Can you have a drinking buddy of the opposite sex?

[Sun_Kim-Ai]

I have, it's one of my advisors at the town hall. We often go out for drinks after work, but also during work as well lol.
It's a strictly platonic friendship though, as we are both married.
What about you?

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For those who think it could be a "compromising" situation, again I reassure that it's a friendship and nothing more.
I like the fact that she doesn't judge me for my habit and understands it's a necessity given the times we are living in. It's a way to unwind from all the pressures we are subjected to.

[muscularbumblebee]

I think it’s one of those things depending on the person and location..
See if it’s a coworker or someone you have a mutual friend in common perhaps stopping you going ‘wild’ and it’s at a bar outdoors and that’s it then sure as you are likely to have more boundaries.


If it’s a casual environment like after a party then you happen to chill at their house a few hours drinking then I think he most likely (but also the female) will need to have a lot of self control unless one is very unattractive as alcohol can erm alter sexual behaviour a lot..

[Smoke-n-Growls]

Oh, yeah. My best friend and drinking buddy is a guy in a committed relationship with two kids. I'm single and childfree.

Our relationship is entirely platonic, though we do have some chemistry - but he's really not my type. He has children, that's an auto-no for me.

Our relationship has progressed to kinda sibling like - I'm aunt to his two kids.

I really enjoy having drinks with him. I wouldn't have been able to get through this last year without him, and I've helped him through rough patches, too.

[exitseven]

Yes, I had a female friend who was really my best friend for a while. We used to go out drinking a lot. There was a restaurant where you could get a steak dinner and all the beer you could drink. We used to go there sometimes and the results were just what you would expect.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[RuthlessAggression]

Does your wife know you do this?

I would not do this, whether I was married or not

I would not trust my mouth, if I were to get drunk around a coworker

[Sun_Kim-Ai]

She does, and she knows I have no interest in women, that's why she trusts me.

[RuthlessAggression]

If you have no interest in women then why are you married

[Sun_Kim-Ai]

Because of economical and sociopolitical factors, plus she's the only person whom I genuinely trust and with whom I have a true sense of mutual friendship and camaraderie.

[douride2]

I have guy friends. So I suppose if I drank I could very well have a drinking buddy of the opposite sex.

[TheLoneTerran]

Sure. I had plenty in college. Usually combined with Guitar Hero, awful movies, and shots that tasted really weird. Was fun.

[Leshen]

I think so, I don't drink like that but I smoke weed. I have a smoke buddies. We drink occasionally at bars. It's platonic as well.

[Marushka]

I'm bi. So I couldn't have any drinking friends at all because I might end up having something with them?
Aka there's nothing wrong with having a drinking buddy of the opposite sex. Why should it? I don't get the logic why it even should be wrong

[KrakenAttackin]

#Clueless.

[ChrisMaster69]

Yeah I do and not a problem

we often have a stupid laugh

[midnightmoon05]

I don’t and would feel very abandoned by my partner. I don’t have to be with him all the time…however…I wouldn’t like that he goes out drinking without me.
I would prefer to do couple things.

[jennifer_bloom]

I usually drink coke or coffee and not alcohol if it’s a church friend.

[TexasRed95]

I could. I tend to not ask out women or try to get sex due to my abuse as a child. I'm getting therapy so I can hopefully have a healthy relationship one day.

[HopefulGuy94]

Since I do not drink I cannot even have a drinking buddy of the same or opposite gender.

[Anonymous]

As long as you're never alone together. One purpose of cheating is to not get caught by telling him there's nothing to worry about

[QuietRunner]

not one that doesn't involve sex

[In_Trance]

only a matter of time until you smash

[Sun_Kim-Ai]

You really think so?

[In_Trance]

100% yes

[Agape93]

Yeap and do

[Jamie05rhs]

I'm pretty sure that's an extremely terrible idea.

[Jamie05rhs]

"For those who think it could be a "compromising" situation, again I reassure that it's a friendship and nothing more."
You're writing that while sober, though.

[Waldoe]

so the answer is "Yes"

[KrakenAttackin]

Nothing good will come from this.

[Jltakk]

Yep, had a female drinking buddy for years.

[oldermale]

Yes and I have..

[mVCyberduVm]

Of course!!