Can A Man And A Woman Be Close Friends.

[RollingJ]

5 hours ago, ECCOnoob said:

Seriously?? So you honestly think it's impossible for a straight man and straight woman to have a purely platonic friendship.

 

So every time you see a man/woman friendship, where one party is not gay, you instantly determine that they must clearly be banging each other 🙄

Yes, I thought that too, then realised it was a slightly silly comment. In my very much younger days, I would say 80-90% of my close friends were female, and that is what they were -friends, good ones. Even today, I get on better with ladies than I do men. And I am NOT gay.

[pattricia]

6 hours ago, ECCOnoob said:

Seriously?? So you honestly think it's impossible for a straight man and straight woman to have a purely platonic friendship.

 

So every time you see a man/woman friendship, where one party is not gay, you instantly determine that they must clearly be banging each other 🙄

I think I worded my post wrongly. What I meant was that I have a very close friend who is gay, and also close male friends who aren’t gay ! Is that better ?

[RollingJ]

38 minutes ago, pattricia said:

I think I worded my post wrongly. What I meant was that I have a very close friend who is gay, and also close male friends who aren’t gay ! Is that better ?

Makes more sense now, Pattricia. Thought your original comment was a bit weird (for you) 😀

[pattricia]

16 minutes ago, RollingJ said:

Makes more sense now, Pattricia. Thought your original comment was a bit weird (for you) 😀

Thank you sir.! 

[El Cid]

2 hours ago, pattricia said:

I think I worded my post wrongly. What I meant was that I have a very close friend who is gay, and also close male friends who aren’t gay ! Is that better ?

Whether a person is single is more important. I would say there are many more single people today, than decades ago.

I had a short relationship with a woman, she didnt really want a relationship, she is single and will probably remain so. She still messages me, but I am not always comfortable with that, because it plays on my heart.

[pattricia]

1 hour ago, El Cid said:

Whether a person is single is more important. I would say there are many more single people today, than decades ago.

I had a short relationship with a woman, she didnt really want a relationship, she is single and will probably remain so. She still messages me, but I am not always comfortable with that, because it plays on my heart.

I understand.

[top4718]

Of course they can, I have three very good female friends and we are all in relationships with other people.

[Waldo]

On 27/12/2021 at 11:14, El Cid said:

She still messages me, but I am not always comfortable with that, because it plays on my heart.

I’d be inclined to cut off contact completely, you know in a situation where one person is hankering (is that a word?) for more intimacy than the other, it’s really not good for the person doing the hankering.

[Findlay]

When you have common interests and get on well, of course you can be good friends. We all need a good support network of varying backgrounds