So I'm not just friends with the wife, but also with the husband.

Yeah, I never really had that, but as you said, you were in a small town. I didn't even go to school in the town I lived in, and half the kids there lived in different towns as well. And I also didn't have a lot of friends, and the ones I did who dated were never with guys I was friends with. But I do think that what you have makes a difference in a lot of ways, and I'm kind of hoping I have that eventually. But most of my friends don't even know each other. :/