Woman Demands Boyfriend Cut Ties with Female Friends, Maintains Bond with Guy Friend

In an emotionally curated announcement delivered over iced matcha, 28-year-old Lydia Halvorsen told her boyfriend, Matt, that she wasn’t comfortable with him maintaining “lingering friendships with women.” She cited “energetic overlap” and “respectful boundaries” before texting her guy best friend Jonah a voice memo that ended in a whispered “love you forever.”

“It’s not about insecurity,” Lydia explained, cracking her knuckles like a defense attorney. “It’s about sacred space. Plus, I’ve seen how Jessica looks at you when she laughs.”

Matt reportedly paused mid-sip of his protein shake, wondering silently if he’d entered a psychological escape room with no clues and a ring camera.

One Rule for Me, One for Thee
While Matt has since muted every woman he’s ever known and unfollowed his dental hygienist on Instagram, Lydia remains deeply entangled in a friendship with Jonah—her former debate partner, road trip companion, and man who once held her hair back at Coachella.

Their history includes a brief “emotional gray zone” in 2017, four holidays spent together without Matt, and a shared Spotify playlist titled “us, but not romantic 🧡.”

“We’re just soul-connected,” Lydia said. “It’s beyond labels. He’s like my twin flame who smells like Dior Sauvage and knows my cycle.”

When asked if that closeness might violate her own rules of friendship, she exhaled and said, “Jonah’s basically gay… spiritually.”

Matt, Still Not Sure What Just Happened
Matt, 30, says he initially agreed to the no-girl-friends rule out of respect for Lydia’s comfort. But he now spends most social situations making eye contact only with house pets. “Last week I mentioned that a barista was nice and she said, ‘oh wow, that’s interesting,’ and didn’t speak to me for six hours.”

Still, Matt wants the relationship to work. He’s currently working on a list of female contacts he can delete, along with questions he’s no longer allowed to ask, like:

• “Who’s Jonah staying with on your trip?”
• “Did he just text you ‘dreamt of you again lol’?”
• “Should I even be here right now?”

Jonah, Who Bakes Her Birthday Cakes From Scratch, Is “Just a Brother”
Despite being Lydia’s emergency contact, personal chef, and frequent plus-one to events Matt isn’t invited to, Jonah maintains they’ve “never even kissed, except that one time during college as a joke, which totally doesn’t count because I was crying.”

Sources say he routinely calls her “my wife,” buys her gifts labeled “from your soulmate,” and refers to Matt as “the other Matt.”

“They’re just different,” Lydia clarified. “Jonah’s not a threat. He’s emotionally literate and doesn’t lift weights.”

Where’s the Line? Oh, It’s Mobile.
In a dating world governed by vibes and selectively enforced values, Lydia’s relationship structure reflects a popular model: monogamy with personal exceptions based on astrology, nostalgia, or feelings that can’t be explained but must be respected.

As Dr. Sabrina Doctrine explains:

“We often project our insecurity as spiritual insight, then call it boundary-setting. What Lydia’s doing isn’t unethical—it’s just very on brand for 2025.”

Final Thought:
Love should feel safe, not strategic. But if your partner needs to cut ties with his college friend while you get emotional massages from Jonah every Tuesday night, you’re not setting boundaries. You’re drawing maps that only you can read.

And you wonder why men go quiet and women get old with a cat shouting, “Men are terrible!”

Namaste.
— Dr. Doctrine