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A few weeks ago I sat with a friend and chatted while our kids played. It felt weird, wrong in some way. Why? Because this friend is a he. I am friends with his wife too and our kids love playing together, but I was self-conscious. What if someone saw us and thought something else? Was I being too forward to sit and talk with him for a half hour, only being "chaperoned" by our children, not our spouses. I enjoyed his company but had that lingering feeling of self-consciousness.

The next day I met with my counselor and mentioned it to her. She pointed out the judgement in my self-consciousness. Who gets to decide who I am friends with? Obviously the answer is me.