Men tend to fall in love with their female best friend.
Women tend to play and flirt with their male best friend and then whine innocently, "I didn't want him to fall in love with me!"
Only if there is only respect for each other's partners and both are very mature and honest in their friendship.
almost never. the only reason would be as a wingwoman to hit on her friends with.
There are three types of guys. Jerks, Good Guys, and Nice Guys. Nice guys are actually manipulative, since they suck up at every opportunity. Jerks and Good guys have a good sense of self, yet good guys get better women than jerks.
Mystery Method: http://tinyurl.com/ljbfl8
One of my best friends is a bloke. We've known each other since our teens and he is the first person I run to whenever I needed a male's perspective. We've seen each through break ups and the question of whether we should ever get together did pop up - only once - when we were both really tired of dealing with the opposite sex. But the idea was just... ugh.................like kissing your brother.
So yes, hoppy, its possible!
In my opinion it all depends on the Looks.
Fit girls find it hard to find "platonic" male friends, for obvious reasons.
Single Charming guys find it hard to find "platonic" female freinds without the question "When will you settle down or what kind of girl are you looking for?" popping up.
And if the guys is married then the question takes the form of "Are you happy?"
One of my close friends is a man I've known since our early twenties. He was newly married when we met, so 'sexual attraction' was off limits then and has been thereafter. It's a switch that clicks 'off' between decent friends, I guess. His family are now family friends and he gets along surprisingly well with my other half.
It's possible just doesn't happen that often. I've seen examples either way.
Well, it is a very good question! Ehm, I don't want to be rude but mostly, very often and always men do think with ... not the brain. I think it depens on how intelligent they are. It's not an insult! Really.... just joking ... I do have a very close male friend and we get along very well (without having sex or talking about it!) ... just try it out
it can happen. Had many great female friends and there were no interests from my side in anything more....perhaps in one or two cases...what has ruined these relationships is that the women wanted more than just being friends...in most cases I found out about it directly but also via 3rd parties... I guess I'm such great catch they just can't resist
Absolutely they can be.
you should all re-watch 'when harry met sally'
I've been thinking and thinking about this... to the best of my recollection, the only platonic opposite-sex (non-related) relationships I've had with heterosexual men were with guys who were either friends with my sweetie or my brothers OR were the sweetie of one of my female friends.
I... I guess I was a bit wild in my younger years.
I have had good male gay friends.
I think that it depends on the guy, how much testosterone he has, how lonely..
I am premenopausal and finally quit trying to keep up the bimbo image, so I thought now I am over the hill I can finally be myself and be chummy with the guys and it seems to be backfiring in a rather embarrasing way.
But then again to be honest, maybe I'm kidding myself, maybe I'm trying to suppress the increased premenopausal testosterone which is subconsciously sending the signals.
Or maybe it's just guy banter that I have to get used to when they suggest taking a shower together, tell me I have really nice eyes etc. maybe for some guys it's their way of being freindly.
If my husband were to say that he had a purely platonic relationship with a woman, I would probably believe him but still feel mildly peeved.
My son had a longterm platonic relationship with a girl, although I swear that the girl was in love with him, I thought she was perfect. My daughter's male freinds tell her it is no way possible. She has male friends but only one gay close one.
OK this is for the ladies these are the warning signs!
http://www.easybodylanguage.com/sign...tion.shtml#eye
So now this morning the door bell rings this young friendly guy does what I would normally think is a big type of yawn stretch, big smiling and looking directly at me, almost filling the whole door frame. I gave him a curt reply and shut the door.
If a guy slouches, doesn't bother with direct eye contact or big smiles and doesn't keep bothering me for unnecessary stuff, then he is potential platonic friend material. Bingo!
Now all you have to worry about is if one of your girlfriends does the big yawn stretch smiling directly at you! I am tempted to try it on my friends to see how they react!
Ups! You just did
Women can have close friends.. my wife had a few very good friends from both sexes.. initially it was a problem for me to accept but once the issue of mistrust was overcome, I was OK with it
If I were to feel a bit of sexual attraction in their relationship, I would be mad but did not feel like that at all
hahahaaaaaaaa
I like this one!
But you have to know in this case you are a rare specis of hetero man.
Been having this discussion recently with a couple of peeps at work. They (mistakenly) believe men and women that are close, can't be just friends. I have a few really close female friends back home and that's exactly how they'll stay
If the Woman in question is Scarlett Johansson, I will shoot myself for being "just friends" with her!
**bites tongue**
Go on.. you can say it