Poll: should a married man be best friends with a single girl? Where do you draw the line?

To answer the two questions in your title:

Should a married man be best friends with a single girl?

Possibly not, depending on what the married man plans to do with the single girl. If the man is your husband, you are the one who can tell that best. Every marriage is different. How long have you been married? Have they been pals for a long time, or is this a new thing?

Where do you draw the line?

You draw it where you feel happy for it to be. Not where he tells you it should be.

Thinking about this - if you have to ask about drawing a line, and where it should be, and what is on this side of the line, and what is on the other side, then you are already in a bad place.

Heed third party warnings.

If you've had this friend for a very long time, long before he was married, you may fall into old habits that were considered harmless before the Mrs. came into the picture. Without even realizing it, you may jokingly touch each other or get a bit too close. Sometimes, it's difficult to differentiate between friendly teasing and flirtation. But, the people around you may notice and bring it to your attention. Don't ignore them or become indignant about the sanctity of your platonic relationship. Listen to reason, and back the f*ck up. Get some distance, and set some boundaries. If you don’t, you may have to let go of the friendship completely Friends come and go, but marriage is forever (for the most part).

I get the impression from the user name "hurt bunny" that the questioner is the wife in this situation. Maybe he or she will come back and clarify?

That's a very interesting question. Should a married woman be best friends with a single man or even another married man? Should a gay partner be best friends with another person of the same sex as the gay person?

Do married couples have to be best friends too?

Quite obviously, most people can't handle such arrangements, and for the current situation, would the married man be comfortable with you, the wife, being best friends with another male, married or single?

"Best" is the key word here.

Hopefully this man has other men who are his besties and this girl is really an acquaintance.

We've been married for 20 years and he just met her.