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Two reasons:
1) They don't want to disrespect your boyfriend
2) We (by 'we' I mean men and women) tend to assume that men are the heads of the relationship/household and make the ultimate decisions, so they will focus attention on the male. It's not fair, but that's the way it is. Each gender is not treated equal by both genders, at least not in 2004 and won't be in 2005.
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