Can men and women be "just friends"?

If you don't find each other sexually attractive, sure. Otherwise, don't kid yourself.

I love guy friends. They're awesome! As long as no one has feelings for the other one, that's when it gets tricky.

No, that's when it gets AWESOME.

I think that's known as friends with benefits! :P

haha. FWB is kind of weird tho. I kind of find it hard to get down with someone who's just a friend aka I have no feeling with them. I know. I'm like a girl. but I need a connection people. I end up thinking about someone else lol.

I'm actually the same way.

I love guy friends. They're awesome! As long as no one has feelings for the other one, that's when it gets tricky.

No, that's when it gets AWESOME.

or thats when it gets sad.

Personal experience?

if you both like each other - awesome

if you both want to have FWB sexytime - awesome

if one out of the two has feelings that are not reciprocated - sad for that person.

EDIT for retarded spelling.

It can happen...not often, but it can!

I love guy friends. They're awesome! As long as no one has feelings for the other one, that's when it gets tricky.

No, that's when it gets AWESOME.

or thats when it gets sad.

Personal experience?

if you both like each other - awesome

if you both want to have FWB sexytime - awesome

if one out of the two has feelings that are no reciprocated - sad for that person.

Aha, I gotcha. I've never had that happen with someone who was a friend first, but I have been on the bad of no reciprocation far too many times.

I can be just friends with a guy, but they usually cant be just friends with me. True story. Which is annoying.

But what if I don't find you sexually attractive at all? It would be easy to be friends with you I think.

Absolutely!!

My best friends (other than my husband) are both guys. One is my brother. The other is gay. Does this count? Lol

Attractive people with personalities can have friends that they don't sleep with. That's because there's something other than looks involved. People with no personality on the other hand . . .

I'm bisexual, does that mean I can't be friends with anyone...

Maybe...sorta...sometimes...for some value of friends.
It depends in part on if you say it qualifies as just friends if nothing is DONE, or only if nothing is FELT.

Here's my take:
Yes, but probably not close friends. The probability of one or both parties developing feelings and/or physical attraction is extremely high in a close relationship.

And of course it's entirely possible that the reason the friendship started in the first place was because of one way attraction. I argue this disqualifies it. Unrequited love is not a simple friendship.

...I don't think I've ever seen a man ask this question... make of that what you will.

I love guy friends. They're awesome! As long as no one has feelings for the other one, that's when it gets tricky.

No, that's when it gets AWESOME.

or thats when it gets sad.

Personal experience?

if you both like each other - awesome

if you both want to have FWB sexytime - awesome

if one out of the two has feelings that are no reciprocated - sad for that person.

Aha, I gotcha. I've never had that happen with someone who was a friend first, but I have been on the bad of no reciprocation far too many times.

I dated this girl when I was 14, and again around 16 and then we alost did at 18, then I ran into her in london when I was 28. so we have history. we started hanging out and she had broken up with her boyfriend recently. I'm a sucker for broken wings. I really wanted to just be her friend but shes really sweet and cute, and I would try to snap out of it but when we were hanging out I would look at her and be like, damn, I could give it up for this girl. but shes not into me. we have a good connection and we have known each other for a long time and been together before.... ohh.... she is sweet. were in separate countries now. shes just my kind of girl. buut thats ok. you cant win em all.

I've heard it said that they wouldn't even be friends with females without some sort of attraction. Generally you ask a woman and she says "of course! We're just friends!" But the man's thoughts are quite the opposite.

...Then I have a lot of guys attracted to me, and I did not even know it until now! {ego boost}

And that also mean there are a lot of guys that are attracted to me that I really do not want to be attracted to me.

Anyway - Yes I do believe men and women can be "just" friends

Yeah. My best guy friend pursued me quite aggressively when we first met. But I think he realized that we were better as friends. He's a great source of insight into the male brain.


Mature people can be friends even if they once shared a romantic attachment. I know more than one couple who were married, are now divorced, and do much better as friends.

Ha I had a crush on one of my best friends when we first met, but then we realized it just wasn't going to happen, and now, yeah, we hang out all the time and there's just nothing there physically or romantically.

My absolute best friend is my ex. Most people can't get their heads around that, but it works for us

I'm bisexual, does that mean I can't be friends with anyone...

Of course. And since you're bisexual you're obviously interested in everyone. Everyone.

I'm bisexual. I guess that means I have to bang all my friends?

Somewhere, someone is missing their sarcasm meter