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I don’t have many close girlfriends. There isn’t really someone I can call up to tell my boyfriend problems to or just to discuss girly things like how it’s great now that they have panty liners specially made for thongs. (If you’re a guy, you’ll never understand.)

Instead, I have guy friends I tell my boy problems to and with whom I discuss guy things like why, despite being in seemingly blissful relationships, they visit those shady "health spas". (If you’re a girl, you’ll never understand.)

Of course, it isn’t really by choice. It just turned out this way after some of my close girlfriends got into serious relationships and started spending their weekends cleaning house, shopping for sofas at Ikea with their boyfriends and doing all those other couply stuff that couples do.

Guys, on the other hand, always make time for their friends. That’s what I like about them. They will leave their girlfriends at home just to come out to watch football with the guys in virtual silence except for the occasional cheer and jeer. I’m not saying it’s good to leave one’s girlfriend at home, I’m saying it’s great that guys take the effort to maintain their friendships.

And so, this leads to my top 8 reasons why guys make better friends than girls (well, sometimes):

1. Guys make time for their friends. I’m repeating myself but you get the point. And the best part is, when you make an impromptu call to a guy friend for a coffee, he doesn’t say, "Gee, that sounds great but I can only be there in 3 hours because I have to wash my hair, shave my legs and pick an outfit."

2. Guys give good advice when you have problems. "Shut up and have a beer."

3. Guys are good dinner companions. They’re not calorie-counting, yo-yo dieting, Dr. Atkins-reading salad-pickers. Plus, I love this delusion they have that it’s gentlemanly for them to pick up the tab for a girl even if he’s not dating her. Did I say delusion? I meant virtue. Keep it up, guys! Haha.

4. Guys teach you a lot about their species. I found out that a guy I know, who is every girl’s idea of a perfect boyfriend and practically dotes on his girl, had one-night stands with strangers whenever he went out of town on business. He doesn’t feel that guilty about his infidelities because to him, having feelings for someone else is much worse than having sex with them. The worst thing is, he genuinely does love and adore his girlfriend. But whatever the case, his little confessional made me lose faith in all of mankind. Gee, thanks, dude.

5. Guys aren’t sensitive. Slights are quickly forgiven and fights fast forgotten. And you get to give them nicknames like Lardass, Big Nose and Buttface.

6. Guys have much wisdom to impart. One of my guy friends tried to teach me a number of wonderful party tricks to impress people with at my next social function, like how to create a really loud burp.

7. Guys give honest opinions. Girlfriends sometimes lie in order to avoid hurting your feelings - nevertheless, it’s still deception. Whereas you can always count on a guy to be forthright and honest…sometimes brutally so. Guys don’t mince their words. I once showed up to meet my friends with a huge zit sprouting on my forehead and I anxiously asked one of the guys, "Is it really noticeable?" And he said, "Are you kidding? You can see it from space with a Hubble telescope!" So much for reassurance.

8. I know how variable valve timing works now.

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