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Q: 18/f. I've stumbled upon somebody talking about guy and girl friendships. I read it and I disagree, due to personal experience, of course. I have two best guy friends. I hang out with the one more than the other but I can talk to the other about everything. I'm told all the time that I will wind up dating one of them. Some say that about the first guy, some say that about the second guy but everybody and I mean EVERYBODY thinks that I will date at least one of my guy best friends.
Anyway, the saying is "A guy and a girl can be just friends, but at one point, they will fall for each other.. maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe to late or maybe forever."
The gist of this is basically: what do you think about this saying? Can guys and girls be just friends? Why? Why not?
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Guys and girls can absolutely be friends and not have any romantic feelings towards one another. My best friend is a guy, and he was my man of honour at my wedding!
Just because you like someone's personality doesn't mean that you're going to be romantically attracted to them. That takes sexual chemistry, visual appeal, all sorts of things that aren't required for friendship.
Think of it this way: does it mean that a bisexual person can't have any friends because they'll constantly want to date all of them? Not at all.
We like people for different reasons. We choose our friends for different qualities than we choose our partners.
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Thanks so much! Makes a lot of sense!
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