Some must frown upon it. I am on good terms with quite a few women--some from work, some from the neighborhood, some from other circles, and it doesn't appear t

Some must frown upon it. I am on good terms with quite a few women--some from work, some from the neighborhood, some from other circles, and it doesn't appear to bother my wife. She has male college friends in the area, not that she sees them much, and that certainly doesn't bother me. But it strikes me that being in a committed relationship, married or not, removes a portion of one's life from conversation. It strikes me as awkward to speak in a much more than neutral tone about one's spouse. This really goes for conversations with the same sex as much as for conversations with the opposite sex.