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 hendrix_rules

Joined: 6/18/2006
Msg: 526
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Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 7/3/2006 7:14:42 AM
sure they can... isnt that what a friendship is?
 YourThrone

Joined: 7/3/2006
Msg: 527
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Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 7/3/2006 7:28:38 AM
Well, instead of reading through 500 plus posts lol I'm sure somebody said this.I don't think women and men can be just friends.In my case personally every woman I tried to be friends with tried at some point wanted to become more than just friends with me. Unless it was just the physical attraction to me but, my personal experiences proved It's hard just being friends.
 Titian

Joined: 6/23/2006
Msg: 528
Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 7/3/2006 8:02:03 AM
WELL MOST OF MY FRIENDS ARE MALE AND I HAVENT SLEPT WITH THEM SO ID SAY YES TO THIS...WE HANG OUT AT KARAOKE AND GO DANCING....AND IF THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO ME.....THEY SURE ARENT LETTING ME KNOW ABOUT IT ...
 cracked_jar

Joined: 7/3/2006
Msg: 529
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Posted: 7/3/2006 2:41:06 PM
in deed they can. my best friend is a women and we have known each other for 15 years. so yet it is possible.
 La_bella

Joined: 2/25/2006
Msg: 530
Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 7/3/2006 3:08:15 PM
The answer here seem simple to me. Sure, if you single why not? But if your in any kind of serious relationship it could cause a lot of problems.
 sddude

Joined: 11/4/2004
Msg: 531
Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 7/3/2006 4:22:30 PM
Yes yes yes,

I live with two 21 year olds and we sleep in the same king size bed , so far after a year , no sex .


MMM just cannot convince them , one day they will get around , Lucy and Karely mmmm and me , what a fantasy and still be friends , hehehehehe
 onceloved

Joined: 7/1/2006
Msg: 532
Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 7/3/2006 5:27:15 PM
I have been hanging out with this lady friend for about 4 years now and sex isnt even a consideration. We have a close relationship perhaps built more on dependancy than anything. We are both alone in life and sort of look out for each other. I take her shopping and to doctor appointments and she washes my vegetables and makes me wonderful salads. We sort of do for each other like close friends would do. On the other hand, with all the $ I have spent on her over the past few years I probably SHOULD get some physical compensation. seriously though, she has enough $ to buy me out ten times over and I still enjoy buying her things just to see the surprise of joy in her face. Sex and money and just about anything else will not stand in the way of true friendship.
 butterflygrrl29

Joined: 1/17/2006
Msg: 533
Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 7/3/2006 6:06:41 PM
If the man is gay then sure they can be friends with no sex.

lol... I'm just being silly

For the most part, most men I've been friends with have (at one time or another) been attracted to me. The most dissapointing one was when a really good male friend of mine (who was married) told me that he had fallen in love with me.

I am sure there are men out there who could be friends with no sexual attraction... I just haven't met them I guess.
 albinobutterfly

Joined: 4/30/2006
Msg: 534
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Posted: 7/4/2006 5:16:27 PM
well i think it is doing able

men and women can be friends and not have sex but that chance is always there i suppose.

i would hope men and women can be friend without sex buit most men want the whole friends with benefits thing and that is dangerous n wrong
 Prudance

Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 535
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Posted: 7/4/2006 5:41:34 PM
Definately!, its seems evident that 75% of society expects you to have no friends of the oposite sex!, I personaly feel it is not good to descriminate!. Do I want to jump into bed with my friends? .. NO! I am sure a lot of peoples minds are in overdrive,....should I care NO!..... Be true to yourself and up front with your friends, and why should people always think sex is involved......you must have friends you don''t want to leap in to bed with right!, its not as if we are all on heat?...Trust your intuition....
 seeking_a_dream_girl

Joined: 4/28/2006
Msg: 536
Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 7/6/2006 10:33:40 AM
Fools!! all of them.. lol you are too beautiful to be unassailled by at least some well directed flirting. If I was your friend I would be wanting to advance to lover status, to be sure. lol
 katie19

Joined: 9/4/2005
Msg: 537
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Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 7/6/2006 10:34:56 AM
All about trust and communication. I trust my bf so i would let him go out with any girls he wanted.
 Catwm

