Can a man and a woman be 'just friends'?!


Question: I just asked this question myself a few days ago. I'm very happily married as is a man I recently met. We are in the same type of business and have been sharing ideas and helping each other. He's also my running trainer, which is how we met. I keep thinking how we can be great friends, but I'm more concerned with the feelings of our spouses more than anything. My husband is fine with it, but I don't know how this man's wife would feel. If he were a woman we'd be great friends already, but I hold back because he's a man. I keep biting my tongue when I start to invite him and his wife over to dinner/drinks.


Answers: I just asked this question myself a few days ago. I'm very happily married as is a man I recently met. We are in the same type of business and have been sharing ideas and helping each other. He's also my running trainer, which is how we met. I keep thinking how we can be great friends, but I'm more concerned with the feelings of our spouses more than anything. My husband is fine with it, but I don't know how this man's wife would feel. If he were a woman we'd be great friends already, but I hold back because he's a man. I keep biting my tongue when I start to invite him and his wife over to dinner/drinks.

If one wants more, then friendship is doomed.

Been there. There's no way I can be Just Friends w/ a woman I'm attracted to.

Whenever I'm faced w/ the lame Just Friends option, I always refuse it.

no

yes as long as they both want to be just Friends

i believe they can.

but, there is always the chance of one falling for the other.

Yah if youu can handle it

Not if one has a penis and one has a vagina.

Only if one of them is gay.

yes

ya never know .... we can just keep trying.

My personal experience tells me that only, if there is no physical attraction, it is possible.

Yes if he's gay

Yes, unless either is in a relationship, then no.

Yes! I'm a woman and my best friend is a man. It's been that way for years. We joke around alot, but there's no "physical" relationship. However, he's an excellent cook, and he invites me over at least once a week for supper. I guess you could call that a benefit. So maybe he's a "friend with benefits", but not in the conventional sense of the term.

It always leads to something else no matter if they both just want to be friends or not.

yes

If they want, yes. A relationship is something adding to kinship, and kinship is friendship. Not every woman you know is a flirt.

no

Of course

I have several females friends who are just that .... friends.

3 of them have been more than that in the past but all we are now is friends, some I am attracted tom butt hey are not attracted to me, others where it's the other way, and some where there is no attraction either way.

It just takes people who know where the line is drawn.

CLOSE friends? Both straight? I don't think so. Many people will disagree. But I have never seen it happen. Acquaintances, sure. Close friends without some feelings or actions eventually, no.

The one above me is a perfect example.

if one wants to be more than frends then friendship is bye bye and if they both like each other than gf and bf and if they both just want friendship then friendship it is. but most likely no they cant be friends but most likely

i have answered this question some time ago and yes.. it is possible! =) hah

Yes.

yes, as long as that is what they each want.

yes they can it happens all the time

Why would they want to be just friends???

yes of course...i'm a girl and my best friend since i was a child is a guy !!! he is like a brother of mine i really really love him ( as a brother) ! he is always by my side and i can't imagine myself without him !!! some people say this is impossible ,,,but it's not !!
p.s= we are both straight !

Yes it is possible for a man and a woman to be just friends. My best friend is a guy. That said...
Things can get tricky when a man and a woman are just friends because girlfriends (wives) and boyfriends (husbands) can become jealous of your friendship and think there is something going on. Once you have that friendship, you should sometimes include your partner when you guys do stuff so they can see there is nothing going on.
Good Luck

Nope, nature won't let them be "just friends", an attraction will eventually occur.

Of course they can...at least for a period of time....I have many guy friends that can't see them in any other way.

Yes, but one of them usually screws it up.



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