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Can men and women be -just- friends?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Xerobull, Dec 9, 2011.

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Can men and women be -just- friends?

  1. Yes, men and women can be -just- friends.

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  2. No, men and women can't be -just- friends.

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  3. ZOMG!!! Blake Lively!

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  1. rockbox

    rockbox Around before clutchcity.com

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    As long as the girl is unattractive.
     
  2. finalsbound

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    I'd say in this thread friends with benefits doesn't count as a platonic friendship...
     
  3. DarkHorse

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    #23 DarkHorse, Dec 9, 2011
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    recently had a spat about this with someone I have known for about 4 years now. She isn't the prettiest but I found her personally attractive. She's been on and off in her relationships so she never was committed. Needless to say, she just wanted to be friends and I wasn't having any of it. It was just awkward. And to me, it was never about the physical attraction or sex either.
     
  5. Ziggy

    Ziggy QUEEN ANON

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    Nah, sometimes you accidentally gig the ugly ones too. Trust me. You keep even the uglies around, you're bound to pay the troll toll eventually.
     
  6. dmc89

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    Haha not all. As most people in this thread have guessed, men will screw any woman unless she is downright hideous.

    I have no hideous female friends, therefore I'm down to sleep with all of them. If willing to sleep with someone makes them not a friend (according to some people's definition), then I don't have any female friends.

    But of course, I ignore that (limited) definition of a friend.
     
  7. ima_drummer2k

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    .........
     
  8. leroy

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    Yes. 2 of my best friends for the last 20 years are female.

    But...they are not girls I would have ever been attracted to.
     
  9. mrm32

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    Can aunt and nephew be just aunt and nephew? :p
     
  10. TheRealist137

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    Yes if the chick is ugly and/or you have no attraction to her whatsoever (i guess it has to be mutual between both of you)
     
  11. DonnyMost

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    I'm really shocked that none of the guys in the video said what pretty much every guy here has said.
     
  12. franchise403

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    I think the question is kind of skewed because Can men and women be just friends? I think the answer is a resounding YES...But it doesn't mean that the guy doesn't want to have sex with the girl.

    Doesn't mean they aren't friends just that he wants to have sex with her.
     
  13. Big MAK

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    I've had many female friends that lasted for years and years. Even ones that I'm not attracted to, I end up getting drunk and banging. So, I say no, on my own experience.

    However, a few of them, we only hooked up once and then remained just friends after that for many more years. So, maybe it's a yes. I donno, I just think with my penis.
     
  14. leroy

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    Not in Oak Ridge.
     
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    That's what she said
     
  16. BrieflySpeaking

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    men and women can be friends if the guy is either gay or the chick is unattractive. but if the chick is semi-goodooking, and the guy is staight, then no way in hell.

    This is speaking if both sides are single. Especially the guy.
     
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    I have no problem with it. It's a compliment to me, if anything. However, if any of them tried to act on it, then we've got a big problem.....


    And, I have plenty of girl friends. When I was single, would I have hooked up with most of them? Probably. But, I never harbored romantic feelings for any of them, and never would have entered into a relationship with them. I don't really know where that falls as far as "just being friends."
     
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    tl;dr
     
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    I guess it depends on what you mean by "be just friends". As in cease WANTING to sleep with an attractive woman no it doesn't happen...so we are never "just friends" in that regard.

    However I can respect boundaries and hang out with attractive women in relationships or who don't like me "that way"...and it isn't torture for me.

    I am not poly amorous when in a relationship....but I don't think cutting yourself off from the friendship of (more than) half the human race because you are "taken" is a very wise way to live.
     

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