> Any female is going to be scrutinised by all other females as soon as she walks into a room. And you can bet that they won't all be thinking nice things!

maybe this functions as something of a self-fulfilling prophecy where one is caught in a cycle of 'better than i feel happy... worse than now i feel unhappy' etc etc...

guys can be easier to hang with because they are more likely to go out of their way to be kind... incase something might possibly will eventuate... whereas with women... potential competition...

there are ways out of the cycle but it can be hard work yeah. and sometimes... not worth the effort so much.

as you get older... it might well be that when you are secure with a partner that you will start to meet other couples and get friendlier with other females.

maybe partly because... well... i guess their aren't many married women in the world who spend the majority of their time with male friends (i wonder why)?

just some thoughts...