I did let my wife read this thread, and she makes a good point in that I’m not being totally honest if I didn’t point out that we’ve both had to end friendships, when the other party offered to go further.
I can be friends with a woman, no matter how sexually attractive I find her, or how sexually attracted she may be to me, provided that we both understand that it stops at attraction. It’s one thing to say no once, but another thing to have to repeatedly say no. I’ve demonstrated I have the strength for the former, but wouldn’t want to test the latter.
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I appreciate your post.
I guess the question as it is stated is open to too much interpretation.
Can a man and women be just friends?
Well, which men and women?
Also, define the term ‘friends.’
To me the film clip here implied straight, younger than middle aged, sexually active adults - at least one of whom find the other attractive.
‘Friends” I took to mean someone you only think of in the manner you would one of your same-sex friends. You would no more think of this person sexually than you would your sister or brother.
I guess that’s a lot to assume, but that’s what has been in my head.
I agree, though. Things are different as you age and mature. So I suppose I’ve really been thinking of people in their 20s, 30s and 40s.