bad, Talk to (with) your spouse and/or seek an 'ear' from a neutral party (there are 3 sides to every story>his/hers & the truth:). Your neutral party may be your good Book (i.e>Bible/Ko'ran/Torah>one God); spiritual counselor, other married couple (mutual friends)…

    AND,

    if you find yourself being friends w/married men(women)>take a REAL look @ the lady(or man) in the mirror>i did.-)>if you can't be real w/ you>you can't be a TRUE friend to anyone else.

    Prayer(s)/Peace & Blessings…

  • MimiRose

    The headline reads "Should Married Men Be Able to Keep Female Friends?" and then the article is a tongue-in-cheek story about infidelity that comes with a quiz (and then add that picture of The-Dream with his assistant)…what a cluster of confusion.

    I decided to read the article because of the headline, so I am going to write about that one.

    Should married men be able to keep female friends? YES!

    If a man has a friend (a friend that is a woman) and they have been friends for, at least, 20-plus years, I think it is unfair and wrong, for the man to end the friendship because his wife wants the friendship to end (especially when the wife doesn't have any valid reason, other than she is jealous).