# Interacting with son's best friend's dad

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interacting-with-sons-best-friends-dad/848767>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 2, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interacting-with-sons-best-friends-dad/848767 "2020-03-02T02:38:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interacting-with-sons-best-friends-dad/848767/61 "2020-03-10T19:09:02Z")

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> [@AlTraina](#):
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> Someone would be looking for a new living situation, but not who you think.

My house, my rules. Good thing one of us knows what they’re talking about.

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**Author:** ![AlTraina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/altraina/32/50_2.png) [@AlTraina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlTraina)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interacting-with-sons-best-friends-dad/848767/62 "2020-03-10T19:11:53Z")

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> [@SmartAleq](#):
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> My house, my rules. Good thing one of us knows what they’re talking about.

Ah, yes. Might Makes Right. At least you admit you put no thought or logic into your position.

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**Author:** ![Pazu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pazu/32/15522_2.png) [@Pazu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pazu)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interacting-with-sons-best-friends-dad/848767/63 "2020-03-10T19:37:09Z")

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> [@Corry\_El](#):
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> The whole situation as described. Again I think there’s some small % of people who’d really be OK with it, and a larger % who would say on a web board they’d be, or even pretend it’s so strange in their enlightened view to be uncomfortable with it that they need to ask 'what? you wouldn’t be ok with that, why!?! 🙂 but the great majority of spouses would not be comfortable with it, IMO, IME, YMMV, etc.

So, to be clear, you feel that this action taken by the OP as described:

> [@OP](#):
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> Once, soon after our marriage, one of her male friend from her college used to call her weekly to catch up and she used to sit in front of me and talk to him for almost an hour on phone as if it’s totally normal. It went on for few weeks until finally, I told her this behavior was unacceptable since I never met that guy.

is perfectly acceptable and worthy behavior? Or that you agree with the thought process behind it?

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**Author:** ![Pazu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pazu/32/15522_2.png) [@Pazu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pazu)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interacting-with-sons-best-friends-dad/848767/64 "2020-03-10T19:43:19Z")

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> [@AlTraina](#):
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> Ah, yes. Might Makes Right. At least you admit you put no thought or logic into your position.

**SmartAleq** ’s post is perfectly thoughtful and logical, even if it doesn’t lead to the conclusion you prefer. Let’s hear _your_ thoughts and logic on the matter, then.

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