Can guys and girls be just friends?

Question

Is it possible for both sexes to be friends just with one another and nothing more as my experience he found to be different?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

A boy and a girl can be :

Brother & sister
Just friends
Friends with benefits (something that I don't believe in but it's there)
In love (happens when they turn out to be the best friends of each other)
When do you call a boy/girl as the “best" friend of yours?

He/she is the first go-to person whenever you feel disturbed
Your hurdles are no longer yours alone
He/she helps you in all your problematic situations and comes with wise solutions expecting nothing in return
He/she understands even when you're not explaining
He/she can read your eyes and expressions
He/she increases your joy in succeeding at something and decreases your sorrow in failing at something by several folds
He/she talks about your mistakes right on your face
He/she slaps you while making you realise your harm-causing blunders (if any)
He/she also ensures the company you choose is healthy (and not envious as is the case most times)
He/she judges you more honestly than anyone else does
He/she boosts your confidence
He/she can dilute any amount of your pain by his/her magical words (include a hug too)
He/she has different tastes but priortises yours everytime
He/she makes small small sacrifices for you and doesn't let you know
He/she secretly prays for you♥️
(and yes, you too do the same for him/her because friendship always grows mutually)

Isn't such a person worth loving? Can anyone even resist having feelings for such a person?

There's much more to say but any no. of words wouldn't justify the beautiful bond shared by two best friends. They may not use romantic pick-up lines for each other but their actions speak louder than those words. From smiling at the very same jokes to hating the very same people, they had evolved emotions that eventually end up in one or both of them falling in love. They may not propose or marry one another, that's a different story but stating that two “best” friends of opposite genders can stay without falling for each other is false. That's almost impossible (considering us as human beings).

If best friends can limit themselves to being friends without developing feelings (which is very unnatural) then they aren't said to be “best” friends, rather they're only friends.

jaybee281 · Accepted Answer

Most of my friends are girls - So definitely a yes for me - And even though I would sleep with them I don't actively pursue it nor think about it nor would I do it if they asked - It's more of a hypothetical compliment like yea of course you're attractive and of course I think like a guy - It's usually dudes whom I have more problems being friends with - Also - I don't think what I just said about myself is what you should take as the standard for men and women friendships - either the guy or the girl - usually secretly the guy and the girl actually knows it - Someone likes the other person and it ends in cutting contact - And both happened to me a girl liking me in a friendship now we don't speak to each other and another one whom I thought I could be friends with but couldn't..

Blahella · Accepted Answer

It can happen, if there are boundaries that has been set. I have a lot of male friends that are just friends nothing more nothing less. Also it all depends on the energy.

Gwenhwyfar · Accepted Answer

It can happen but usually someone catches feelings when you guys get really close. Casual friends, sure. Happens all the time.

RearEntryGuy · Answer

By "just friends" you simply mean no sex only right?

Then I have plenty.

1) a large pool of my "just friends" are female entrepreneurs running a decent business. And we know each other for years, earning money together.

2) i still keep in tough with my college classmates, girls included. And we still "date" socially as a class or part of the class.

3) and I know most of the vendors who sold food in my area, especially those who cook well.

This list already reach many hundreds. So yes. We can have "just friends". And such friendship are great.

NathanDavis · Answer

NO.. lmao

ManOnFire · Answer

One of my closest friends is a female, who is beautiful, but we are not attracted to each other like that. Although I have wanted sex with female friends in the past, she is not one of them.

elizamichale1 · Answer

Sure why not

awkward_author · Answer

It's possible.

DaveToo · Answer

Absolutely!

Twalli · Answer

I think so. It may be rare, but it's possible. Granted I don't know if any of my female friends are sexually attracted to me. I know I am only sexually attracted to one.