Can men and Women be friends?

@dantakum (404)
Nigeria
June 30, 2008 7:22am CST
Do you believe that men and women can be just friends? how do you feel about being freiends with each other and does it work?
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15 responses
@cjgrooms (4456)
• United States
30 Jun 08
I do believe that men and women can be friends. If they are sexually attracted to each other it can be a little tricky but all men and women are not attracted to each other in that way.It is a different type of friendship than man to man or women to women but can be extremely nurturing and close.
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@dantakum (404)
• Nigeria
1 Jul 08
hello there,you have a good reason but i mean just a friend. thanks for your respons. take care.
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@cjgrooms (4456)
• United States
1 Jul 08
And i mean JUST a friend. No "benefits" (isn't that what they call it nowadays)available.
• Indonesia
30 Jun 08
why not. i have lots of women friends, and so far everything runs well. it doesn't disturb my relationship and their relationships.
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@Soniasony (1827)
• India
19 Jul 08
I think its absolutely natural for men and women to be friends..i dont see anything special in that..Unless there is no bad intension on either sides..Actually for a man women is a best company as friend, becoz she understands well..
@dantakum (404)
• Nigeria
21 Jul 08
thanks for your respones.
@kenari (53)
• Malaysia
1 Jul 08
I believe that men & women could be friends but only for a married women or men. One incident before I was married to my husband, I had a chat friend. A men. Really like his personality. As time goes by, we had a little feeling for each other & it's not easy as he already have a girlfriend. In the end, we almost lost our friendship.
@kenari (53)
• Malaysia
24 Jul 08
still friend... not as we used to be... I'm married with someone else & he married his girlfriend..
@dantakum (404)
• Nigeria
4 Jul 08
hmm happens that way.hope you ended it well?
@hector76 (119)
• Indonesia
30 Jun 08
yes i do and i think men and women can be just friend even i think it is so hard too. you can imagine if man who has married got woman friend so closely. his wife must be got joulesy with her husband's friend. so i think we need to be understanding each other and tell to our couples that he/her is only a friend. nothing more.
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@mizzk1 (56)
• United States
14 Jul 08
yes; i mean as long as we know where to draw the line. And yea it works
@dantakum (404)
• Nigeria
21 Jul 08
thats nice and good to know when to draw the line.thanks for your respones.
@bimal10p (1218)
• India
4 Jul 08
i donn think so...coz once ur in friends wit a gal..then u ll always b in the friend zone..she cant think of any othere relations
@dantakum (404)
• Nigeria
21 Jul 08
thanks for your respones.
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
1 Jul 08
Yes, it is possible that they can just be friends. It requires a great amount of maturity and understanding between a man and woman to be good friends. If they are really good friends, it helps understand about the opposite gender in a better manner.
@dantakum (404)
• Nigeria
4 Jul 08
yes i agree with you.thanks
@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
30 Jun 08
i think that men and women can be friends. when i was in school most of my friends were guys. i'm still friends with them. i think it just has to be set before anything starts that you will always just be friends. its hard because you can develop feelings without really meaning to. but there are lots of men and women who have been friends.
@dantakum (404)
• Nigeria
4 Jul 08
thanks for your respond.
@idowrite72 (2213)
• United States
1 Jul 08
I do believe that men and women can be friends and I think that it can be very important for other friendships that they have. I think it could be beneficial in romantic relationships for getting opinions and views and for being sounding boards for each other in such things. At the same time, I think that some men and women would not understand that the other man or woman was just a "friend" and it would have to be something that was explained when there was a serious relationship being formed with someone. This might avoid problems that could happen when the good friend's friendship wasn't understood by the romantic friend. Also, sometimes a good man and woman relationship can become more and after they have been friends for a while they realize that their friendship is more and they realize that they really do love each other more than just as friends and might have a stronger loving relationship than other couples might have since they were good friends first.
@dantakum (404)
• Nigeria
4 Jul 08
you have the good reasons am thinking they can be just a friend,cos at the long run they may fall for them selfs. thanks.
• Philippines
4 Jul 08
men and women are friends... are they enemies? friends trancend gender.
@dantakum (404)
• Nigeria
5 Jul 08
lol.always that way.
@elitess (5070)
• Ipswich, England
30 Jun 08
Yes, of course they can. I see no reason why they could not, especially if they are not sexually attracted to one another - if they are, than it can be a bit tricky but still possible with a lot of will from both of them.
@dantakum (404)
• Nigeria
4 Jul 08
thanks for your lovely respones.
@TheCarter (369)
• United States
30 Jun 08
I think that there is "a level of friendship" that can occur between men and women, but we have to bear in mind the fact that eventually some level of attraction will occur because it is natural. Most people fall into problems because they don't believe it will happen to them but, it ususally will. The only way I can see it not happening is when there is an unusual circumstance between the two that exists. I trust my best friend with my wife in general, but there is a level of interaction that I don't think is healthy for them to have all the time. Do I make sense? Or am I just jealous?
@dantakum (404)
• Nigeria
1 Jul 08
thanks for your respond, take care.
@felix21 (12)
• Panama
1 Jul 08
Yes a belive so, is a matter of bean open mind, some times it works better than friend of the same gender, i feel good having female friends.
@dantakum (404)
• Nigeria
4 Jul 08
hmm,you are lucky then.lol.
• Denmark
3 Jul 08
yes i believe that men and women become good friends. It's just depends on them how they will handle their friendship. I have lot's of men friends and it did work very well. We are open with each other cause for me it's easy for me to open up my problem to a guy than to a girl. And our friendship is still there until now. =)