Possible for a Male and Female to just be friends?
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I am a married man and I have a friend who is a girl. We get on so well but sometimes their are some awkward moments as we get on too well sometimes.
So is it possible?
So is it possible?
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So yeah based on my experience, it's completely possible to do so.
It starts at school, now boys and girls can be friends from an early age, they grow up together,mature together. their best friend at school can be of either sex.
In my day the sexes were taught in the same room but we didn't really mix. Boys had their friends and girls theirs. They only really spent time together as boyfriend and girlfriend.
The young today are far more comfortable and accepting of each other in a way my generation can't really manage.
I'm a bit envious really.
Utter nonsense. One of my dearest friends is female.
Hmmm well I am 32 and have plenty of male friends thanks, I live with one i've known since I was 15 and nothing has ever happened between us. It's entirely possible but if you have awkward moments around this person then I would suggest there is more to it than friendship, as you well know...
Depends how good looking you are I suppose:D:p
In my experience, it's the women that covet drama themselves that hold this view.
I have never understood this thing about men and women not being able to be just friends as it has never been a problem for me.
Really? So you think there is more drama and bitching between a group of lads than there is girls?
I always wonder if it's an age thing ?. Maybe the older you get, the more mature you get and realise that not every member of the opposite sex is to be seen as a potential conquest ?
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that is utter rubbish.
I have a number of female friends who are exactly that. friends. I less than no interest in being anymore than friends with them and they with me.
Its completely possible.
what the op is describing though is not friendship. If he thinks they're getting on too well then one or both fancies the other.
don't judge us all by your low standards. if that's how you feel then you're not really their friend are you?
Friendship is asexual in nature.
Of course there no reason why people in a sexual relationship can't be friends as well but friendship itself is completely asexual.
Yes, in a friendship you need to accept each others boundaries.
If these "awkward" moments are cropping up then one or both of them are blurring the lines and the boundaries need to be made very clear before "awkwardness" becomes something else!
I think this is true up to a point. I think most men wouldn't go to bed with their female friends as they are already in happy relationships themselves and plus they are friends with their friend's husbands as well.
However if both parties were single and the woman suggested a bit of nookie then i think nearly all men would quite happily agree...