Search Results: keep it platonic

Should a guy pull away from platonic female friends because his girlfriend is insecure about it? Vice versa as

I've read a lot of posts about girls not being happy with the fact that their BFs have female friends who they keep in touch with. Should a guy dump a longterm friend for a girlfriend he's known a fraction of the time...

PhilaPenn

Xper 6 Age: 43

Girl's Behavior

What do you do when you can't get over your high school 'sweetheart'?

Basically, I was in an on-off platonic friendship that was just code for "we have feelings for each other but are too afraid to admit it and take it to the next level" for all of high-school until Senior year. It's been 3...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Ex is friend zoning me! Help!

My ex and I were friends, and he had a HUGE crush on me before asking me out. We broke up 9 months later because he felt too young for something so serious. He basically got scared because he's 23, still in school, and...

Anonymous

(36-45)

Guys: When have you broken up and tried staying friends?

Guys, under what circumstances have you ended a good relationship with a girl, and tried really hard to keep staying friends with her, when there is absolutely no sex or anything physical involved (ever!) My ex broke up...

Anonymous

(36-45)

What's wrong with this guy?

There's this coworker I have. Before he and I started talking, he used to sneak little glimpses of me and I noticed it. I realized he was cute and initiated conversation by asking him a random question. Ever since then,...

geediablo

Xper 5 Age: 34

Does he seriously just want a friend or does he want me back?

Story short: The way this ex-boyfriend broke up with me and the way he treated me after was terrible, hence we were not friends after the break-up, not that I wanted to be because I'm an "all or nothing" kind of person...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Is there another chance for me with my ex?

My ex and I were each others' firsts, dated for a year and a half before he broke up with me because we fought a little. We were extremely close and neither of us planned on breaking up with each other. It happened very...

Anonymous

(36-45)

Ladies, How to keep a Girlfriend ?

First off, I want to say I'm not another lonely guy on here complaining how they don't get any women or the complaining about how terrible women are and rejected them because they are nice, blah blah, blah. Truth is I...

Anonymous

(36-45)

How to get my boyfriend to trust me again?

So I'm in a sort of a mess. When my boyfriend and I were on a break, I participated in a blind date-matching event at my school, and was matched to a guy. My boyfriend and I got back together, and I know we're both kind...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Is it normal for a guy friend to randomly give me a shoulder rub/massage

I've seen friends do it to each other but they're close like best friends in a group with other people or they're the type that flirt with each other. I'm not close like that to any of my guy friends where we hang out...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Other

Should a guy cater to his girlfriend's insecurites?

Say that you are dating a girl, you like her but there is a nagging flaw: She is kind of insecure and it becomes clear over time that she needs a lot of reassurance. Maybe she eventually reveals that she doesn't want you...

PhilaPenn

Xper 6 Age: 43

My ex blocked, unblocked then reblocked me? He has a girlfriend, but... Help please?

He and I were each others firsts for a year and a half before he left me because of fighting. He got a new girlfriend a month ago and she's CRAZY. She's copying him and feeds his ego by agreeing to everything. She's had 6...

Anonymous

(36-45)

How to deal with letting a guy down? GUYS?

so, over the past week or so, three guys have asked me to be their girlfriend, and I mean that in the most unboastful way. the first guy was a friend from high school. we went to prom together as friends, and he had a...

supervixxen

Xper 6 Age: 33

Flirting

He's VERY physical...is he leading me on?

I literally just met this dude and...he really likes touching. We brush hands and he pokes me or nudges me or wraps his arms around me in a friendly way (nothing sexual) and he's very at home around me. And I return the...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Is this platonic relations or wanting more?

Back story: - work crush gives me his number. - we text like maddness figuring each other out for days. - make a "date/hangout" (don't really know what to call it). - go on "date/hangout" he pays for everything and...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Society & Politics

If he wants her back why is he messing with me?

I basically met this guy a while ago, and one of the first things I learned about him was that he had accidentally gotten his girlfriend pregnant. They were no longer officially together when he found out, but obviously...

Anonymous

(45 Plus)

I want to reconcile with someone important to me

I was once close to a co-worker of mine. We're both in our 20s and we ended up hitting it off (Mainly because we shared a very similar sense of humor and we were both young and single). Eventually, we became the best of...

AnotherRandomPerson

Xper 4 Age: 42