this is my outlook on this issue.
a female having a male friend=ok. they are just friends.
a male having a female friend? = "why you gotta be talking to other women, am i not enough?" "are you fucking her" "you know she trying to get you"
rarely do ladies ok m/f friendshhips with their man and some woman.

though, i've always had female friends and kept it as just that, like TRINI, i'm a flirt, always have been, and i also like to keep a somewhat equal balance w/M vs. F friends. when i first met my woman, i told her from the gate that i like to keep a balance of both sexes. and with her, i expressed my allowance of the same. but with her eventually becoming so jealous of women around me, i eventually limited convo with the ones i knew, and played new ones to the left. NOT COOL....sacrificing you to make someone else happy sucks balls. but who hasnt done it? we all have in some way.

i understand compromise, i've made plenty. but no matter how much explaining that EVERYTHINGS COOL DAMMIT! she still tripped. even when i would introduce them, TRIPPERZZZZ!
but she's somewhat ok now. cause she's met all the females i know, just about. the ones she hasnt met, i never see. nor do i care to. i keep a tight circle. and BC, kendra, divina are the 3 that i'm most likely to see. and she's met them all. so it's GOOOOD!