without having complications?
2007-11-24 06:49:50 · 27 answers · asked by Wickwire 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Of course. I've had one male friend for over 15 years. Great traveling companions, even roommates. I've never had one for a roommate though. Both have to not be attracted to the other in "that way" or...complications and that ruins the friendship. Not every man thinks of a woman as nothing more than a piece of ***. Thank goodness.
2007-11-24 07:29:01 · answer #1 · answered by California Gal 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had a best friend for awhile that was gay. He was just the
warmest guy and he never flaunted his identity. He was not
stereotypical and looked like any other guy I'd known. He
was the type that was interested in you and your family. And
he wanted an exchange in conversation. He wasn't the type to
want to talk alot about himself.
He had a flair for design and had some very clever ideas he'd implemented into his home that he'd designed and put
together to have various focal points in a room. Even my
husband warmed up to him after seeing what a nice guy he
was. We were both glad of having had the association with
him. Now we're three states away, and occasionally I do
wonder how he is.
Now my best friend has to be my husband. Since he's the
only one I can confide in and share with. That's if he's not tied
to the boob tube watching a movie. All of my girlfriends are
too far away now, tho we do email. But it's not the same as
being there for you in person.
In the past, I've had a couple of guy friends. But eventually,
they overstepped the line and made it plain they were inter-
ested in a long term relationship. And so it didn't work out.
Especially when they got jelous and revealed that. So I think
it's probably rare, that a guy can be satisfied with a girl as
his friend, without getting serious. More power to him tho, if
he can.
2007-11-24 18:14:19 · answer #2 · answered by Lynn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a best friend that is a man. Without having complication no I think there is always complications when your best friend is of the opposite sex. We get that knowing look like we are having sex.We talk on the phone daily and go out together for coffee. We do favors for each other like other best friends. His sister is now my second best friend.His sister and I have been best friends for over 25 years. In the last 11 years he has became my best friend..
Edit: We are both married(not to each other)
2007-11-24 15:22:21 · answer #3 · answered by abuelamah 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I don't see why not. The opposite sex are just people after all, and if you can have a best friend from the population at large, I see nothing wrong with having one of the opposite sex. Not that I wouldn't mind something more, but I consider three women on this site my best friends in the world.
2007-11-24 15:21:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
i think that you can have a best friend of the opposite sex and it depends on how you both react to that as to having complications. some dont have a problem with it. others do.
2007-11-24 14:55:43 · answer #5 · answered by biglady 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes i do have one best friend and he is a guy, and he is the best friend i could have possibly asked for !!!
I know it goes both ways too
There has never been complications because were open and honest about everything.. I used to have feelings about him and i was honest with him about them and he told me he felt the same and we both agreed that we didnt want anything to come in the way of our friendship, but we both knew about our feelings for eatch other..
I dont think that a day will go on that either of us will ever stop loving eatch other.. its there and for me it has never gone away.. and i know its there for him just the way he acts.. even though we are both taken..
He will always be the first man that stole my heart and kept it and will have it till the day we die but the one that has it now has taken my heart and kept it for eternity !!
That is how i feel about it..
Thanks for the great question..
Deb :)
2007-11-24 16:03:56 · answer #6 · answered by debbie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure, no problems...I can have friends of either sex with no problems, and I suspect we all can. Somewhere along the line, within a short time, sexual attraction fades if not acted upon, and then nothing gets in the way of being friends, even best friends. I do not find this an alien condition what so ever. Hell, when I think about it, my best friends are all either men or women! How about you? Who are your best friends? :-)
2007-11-24 16:38:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do have a best friend that is male and one is female...oddly enough they don't interact with each other, but without complications they're the best friends I have in the world!
2007-11-24 17:45:16 · answer #8 · answered by Grace 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it used to be true for me. Now since marrying neither he nor I go there as we have had unfaithful and alcoholic spouses and know the risks. Just better for us to be each others best friend.
Plus he had a female best friend. I kept my mouth shut but I could tell she was not honest with him. She was having a long term affair with an older married man he knew about. But also an affair with a friend of his he did not know about. When it all came out he was shocked he had read her so wrong.
2007-11-24 15:10:30 · answer #9 · answered by Southern Comfort 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I used to have more guy friends than girlfriends and it was wonderful! We would go out to eat, to movies, and dance the nights away without having to get " involved" I don't have as many guy friends as I used to and have more girlfriends and I miss going to ball games etc and having a man's point of view
and someone always willing to do little repairs in my home.
Plus I was raised around my male cousins so always got along better with the guys. What is your opinion Wick?
2007-11-24 15:06:49 · answer #10 · answered by Eve 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