Friendship Circles: Gender Differences in How We Do It?

[EnderD_503]

Originally Posted by IslandScout

I was just on a search committee and we interviewed a guy in Atlanta, via Skype. He really appreciated that we were open to doing that, and it went well. I think we got about as much a sense of who he is, as we did of the people who sat at the table with us. It's a good option, especially since so many people are willing to relocate.

I think it depends on the job and if it's being done to accommodate the fact that someone can't be there in person. I agree it's a good idea if someone doesn't even live in that city or whatnot. The instances I've had to do phone interviews I didn't have an option, because they wanted both a short phone interview and an in-person interview. Most of them have been part-time positions at for example HMV. I just think it's silly to require it since there's a lot of reasons people might not feel comfortable.

[JDeere]

I am a transperson who has several friends who I have known for over 10 years. I have some friends who are butch/some femme/trans and some "straight" friends. I think that no matter how we label ourselves we can have friendships between whoever.

I am new to this site, well a year now, and I have met a few folks that I call friends.

I think that everyone is different and if we embrace the differences it can make for some awesome friendships.

My longest known friend is of 14 years, we were friends in high school, lost contact and after a few years saw each other and picked up where we had left off. She is a married CIS female, who has seen me as a bisexual, lesbian dyke now as a transman. Her love and her familys love has never waivered for me, her kids call me Uncle, I attend family functions and her parents call me their other son.

My opinion, the less true friends you have, the less drama you have!

[afrcnqueen]

I have two hetero close friends that I have known for over 20 yrs (one male/one female) I speak to them primarily on the phone unless I'm busy then it's quick texts.
My gay male friends prefer texts unless it's gossip about what they did that was "Oh so bad" lol then they need to talk. My lesbian/femme friends want to talk, they find texting impersonal.

I prefer to talk but I'm also down for texting depending on what I'm doing

[Jesse]

I am a trans guy, & I have a few close friendships that I have had for 10+ years. Most of my close friends are femme, and are not exes, even though I have a good social acquaintance type of friendship with the exes. I also have a close platonic friendship with a straight woman who lives in the same town I live in. She and I have been friends for 5 years, but close friends for the last 2 years.
I miss having a close butch or trans man friend. I am into fishing, bushcrafting and woodsman survival stuff, it would be so cool if I had a friend in the area to do some of that stuff with. I adore femme energy, but I also miss this energy too.