another brooks question: your brooks type and your handlebar height/type

[sundial]

Kim, my road bike has a men's team pro saddle on it. I tried a women's saddle and found it to be too wide for distance rides. I moved it to my mtb since I ride out of the saddle more often than on the road bike. My touring mtb has a women's sprung saddle and it feels right. My sit bones are 145mm wide.

When your BF mentioned that the saddle might get in the way, perhaps he was referring to the chaffing you might encounter where the thigh meets the butt-- right along the panty line. That was my experience with the wider Brooks saddle on my Pistola road bike. The men's saddle offered ample width without the chaffing.