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    Can men and women maintain a platonic relationship?

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      Ladies, I have to commend that level of consideration for your fellow participants!
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    • Posts: 4,771 Member
      im not sure these comments are particularly conducive to a platonic relationship...
    • Posts: 3,531 Member
      Mr_Stabbems wrote: »
      im not sure these comments are particularly conducive to a platonic relationship...

      ssshhhh
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      moijo0 wrote: »
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      Ahem. Yes of course I forgot what I was here for, blame boo lol

      I can be completely platonic some of my best friends are male

      Always lisa's fault lol and no worries, im not into platonic relationships so no harm done.
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    • Posts: 12,618 Member
      edited June 2016
      And I thought what we had was special, you lot! :'(
    • Posts: 4,771 Member
      no Im completely celibate, I don't even think of sex. In fact that would make every relationship platonic.... Wow
    • Posts: 12,618 Member
      Such an angel, Stabby o:)
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    • Posts: 1,373 Member
      its possible & i do have a few platonic male friends but it gets harder as we grow older because generally men & women have different interests and hence different common ground . most of my male platonic pals are guys whom i may have casually dated before or who admired me; that may have passed but the friendship remains .
    • Posts: 631 Member
      I think so, I have many male friends
    • Posts: 1,055 Member
      very possible
    • Posts: 87 Member
      Absolutely
    • Posts: 167 Member
      burlygirl2018 wrote: »
      I think so, I have many male friends
      And I say 💯 would have sex with you if you asked them
    • Posts: 167 Member
      kellysuzannewiggins wrote: »
      Absolutely

      Absolutely NOT
    • Posts: 1,044 Member
      It's not possible. One or the other has a crush
    • Posts: 343 Member
      Definitely. I have more than one guy friend who I have been strictly platonic with for like 20 years.
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    • Posts: 2,033 Member
      edited December 2018
      I have several male friends. One of my best friends has been a friend for 20 years and there has never, ever been anything romantic between us. We are both happily married. It’s about honor, loyalty, trust and honesty in a relationship.
    • Posts: 2,066 Member
      I think so but also super easy to get complicated!
    • Posts: 14,741 Member
      Yes
    • Posts: 1,624 Member
      I have a lot of childhood friends who I'm strictly platonic with...I also have a few newer male friends that I love like brothers. I'm not sure if there was mutual attraction that could work out so well🤷
    • Posts: 43 Member
      If there is ZERO attraction between both, absolutely!
    • Posts: 36,287 Member
      There was a CBC radio show about this topic and I only got to hear one caller who talked about having a lifelong female friend and he wouldn't dare her basically because he thought she would turn him down

      Lots often say men and women can't be just friends cause one party always wants more...this caller on the radio confirmed that for him

      In conclusion.....I've lots of male friends both young and old. Some are gay so it's easy being friends with them. Some I wonder about but to me they are just friends so they will stay that way
    • Posts: 1,624 Member
      CookingWithCumin wrote: »
      Yes, all my friends are male and female

      I bet you noticed a lot of angry looks from our
      ....well I should say My furry friends...
      🐩🐺hmmmpf!
    • Posts: 10,179 Member
      edited January 2019
      It's definitely a necro thread and not a necro subject. It probably depends upon the individuals. As you may know the avg U.S. woman has 3 sex partners in her life and the avg U.S. man has 5. That was in the news last week. Presumably, U.S. people have more acquaintances among the other gender than 3 or 5 so it seems statistically highly likely that most U.S. people have numerous non-sexual other-gendered friendships.
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