Do you think a man and a woman can ever really have a close platonic friendship? Have you personally ever experienced that kind of friendship? Were there challenges to maintaining the friendship?
Short answer, sure. The longer answer is more complicated.
Basically, men will lie to get close to someone they think is attractive but shows no real interest in dating them. Unfortunately this is the case in the majority of cases.
They could just be hoping for a drunken romp, or a bad breakup before trying to take advantage of the "friendship " and step up.
These guys can and will hover around this "friend " for months, even years. I would easily bet some of your platonic friends intentions weren't very platonic.
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Easy way to find out. Offer your male friends sex. If they decline, they are real friends. If they take you up on the offer Block them.. I did this with my wife when we first started dating and 99% of her friends wanted to fuck her.
The answer to your question is yes, but its uncommon.
I answered this same question less than 5 minutes ago, but I will say it again. Yes they can, most of my friends are male and it has always been that way.
Yes definitely. It's only immature people that think it's impossible to be friends with the opposite gender
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Gay men can perhaps be platonic friends with women. However, like I tell everybody, look at the rates of cheating across the board. Married unmarried, has kids doesn't have kids. Cheating is far far too common to ignore the obviousness of the situation.
Men want to fuck most women. Women want to fuck some men. Men who tell you they don't want to fuck you are lying, gay, find you repulsive, or have something wrong with their sex drive.
There is never a situation where a normal man finds you attractive and wouldn't stick his dick in you given half a chance. It's not "immature" to recognize and acknowledge reality. It's honest. It might not be pretty. You might not like it. But it's the truth.
Now here's a slightly different question that I think is actually way more important. Can men have friendships with women and refrain from acting on their desires to fuck them? Yeah. Sure. Happens all the time. Just don't make the mistake of thinking the guy isn't down to fuck at a moments notice.
Absolutely. The people, mostly guys, who suggest it’s not possible are clearly incestous perverts. If it’s humanly impossible to look at someone of the opposite sex and not feel compelled to mate with them, then you wanna bang your mom. Just admit it and leave healthy, well adjusted people alone. Ell oh ell!
To be fair, men in western cultures aren’t taught to have standards and boundaries. We’re taught that we’re blessed if any woman likes us at all and that we should give her everything because we don’t deserve better. Once a man has a healthy ability to evaluate his needs and desires, and set meaningful boundaries, having platonic female friends comes quite easily and is more common than one might think.- u
most of my best and close friends, happen to be women...
the longest being, and becoming 22 years of friendship this year while the other are also over a decade time
it was never any kind of issue or drama... I was very much a friend to these girls as I was the boyfriend to my girlfriend, and that was it... and my girlfriend has friends too, that are men It seems a lot of people like to ask this question and I always have the same answer. No. Men and women should not be friends because someone always catches feelings and it makes the friendship awkward. Relationships form from friendships and when a woman has multiple single male friends that’s going to be a problem she for some reason can not comprehend
I had some female friends before I got married. My wife was very jealous and it caused a lot of problems in my marriage. Eventually I lost contact with these people who were an important part of my life. I know that one had been murdered and I am still haunted by it.
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This question is asked VERY often and the answer is always the same. Some people will say no, some people will say yes, and some people will say yes because they have had that experience.
@sirderpsalot123 I've been faking my entire side of the friendship. I'm really a 20 year old psychic man.
If they grew up together, as little kids; or there is, legitimately, no attraction between them. Even then, there's no guarantee. Otherwise, unless you consider friends-with-benefits as platonic I don't think a legitimate friendship will work.
Sure. But I have also seen where they have evolved into something more.
I think it depends on whether, and to what extent the guy is attracted to the woman. If she's attracted to him or neither of them is enamored with the other, of course it's doable.
Absolutely! I've had a number of female friends and best friends over the decades.
Yeah if one or both parties are not attracted to the other.
I’ve had many of that kind of friendship. No challenges so far.
I believe so as long as they're not attracted to each other.
Yes, for sure. One of my oldest friends is a guy and it is and has always been platonic.
If one is attracted to the other there is no chance.
Absolutely. I have platonic friends that are men.
Whats the point. I (thougth) had women who were just friends.
I haven't heard from them in years.
Of course. You just can't if you intent is to exploit thier friendship for your own personal gain/gratification. Some people that's all other people are to them. Somebody to be used.
I can do it but the guys always want to fuck me
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