I think it is a good test of a relationship. I can remember being infatuated with women and saw any man as a threat to the relationship before. If the relationship has went past the infatuation phase then I would probably be trusting of her. Since I already have a lot of female friends and usually make friends easy I am sure I would want her to have as many friends as she wants to have.

I understand as I think my dad probably would have agreed that married couples have no place for 'seperate' friends of the opposite sex.

I think that comes from a culture that very often sees the opposite sex relationships as automatically being either romantic or having an intention or open to potential romance

it certainly removes competition from those who may already have an 'in'

..but I think it is unfair to ask true friends (Which sometimes happens between the opposite sex) to throw out their friendship.
It would be more reasonable to expect certain adaptations(as you would with any friendships)


in respect to how their one on one time with each other is split up compared to your partners time with you (it should decrease for them)


those friends should meet and respect you and your relationship and not be un supportive of it,,,,


,,,those are the types of compromises that may help, I know I wouldn't object to such requests from a partner to compromise in such a way,, but I would never accept a request to just toss away a true friend(unless they were causing a problem for our relationship, which wouldn't be a true friend anyhow)