Recently I went on a travelling and walking trip in the country with 4 very close women friends for 6 days.  We all got on very well and it was a great trip.  However, I realised after a couple of days how unusual it was for me to be the only one of my gender in a group.  What I noticed was how well they got on together in conversation without me being involved, even though they were from three different countries and were not friends themselves (they were all my friends).

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