Joined: 3/1/2006
Msg: 538
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Posted: 7/6/2006 10:41:54 AM
Been there, done that and yes it happens every day.
 balletdancer

Joined: 5/21/2006
Msg: 539
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Posted: 7/7/2006 1:23:10 PM
how convenient for him, of course you were right to have a problem with it, ditch him. of course he loved it in their company. many women would love the company of a few men, the important thing is he should have wanted to be with you more than anyone else. so you have a right to be upset, ditch him and one day he may wonder why women don,t stay around. Why i wonder is their not going to be any men their. why all women. love Denise.
 balletdancer

Joined: 5/21/2006
Msg: 540
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Posted: 7/7/2006 1:28:21 PM
six women what on earth is some guy doing going out with six women. he may not be having sex but that is not the point, he is giving them the attention and care you should be getting. I bet he loves it all. I would not like it either hes makeing a fool of you, hes selfish, you should be the most important woman to him. ditch him look for someone who wants and apprciates your company. more than anyone else, this guy is a flirt, who lacks consideration for you, tak cae Denise. Don,t listen to some of these replies, they are nonesense.
 GreenEyesFlashing

Joined: 7/6/2006
Msg: 541
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Posted: 7/7/2006 1:34:51 PM
Yes, I think men and women can be friends without sex....but if you are married, I just don't know where to draw the line. I was married for 10 years, and my husband was one who had more women friends than guy friends. Anyway, I, being the trusting wife, believed every word he said about his "friends". Little did I know that he was having sex with at least two of his "friends". Even when I was called up on the phone, being told by an annonymous caller that he was cheating on me, I did not believe this person. I believed and trusted my husband. So, I think if I were married again, I would prefer his friends becoming my friends also, or he sever the friendship. Seeing women friends without my being present would be a no no from now on.
 moniquep

Joined: 1/21/2006
Msg: 542
Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 7/7/2006 2:02:33 PM
I believe that depending on the person(s) involved that yes men and women definitely can just be friends. I have men friends, that are just that, only friends. I can hang out with them, go for drinks with them, and just be platonic. That is who I am as a person. If and when I am in a relationship with a man, I make it clear to them that these are just friends. I firmly believe that once you get to know me you understand then who I am and what I am about. Also, then you understand that I am trust worthy and that this is for real.

If and when in a relationship, I believe in having respect for your partner. That if you do have friends of the opposite sex, that they meet these individuals, hang out in a group and become familiar and comfortable with them, so as to be comfortable with them. Trust is giving freely, and should not be taken lightly or for granted.

 Beachtime00

Joined: 7/8/2006
Msg: 543
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Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 7/8/2006 10:29:25 AM
My best friend of the opposite sex just died three weeks ago. He would of jumped my bones if I had led him on. He was very attracted to me but we NEVER exchanged spit, touched, or had sex in any shape or form. We were friends for over 25 years. The first thing I did when I met my ex boyfriend was I told him I had two male friends and invited him out with us. My male friend hid me from his girlfriend for quite a while and I had a problem with that but we became friends later. I was there for his two day wake and funeral. Went to his moms home and his gravesite with his family. I was not a threat to his girlfriend. I had a boundry, this invisible line that I would never cross. Hey men will be men and there Di s get hard. It's all about respect and the most powerful word in our language which is N O. I fell you can be friends with someone of the opposite six if only one is physical attracted to the other. We are human and I believe if two people are very sexually attacted to each other (both) and thrown together long enough something will happen. No booze, no drugs, never alone. But if only one is physically attracted then I have no problem. SOm e men can't be friends because they are all ablut the sex. I am 48 and my Best friend Steven Died June 14 this year. I have three other male friends. Not as close but you have to treat each other like brother and sister. No sexual teasing, flirting or touching and it can and has been done.................. Mis you Steven,,,,,,,,,,,,
 mr_scarecrow

Joined: 7/5/2006
Msg: 544
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Posted: 7/8/2006 12:02:27 PM
Yes, my best friend of 7 years is female, we dont have sex, so men and women can be just friends with nothing else involved.
 squidbite

Joined: 6/9/2006
Msg: 545
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Posted: 7/8/2006 12:45:44 PM
NO!

