I don't think so. I have a number of close male friends. Having a child has definitely reduced my 'guy time', but I am making a conscious effort to change that. I plan to start a monthly game night and push it to bi-weekly if we can. It's tough with a two-year old. A group of my high school male friends gathers once each year for a conference. We each have to present something, and a Q&A session follows. In addition to that, we drink and play games. We have done this 12 years in a row, and I don't think that we will ever stop. These guys are brothers to me. My father had a group of four childhood friends that remained close their whole lives. Sadly, only two are left and they are in their mid sixties. One thing I appreciate about my male friends, is that we don't have to talk about our problems for therapeutic benefit. Just hanging out and shooting the shit typically makes me feel much better about anything that has been getting me down.
What's interesting is that this can also tie back to why many young men can have trouble early in marriages. I can speak from experience, that therapeutic benefit for women is very strong, and initially it was difficult to process that she just wanted to talk about her problems (and I couldn't help but to try and solve them). It was all so simple after that...
I can't tell if you are being facetious here, but it works either way. :) It's very true that men and women often differ in how they prefer to work out their problems, whereby women prefer to talk it out and men often prefer to do something that takes their mind off of it. Of course, it's just a generalization, but it's one that applies to my marriage as well. All relationships seem to evolve to lower energy states, which to a point, is a good thing.It was all so simple after that...