This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
I hesitate indeed to issue blanket injunctions concerning other women. For my part, the companionship of women has been invaluable. Yes, I absolutely see the dangers if you're simply redirecting your affection or desire for WAW to OW.
However I've never been troubled by the idea of Female Friends -- in fact, I find the notion that one "can't" have a Female Friend if one is "spoken for" to be rather repellent.
For me, as a sounding board, as a source of validation of my Manly Assurance (TM), as a perspective on the divorce process (especially from Divorced Female Friends), the experience has been a ticket to Emotional Autonomy, via Detachment, Dropping the Rope, and Getting a Life.
