I am the only woman in my workplace. I have a boyfriend of many years. Are you saying I shouldn't develop friendships with my coworkers simply because I'm not single? Ridiculous.

I agree with you to some extent, though I think what your saying definitely applies to older boyfriend/girlfriend relationships more (over 21). I think it's okay to maintain opposite sex friendships, but at the same time the girlfriend should not have accepted the gift. It was her place to let her male friend know she is in a committed relationship and cannot accept such an intimate trinket.

Wow, looks like there was no reason to fight for women's rights. Shut up! This is not the 30's, majority of my friends are guys becaise girls are so dramatic and I have a boyfriend and when my birthday comes and they give me gifts he does not mind because wwe have trust...smh you are the reason people think women should be housewives

#110, why are you jumping to women's rights? She said "friends of the opposite sex", without referring to a gender. What she said was stupid, but not sexist to either gender. Don't be one of those women who jump to say "sexist!" over every little thing. ****, it wasn't even so much as implied in that comment.

Well put lady.

That seems more than a bit unreasonable. You're really going to limit your friendships based on gender? Two of my best friends are male, and I would never excommunicate them because of a boyfriend. I don't know about you, but I value my friends too much to give them up over such a medieval notion.

74- I've lost an amazing friend from something like this. His girlfriend didn't like me because we would always hangout. I've never liked him more than a friend, same as he felt to me. His girlfriend couldn't handle it and she made him stop talking to all girls. All of them, not just me. They soon broke up and we all started talking again, our friendship hasn't been as close anymore. His ex still doesn't like me a whole lot but we're working on that too. I don't know how you would feel about this but I felt horrible. Like a part of me was gone because I had lost my best friend.

The problem is she doesn't seem to see any problem when it is pretty obvious. It is a bit naïve to accept such gift from a guy friend and expect your boyfriend to understand. She didn't receive a cuddly bear, a rose or a perfume, it's a heartshaped necklace.. That is all.

Well I def agree but I mean if he's that serious about her getting a necklace then he shouldn't be with her. If he can't trust her then he needs to go find someone he can trust because the fact that he doesn't trust her can't be making her feel very good. A relationship like that is bad for the both of them

I think he's serious about how she reacted to it, not about the necklace. It's about the fact that she didn't think it might bother him. You know, empathy...