Interesting. Hubby was just as happy I let some friendships lapse, but he's never ordered me to do so, nor have I ever heard of that practice among my friends. And he admitted that part of the reason he was just as happy to see those friends gone is that they reminded him of stupid things he'd done (they were his friends at one time as well), not that he thought they were bad people. Generally, I like his friends and vice versa.
Generally, I think that's the way it usually works.