Men and Women can not be friends because the SEX always gets in the way. If a man finds a woman attractive he will ALWAYS want to sleep with her. If he doesn't then he is lying or she is as attractive as Janet Reno to him. The whole movie "When Harry Met Sally" was based on that fact, and they were friends, but they still ended up having sex didn't they?

It does not matter if she says no, the fact that the man is a dog he will always want to sleep with her. Im sorry I just cant think of putting my teeth marks in a butt of a 'friend'. Go ahead and talk to this friend like you talk to a guy... Any guy who is not lying will tell you the same thing. Now if he does not find you attractive then of course he can be your friend. You have to remember that rule.

Aint going to happen. And you ever notice the women who say they have alot of male "friends" are always flirting around. They know the power they have, they can get any guy 'friend' to mow the lawn with a wink.

Oh and the big one I heard from some woman on here... He is my best friend he doesn't want sex... we only slept together once because he was my friend....

Yep I have a woman I know as a neighor that is also a 'friend"... I would jump on her in a minuite... she is a cutie!
 hunter_642

Joined: 12/30/2005
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Posted: 7/8/2006 1:22:31 PM
It all comes down to trust in the end... There is nothing I dislike more (in a relationship, I mean) than a woman telling me I shouldn't be hanging out with my female friends. I'm very close with some of those people, but I'd NEVER sleep with any of them. They're all very good friends and a good friendship isn't worth messing up just for sex.

My best friend is a woman who plays guitar and sings in my band. She recently went through a VERY nasty split with a very abusive guy. I was always there for her; if she needed a shoulder, she had mine. We've always been there for each other and stuck together, all the while never taking our friendship "further." Honestly, there are more important things in this world than sex. I think sometimes people forget that.
 TokochickUK

Joined: 6/30/2006
Msg: 547
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Posted: 7/8/2006 1:41:34 PM
my best friend is a male and we have been the best of friends 9 nearly 10 yrs, no sex, we have always called each other a few times a week, i have had 3 long term relationships and to start with they seemed a bit off but once they realised it was just friendship they relaxed and were fine. I never had any issues with trust and i have always worked in a male enviroment so all my friends have been guys, ( i was a forklift driver ) and love the banter but there has never been anything but friendship.
Sus x
 mrRL

Joined: 8/2/2005
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Posted: 7/8/2006 2:07:53 PM
definately men and women can be solely friends... if they don't find the other attractive. and i don't even mean ugly, cause ugly people have sex and i'm sure it's not necessarily with strangers. women: don't think that because you're a tomboy and/or have a ton of guy friends that they don't think down inside of having sex with you. i'm not saying that they're gonna get you drunk one nite and get in your pants or for that matter even initiate any type of act that would be constituted as "wrong" by you. but, hormonally and innately, straight men want to have sex with women. i have a bunch of female friends and i don't try to bone them but that doesn't mean it hasn't crossed my mind. i don't let my caveman instincts get the better of me. thanks to my mancestors for helping our species evolve.
 Miss AngelA

Joined: 7/19/2005
Msg: 549
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Posted: 7/8/2006 2:41:55 PM
i think males and females can be friends if there isnt any expections on anything more than just a friendship
if you date some1 who friends with opposite sex then its all about the trust and honesty. if the partner is honest to there friends that there only looking for friends and expect nothing else then there is trust
i have heard lame line like i cant be friends with you because your hot and its hard be friends with some1 whos hot
i say ya right im not hot
 SisterSal

Joined: 6/15/2006
Msg: 550
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Posted: 7/8/2006 2:48:17 PM
Yes very definitely. Where I grew up I was the only girl of my age group who spoke English and there were lots of guys. As we grew up it was the guys who drank and I was the designated driver. So it followed through naturally that I communicate better with men than females. While I was married all my male friends used to come to the house often,they became my husband's friends as well.
It was my male friends that stood by me through thick and thin. And no, I would never consider having a sexual relationship with my friends they mean more than that to me than that - they are like my brothers.
As long as there is no hiding friendships it does not matter if your friends are male or female.
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