Friends & Girls Friends

Balancing your relationship with your girlfriend with your relationship with your friends can be a very difficult thing to do. The amount of time you spend with them need to be carefully balanced. If you spend too much time with your friends your girlfriend might complain that you are ignoring her. At the same time, if you spend too much time with your girlfriend, your friends might feel neglected and tease you that you are being kept on a short leash by her.

Proper Time Management:

You should schedule your time so that you are able to do what you want which whomever you want. If you feel that you want to spend the weekend with your friends you will need to tell this to your girlfriend, and tell her that you will make it up to her by spending the next weekend with her.

The best way for you to go through this situation while keeping your sanity and everyone happy is for everyone to do some compromising. At the same time, you need to make sure that you also schedule your own alone time just for you to clear your head and relax. Make it perfectly clear to both your girlfriend and your friends that you do not want to feel obligated to spend time with them. You will spend time with them because you want to, not because you have to.

Conflict:

It is inevitable that conflict between the two groups will develop. Jealousy and resentment will set in with your girlfriend if you spend too much time with your friends. The same goes with your friends also if you spend too much time with your girlfriend. The best way to handle this situation is to be diplomatic about it. Convince them that if they were truly your friends then they should take your feelings into consideration before becoming too demanding of your time.