Can a man ever just be friends with a woman?

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Can a man ever just be friends with a woman?
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No, I believe a man can never just be friends with a woman. It's inherent in men that eventually they will want to see a lot more than just the top half of a woman, talking across a table at lunchtime. It's animal instinct. In the end, we men want to spread our seed with as many women as possible.
RK, 34.
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I believe a guy can be friends with a girl, but there are boundaries that can be stretched by alcohol. You then have two choices - you either make a move and accept your fate or leave her alone and keep your feelings to yourself.
A.R. 33
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I've got loads of friends who are girls who I've known for years and nothing has ever happened. And because I've been with my girlfriend for 12 years. I've thankfully bypased that getting-into-trouble stage.
M.H. 29.
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Probably not. There's always some underlying factor behind the relationship. It tends to become more than just frriendship if you're together for an extended period of time, like on holiday. One time it happened to me and turned into a full-on relationship, but the other time I stopped talking to the girl altogether.
S.M. 21
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I think you can just be friends. I work in an office full of girls and we go out socially a lot without anything ever happening. You just have toset up boundaries. Parties can be trouble, though, and it's the alcohol that makes it so dangerous. So, yes, I think it's possible although I'm not saying 100 per cent that I can do it!
M.E 28
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I think there's nothing wrong with a bit of sexual tension in a friendship. You just have to make sure you don't act on it and end up in bed.
F.A 36.
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Well, what is verdict on just good friends with opposite sex? :shock:
 
Absolutely, men can be just friend with women. I have several friendships with some women and I haven't even made a pass at them because I consider them more to be my friends rather than a bunch of sex objects.
 
all men are different. some are freaks. some are nerds. some are definetly perverts.

so, as for me...I dunno. certainly I have alot of female friends, but I always get the strange feeling when I meet them and think of how pretty and cute and stuff they are... and I even *ahem* look at their cleavage and stuff so I dunno...I never really try to talk dirty and get someone in bed or shit like that lol...I just try to have a conversation with her about certain things...like movies, current events, sports, other people, etc whatever like that we go out and hang out like at the mall or in restuants or stuff like that.

Even if some of my female friends have boyfriends, I wouldn't really feel all that jealous since they are just my friends and if it seems that I have feelings for her or something while they are seeing other people, there would be risk that you are gonna ruin your friendship with her, right?

friends between opposite sex can be so troubling sometimes. seriously. :roll:
 
I don't have problem having male friends as long as they respect me for being married. When I was single, I let male friends know where they stand. For example, I would tell them I prefer them to stay friends, nothing more, but for some I let them know there's possibility of becoming more than friend. Now I don't have to deal with that because I'm married...that means that ALL male friends that I have known that our friendship will have to be just friendship , nothing more than that because they know I intended to be married for life. As a married woman, I had to give serious warning to few male friends who tried to flirt with me to see what they can get, then after that, they knew where they stand and they ended up enjoying being just my friend because there's no "what if" in there at all.
 
There's absolutely nothing wrong for men having female friends, of course there will be friends who have like one night stand, there will be friends that stay friends and don't go over the line...As what Deaf258 said, it's depending on the man and the woman...
 
Yes, I´m agree with Deaf258.

I see nothing wrong to befriend with males or females.

Males could be best friends as females.
 
I see it harmless to be friend with men.

A deaf man came to visit me by spur of the moment, and it send my sticky-beak neighbours a wrong messages!! :gossip:

He always give me a lift from the Deaf Club one hour car journey home every week during my holiday here, its great to have him to shown he cares about me and enjoyed my company. I invited him to my wedding.

Also a boy in my school I grew up together for 10 years and I look him up like a brother I never have, and we still talking today since we left school 20 years ago.

We went to the pubs for a couple of drinks and I survived!! :sure:
 
There is nothing wrong with having a man as a friend. One of my best friends is male and theres never been anything sexual between us.
 
i have 4 best friends who male.. we never do anything each other.. i do full trust them as well .. ofc males can be friends with ladies! wink... :)


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