Search Results: platonic friendship

I cut off my male best friend b/c he liked me and has a girlfriend. Did I do the right thing?

Me & this guy I met at school became super close, quick. We go to the same college and have mutual friends and work in the same building on campus. We always saw each other but didn't really speak, until a mutual friend...

Anonymous

(25-29)

Can I get some guidance over helping my man overcome his annoying ass jealousy?

AKA, I'm about to break necks. Cliff notes version of the events: Half decade relationship. Very stable save for a few issues (we're working on). I have a male best friend (aged 31) whom I've been great pals with for as...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Was I led on? Or am I tripping?

He says he's attracted to me, likes me as a person and wants to "build a friendship" before jumping into a relationship, & insists that it's not just a sexual relationship even though he doesn't have feelings for me (he...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Flirting

Is it possibly to be 'just friends'? Similar experiences?

When he first came around, he'd ask what guys I'm into or what I'm looking for in a guy - I'd tell him I'm not looking (honest), I'm happy with friendships -- he got real flirty and when we'd hang out he'd be trying to...

Anonymous

(36-45)

Is there any way to know whether a friendship between the two genders is in fact solely platonic?

More specifically, in your opinion, how would a male who is open to "pushing" the boundaries of friendship differ in behavior than one who is closed off to the possibility?

ForeverDreaming103

Xper 5 Age: 29

I made a big mistake with this guy. Can I fix this?

Okay before I begin, I want to apologize if I sould like a melodramatic teenager. I'm 31 years old and working on a bachelor's at present time, but I have never dealt with something like this and I don't know how to fix...

Anonymous

(36-45)

Guys, my guy-friend said he wants to have sex with me. Can we still be "just friends"?

I was complaining to my girlfriend that the guy I've been hooking up with still won't have sex with me after 3 months because he's "not ready." Anyway, my guy-friend overheard this and said to my face: "Why does it have...

Anonymous

(25-29)

Family & Friends

Do I like him more than a friend?

My best friend is guy, and recently I was told that it's impossible for guys and girls to have a platonic friendship because one of them ends up falling, if not both. I always thought it was stupid because I've never...

Anonymous

(25-29)

Too expensive of a gift?

My 28 year old boyfriend had this female friend of 11 years and he wants to buy her a really expensive necklace for her bday because he said he has helped her out through a lot. And he told me exactly what that was. They...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Break Up & Divorce

He rejected me, now I don’t want to be his friend?

I had a guy that I had become long-distance-friends with for about six months or so. We spoke on and off, but always had a great connection and I began feeling attracted to him. We began talking more, and I made it known...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Society & Politics

Do people generally find older women dating younger men unacceptable?

So i have a couple of guy friends who are like my bestfriends and they're 8 years younger than me. We work in a big Group of Companies and i am based at a different branch from them so we meet outside work usually. We've...

Anonymous

(45 Plus)

What to do about having feelings for a guy who has a girlfriend (who chose her over me)?

So, there's this guy (duh) and we both liked each other, which I say for certain because we voiced our feelings. All was well, we were talking for a solid 1-2 hours each day on messenger (probably not healthy, but I did...

Luci92

Editor Age: 27

Can a married man have a platonic friendship with single women?

I have known this guy from office for like a year, we don't see each other that much because we work on different building, but we communicate quite intense. He usually calls or text me almost every day, he flirted with...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Girlfriend and guy friend story? I'm getting fed up with my girlfriend's guy friend drama?

I've asked this before and I recieve is judgement and no real advice so please stick to how to solve the problem and not judging me on jealousy or whatever you wanna judgme me as. great. So guys friends AKA guys who are...

Anonymous

(36-45)

Guys, Guy friend acting very distant. Any input?

Okay, so I've known my guy friend for about three years and it was strictly platonic up until about a year and a half of knowing each other, when I eventually caught feelings. He got another girlfriend at that time and we...

Anonymous

(36-45)

What do you call this? Would you do this with someone you're not attracted to?

My friend and I were sitting side by side on a couch with leg rest opposite of us He sits his legs apart with feet on the ground, my legs are up on the leg rest and on top of his left leg (so I'm essentially resting my...

Anonymous

(30-35)

When do you accept friendship from a romantic interest?

When a guy dates a girl for a little while, and then gets faced with rejection and the ultimate "Let's be friends" or "Can we still be friends" it is considered an act of self respect to decline the offer and walk away...

Wolfie2014

Xper 6 Age: 36

Why am I so afraid of love?

This is gonna sound odd, but I really afraid of love. Usually it doesn't bother me much cause I'm kind of a loner anyways and all my close relationships with people outside of my family are super platonic. Well it turns...

Anonymous

(25-29)