33 to 15

[kingrat]

33 women on my LJ Friends list. 15 men. On my "Confidential" sub-list of people who get to read pretty much everything I write are 3 men, and 1 woman. These are my closest friends (at least who use LiveJournal).

I am wondering if these ratios really mean anything. Okay, well they do mean at least a few things. I am not as shy around women as the sinking feeling in my gut says I am. And it means I am probably not creeping too many people out.

I am wondering if these ratios would hold up spread among all my friends. Do I form more acquaintances with women than I do with men? And what in my personality is doing that? Do I form more friendships with men? Why the difference? Do I need to form more friendships with women? Do I need to form more acquaintances with men? Do I need to change anything?

Comments

[evillinn.livejournal.com]

I think this stuff is interesting and have watched the trends in my life a lot.

It used to be that I had more guy friends, and one or two deeper friendships with women. It has changed a lot in the last few years. More recently my deepest relationships have been with guys, with my female friends becoming secondary. I tend to choose women much like me, busy and easily distracted, so its hard to maintain a tight bond for very long, but we always come back to each other.

What kinds of differences to you see in how you interact with "men" as a whole or "women" as a whole? Do you feel like (very generally speaking) you have more to talk about with men or with women? Or that your communication style is more like one group or the other?

Interesting stuff.......oh...and you don't need to change anything.

[corvuscrx.livejournal.com]

I don't "trust" men. I very rarely if ever share anything of a deep or personal nature and if I have any sort of problem or need advice it is never a man I will go to. The male friends I do have tend to be very similar to me in interests and opinions. I guess you could say that I feel more comfortable around my own "kind". I've never been comfortable around the 'typical' male who believes in sports, and beer, and rowdy behavior. I've always felt like I have more in common with women than men.