Here's what marriage has taught me:
I love my husbands friends, I love that he has someone who he can talk to when things are hard at home. I remember a fight my husband and I had at the beginning of our marriage, he was working a lot and it caused a lot of stress in our marriage. I was doing homework on his laptop while he was at work, he was texting his friend which would send notifications to his laptop as well as his phone, the conversation was about me, obviously I was intrigued. I read through the conversation and at the end I cried, his friend sent three simple words "just love her."
If my husband didn't have such amazing friends then where is he supposed to turn to when he needs advice? I agree that as a married couple you discuss everything with your spouse, but what if the topic is about your spouse? I don't believe in gossiping about your partner, but I do believe that sometimes you need someone to help encourage you when times are tough. Since then I've allowed my husband to have his bro dates. Yes the guys can come over and play FIFA, if they're hungry invite them over for dinner, yes they can spend the night or you can go spend the night there.
Marriage doesn't have to be an end to your social life. Because of my husband and his "boys" we've grown our family and I'm so grateful for such good guys that lift my husband up, respect our marriage and love my husband unconditionally.
