Can men and women be -just- friends?

They can, if she's uggo.

 

if there's a big age difference, yes

99% of the time though, no

 

She doesn't have to be uggo, she just has to be unattractive.

 

impossible. it's only a matter of time before it gets awkward.

 

In the girls' minds, somehow yes, but no for guys unless she's butt ugly and he just isn't attracted to her.

 

So I'll take it a step further, How do you feel about your significant other having close guy friends that you know in your mind just want to bone her??

 

even if the girl is butt ugly, if you find her personality attractive, then eventually you'll want to bang her

 

yes, but if she's attractive, no matter how good of friends you may be with her, there will be a point where the male friend thinks "i'd like to bang the hell out of her".

 

You would think so. Sure you can still be attracted to the person, the whole point is that you're not going to get everything you want, and why would you expect to? That's just a normal part of life, right?

At the same time, my ability to have guy friends was great for a while, fell off rapidly when I got a boyfriend and was down to nothing by the time I got married. Even the ones I don't think were attracted to me, and that's most if not all of them. So, I don't know. Maybe it's harder on the guys' side for reasons we can't understand. Only women seem to want to talk to me now, except for my husband or friends I know through him. I think you can at least be casual friends though; come on, we're all just people.

 

I answered YES.

About the video:

Spoiler

ALL the girls in there are good-lookin' ladies. None of them are butt ugly. Makes it "unfair." I bet if he asked an UGLY young lady, she would say "NO" with the quickness.

 

Yes, this is true. But even people have to have sex. :grin:

 

If by friends you mean someone you'd never sleep with - almost like a sister or female cousin, then no, I have no female 'friends'.

I wouldn't mind sleeping with any female as long as she isn't incredibly unattractive. That being said, I have female friends who I choose not to sleep because they introduce me to other female friends. You just gotta keep your eye on the ball.

 

That's kind of... how do you say... SAD...?

 

Pulling out another topic so you can mention the Ladder Theory? :grin:

Men and women can be good, even close friends if one or both is in a committed relationship. Key word being committed...not kinda-sorta committed, but like "ignore the horny supermodel trying to get your attention" kind of committed. Usually because one or both people are so committed, it's more of a sister-brother relationship.

But two single people? It sucks, but I've realized more and more that it's not possible to be good friends and 100% platonic. There's always some awkwardness at some point.

It's funny when a guy hits on a chick (usually with an off-putting combination of fear and misplaced cockiness) and when you show you're not interested they say something to the effect of "Well what the ****? God, I just wanted to be friends. What's wrong with hanging out? You're such a b**** for not even wanting to be friends" Who are they fooling? My friends and I were just recently talking about how annoying that is.

 

The way I see it, there are only a couple of ways that a guy and girl can be "just friends" - and have it be mutual.

- He's not attracted to her - at all.
- He's completely gay.

 

I guess y'all mean "single" men and women. I'm out of here, then.

 

I voted no because we as men would hit almost anything.

There's an exception.

You'd have to be completely unattracted to her, in other words she has to be hideous.

 

Can brother and sister be just brother and sister?

etc.