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Friendships with other couples

We mostly mostly have couple friends.  We go out to dinner or a movie and have a nice time.  Is there anyway to deepen these friendships?  It seems difficult in a group of 4 to talk about very personal feelings.  They seem reluctant to do anything not as a couple.  Thoughts?  Suggestions?

Re: Friendships with other couples

  • As strange as it may seem, I think a larger group might make that easier. If you have, say, 3 couples you hang out with a lot, then all 8 of you could do something together. H and I love to have people over for game nights - cards, board games, etc, and p

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  • Go to the mall and split up by gender.
  • Over the years my closest couple friends have been those we hang out at home with . . . playing cards, drinking beverages . . . 
  • I know what you mean. I have found in these cases the best thing to do is something you can all relate to or bond over. For example if you want a closer bond with the girls, maybe have a dinner night and all of the women can prepare the food. That way

  • Thanks for all the great suggestions!  I'm not sure how to find out if the couples would be open to a game night??? They have never expressed much interest in  playing board games.  I know one of the couples has a pool table and we play

  • So how exactly do you know them? It kind of sounds like these are acquaintances you just sort of hang around. What brought you all together?
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    So how exactly do you know them? It kind of sounds like these are acquaintances you just sort of hang around. What bro
  • If I'm reading correctly, these are other couples that you go out with on separate occasions and you are looking to have them all do something together at once?

    We had 4 couples we hung out with separately, and knew them all from separate events/

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