2007-12-09 01:57:16 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I just asked this question myself a few days ago. I'm very happily married as is a man I recently met. We are in the same type of business and have been sharing ideas and helping each other. He's also my running trainer, which is how we met. I keep thinking how we can be great friends, but I'm more concerned with the feelings of our spouses more than anything. My husband is fine with it, but I don't know how this man's wife would feel. If he were a woman we'd be great friends already, but I hold back because he's a man. I keep biting my tongue when I start to invite him and his wife over to dinner/drinks.
2007-12-09 04:46:32 · answer #1 · answered by Kim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is possible for a man and a woman to be just friends. My best friend is a guy. That said...
Things can get tricky when a man and a woman are just friends because girlfriends (wives) and boyfriends (husbands) can become jealous of your friendship and think there is something going on. Once you have that friendship, you should sometimes include your partner when you guys do stuff so they can see there is nothing going on.
Good Luck
2007-12-09 02:06:00 · answer #2 · answered by quinlangal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! I'm a woman and my best friend is a man. It's been that way for years. We joke around alot, but there's no "physical" relationship. However, he's an excellent cook, and he invites me over at least once a week for supper. I guess you could call that a benefit. So maybe he's a "friend with benefits", but not in the conventional sense of the term.
2007-12-09 02:00:41 · answer #3 · answered by Dippy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Of course
I have several females friends who are just that .... friends.
3 of them have been more than that in the past but all we are now is friends, some I am attracted tom butt hey are not attracted to me, others where it's the other way, and some where there is no attraction either way.
It just takes people who know where the line is drawn.
2007-12-09 02:01:15 · answer #4 · answered by Weatherman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If one wants more, then friendship is doomed.
Been there. There's no way I can be Just Friends w/ a woman I'm attracted to.
Whenever I'm faced w/ the lame Just Friends option, I always refuse it.
2007-12-09 01:59:19 · answer #5 · answered by Fonzie T 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
CLOSE friends? Both straight? I don't think so. Many people will disagree. But I have never seen it happen. Acquaintances, sure. Close friends without some feelings or actions eventually, no.
The one above me is a perfect example.
2007-12-09 02:01:22 · answer #6 · answered by Jesse Rocks 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
yes as long as they both want to be just Friends
2007-12-09 01:59:49 · answer #7 · answered by maggie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes of course...i'm a girl and my best friend since i was a child is a guy !!! he is like a brother of mine i really really love him ( as a brother) ! he is always by my side and i can't imagine myself without him !!! some people say this is impossible ,,,but it's not !!
p.s= we are both straight !
2007-12-09 02:05:03 · answer #8 · answered by Mrs.Leonardo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-12-09 02:02:44 · answer #9 · answered by marvin_422002 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If they want, yes. A relationship is something adding to kinship, and kinship is friendship. Not every woman you know is a flirt.
2007-12-09 02:00:55 · answer #10 · answered by qzmaster591 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