>It seems (if Hollywood is to be believed) that in the US, people sometimes frown upon their partner having any friends of the opposite gender. I can't say I'v

>It seems (if Hollywood is to be believed) that in the US, people sometimes frown upon their partner having any friends of the opposite gender. I can't say I've got that impression from US movies, but watching the Chinese dating TV show "If You Are The One" (airs in primetime with subtitles in Australia), the women often ask the male candidates to give up all their female friendships as a condition of dating. (Occasionally the male contestants will make the same request.) Sometimes the women will allow female friendships if the male contestant agrees to regularly let them read/approve the phone messages they send to others. It's been an interesting show to watch from a cultural perspective.