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Do you believe in friendship between boy and girl?

I don't! At least not any more! I was recently convinced that it doesn't exist! I know just few guys who have pure friendship relationships and never felt or had anything more than that. Maybe you don't agree with me... Please give me a reason (if you have one) why to believe in friendship between boy and girl. I am open for discussion!

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Reply 1

I believe it CAN happen.

But sometimes if you become good friends with a boy/girl then one of you ends up liking each other... either ruining the friendship (not always but sometimes) or you end up going out.

Why do you not think it can happen?

I know there is some guys i'm good friends with but thats it nothing will happen from it.

Reply 2

i want to, but inevitably it always seems to turn out one or other develops a 'crush'. my brother has ended up going out with all of his female friends that he was particularly close to, and the guy i've been hanging about with, who i only associate as a friend, has asked me out before.

i think some can stay friends, but it depends how close you become.

Reply 3

I believe in friendships between boys and girls because the entire universe is not ruled by sex and some people have that iota of open-mindedness enough to attempt a friendship with people of the opposite sex. Stop being moronic now and tell us why you don't believe it's possible, and I'll tell you why you're wrong. :rolleyes:

:rolleyes:

Reply 4

Nope. Not with past experience anyway. There has always been feelings develop with one, or both sides.

Reply 5

I'm not sure tbh. Most guys I've been really good friends with made out they were "just friends" but they wanted something. 3 of the "friendships" ended really badly and I don't speak to them anymore. 1 of them resulted in me going out with the guy. But that one I like :smile:

:smile:

Reply 6

Yes, but I've only experienced it under two conditions:

1) The girl is a good male friend of your's girlfriend

2) The girl is a friend of your girlfriend

Other than that, there's usually more to it from one side at least.

Reply 7

Anonymous

Do you believe in friendship between boy and girl?

Yes. I can't really argue against my own direct experience. It's perfectly possible to have a normal friendship between a boy and a girl, as evidenced on a daily basis by myself, plenty of people I know, and presumably a large contigent of others I don't know.

So, it's evidently true it's possible for a boy and girl to be friends. It's also true that sometimes boys and girls with friendships can develop other feelings for each other. Basically, it depends on the people involved, as seems to be the standard answer whenever anyone tries to make an inane generalisation about relationships based on limited personal experience and stereotyping.

Reply 8

I think good friends yeah, but maybe not really really close friends (unless one or both of them is gay). I think if you like someone enough to be very close to them, then at some point hormones/something else will make at least one of you attracted to the other. It's tough cos I have quite a few male friends, but the only times I've had a really close friend we've ended up getting together/one of us has ended up liking the other. Maybe one day something will prove me wrong though.

Reply 9

Ive experienced both, i think it depends on the people, the situation and the closeness/relationship. I dont think that the question can ever have an absolute answer.

Reply 10

Yes.

Reply 11

Tbh i think the OP might be right to some extent - maybe when u find a really close friend who has the same attitudes as u and gets u its inevitable that feelings will develop. Uve just gotta choose to not let it get in the way of ur friendship.

Reply 12

Is possible. Having said that, I act totally differently around all guy mates than girl mates, and you could put that down to a 'sexual tension' thing I suppose.

Reply 13

i def think its possible..i have so many friends who are guys, and it is just close friendship, nothing more, and it is mutual. But then I do have it the other way round with some people as well.

Reply 14

It can happen

But then the boy gets horny

Reply 15

ciara

I think good friends yeah, but maybe not really really close friends (unless one or both of them is gay). I think if you like someone enough to be very close to them, then at some point hormones/something else will make at least one of you attracted to the other. It's tough cos I have quite a few male friends, but the only times I've had a really close friend we've ended up getting together/one of us has ended up liking the other. Maybe one day something will prove me wrong though.

I agree with this. While I think it's perfectly possible to have good friends of the opposite sex - people you chat to lots, go out socialising with and generally hang around with, I don't think it's possible to have a really close friendship without it getting complicated. If you're sharing all your emotional moments with them and so on, it's only natural someone is going to get attached. Of course, this can lead to absolutely fantastic relationships, but it can also be a bit messy.

I have lots of great male friends but none who I'd get really really close to.

Reply 16

I think it can. If the male and female are both in relationships with other people. Or obviously if one is gay.
Quite a few of my closest friends are male, I can think of 4, and with the exception of one, I genuinely don't think there is anything more than close friendship there, or ever has been.
One is gay, one is several years older and in a long-term relationship too, and one is an ex of my best friend (which makes me completely unattracted to him) who has now got another girlfriend. They're all also good friends with my boyfriend, and generally the people I turn to whenever I have arguments/fallings out with him.

Reply 17

I know it can happen. I was best mates with a guy since i was like 2 or something. He was gay though, so that might make a difference.

Reply 18

Anonymous

I don't! At least not any more! I was recently convinced that it doesn't exist! I know just few guys who have pure friendship relationships and never felt or had anything more than that. Maybe you don't agree with me... Please give me a reason (if you have one) why to believe in friendship between boy and girl. I am open for discussion!

I think there's often attraction to begin with but once this passes then you can settle into a really good friendship. Or you can end up going out...my boyfriend and I were best friends for a while before we sort of moved into a relationship. It was a bit strange to think about at first. But yeah, it is possible. As generalbrielty says, not everything is ruled by sex.

Reply 19

I have a really close female friend. We can openly talk to eachother about absoloutly anything without any complications what so ever. We've been friends for years.

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