Oddly, a lot of “traditional masculinity” actually involves close male friendships. I think the husband/wife as best friends thing is a relatively new developme

Oddly, a lot of “traditional masculinity” actually involves close male friendships. I think the husband/wife as best friends thing is a relatively new development, and the “neo-heteronormativity” of being a “wife guy” or “ride or die girl” is relatively new - see boomer humor that revolves around multiple types of relationship/friendship, wherein a night out with the boys/girls is sacrosanct and the desire to wall off your partners social life to “only people I also want to hang out with” is seen as controlling or gross.