Question of the Day, July 25, 2010
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Surely this is a joke question? Are the people running the site 13 years old? The question of the days for a little while now have been absolutely awful (mainly with lack of actual options, which I'm sure is not hard to put on a poll). Please address this Escapist.
of course I don't think the presence of sexual attraction negates friendship, ony if it is acted upon
Well I'm friends with quite a few girls and its OK. However, after two years and a year of living together, my best friend Gemma, became my lover.
... I have one girlfriend, and a dozen female friends.
There's a reason my girlfriend is my girlfriend, and that my friends are just friends.
There's a reason my girlfriend is my girlfriend, and that my friends are just friends.
These QotD's are just getting more and more lame.
Of course the opposite sex can be just friends, not all humans are all about the instinctual want to procreate. I've got 3 girls I talk to on a regular basis but would never dream of being with them.
Of course the opposite sex can be just friends, not all humans are all about the instinctual want to procreate. I've got 3 girls I talk to on a regular basis but would never dream of being with them.
I definitely hope so, I'm living with two girls next year! Seriously, I'm sharing a flat from September with two girls at university. One of whom I have never even met (she's the other girl's friend from France), and the other girl is a friend of mine and fellow society committee member. Which means that if you can't be 'just friends' with a girl it might make future society meetings that bit more awkward (we're a film-making group, for the record...)...
But yeah, I'm pretty sure it's not true. You can be 'just friends' with a girl with no problems. I shared a house with five girls and four guys last year, most of whom I'd lived with the year before. And I had (and still have) female friends from Sixth Form who I was never attracted to, though they were generally nice-looking and friendly, personable people.
So, yeah...
But yeah, I'm pretty sure it's not true. You can be 'just friends' with a girl with no problems. I shared a house with five girls and four guys last year, most of whom I'd lived with the year before. And I had (and still have) female friends from Sixth Form who I was never attracted to, though they were generally nice-looking and friendly, personable people.
So, yeah...
Is this a trick question? Yes they can be just friends. I have a lot of friends who are girls and I have never felt any real attraction to them.
Is this a recycled question from Cosmo in the 50's? I mean seriously....
I can't believe some people are answering 'maybe' or 'rarely'. Holy shit. Are you 10, with your hormones beginning to rage and girls baffling you? The age spectrum of the Escapist is probably skewing the poll.
/facepalm
I can't believe some people are answering 'maybe' or 'rarely'. Holy shit. Are you 10, with your hormones beginning to rage and girls baffling you? The age spectrum of the Escapist is probably skewing the poll.
/facepalm
I'd say no, but unfortunately for the sake of a simple argument, it is indeed possible for homosexual men and heterosexual women to be friends. In my experience, however, if both are straight, then [usually] the guy will end up with romantic feelings for the girl, if it is a true friendship.
I have loads of friends who are girls. Problem is, I have liked most of them at one time or another. But I think once you get your feelings in check you can be friends with them.
As the great comedian Chris Rock once said: "Men don't have platonic friends; we just have women we haven't fucked yet."
Okay in all seriousness it's possible because you could just not be attracted to the particular woman, and thusly you can just be friends.
Okay in all seriousness it's possible because you could just not be attracted to the particular woman, and thusly you can just be friends.