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 James_in_SD

Joined: 7/3/2006
Msg: 1251
Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 11/9/2008 6:34:50 PM
I don't see why not. They can have sex without being friends.
 Soimdaddy

Joined: 7/8/2008
Msg: 1252
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Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 11/9/2008 7:06:38 PM
Hell ya there can be just a friendship...I have a ton of female friends and thats that we just chill, shoot some pool, play some poker...Good times...
 NotJustAnotherGuy

Joined: 6/11/2007
Msg: 1253
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Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 11/9/2008 8:04:29 PM
of course...and they can be friends after having sex...

what's so difficult about that?
 orchidtigress

Joined: 1/18/2007
Msg: 1254
Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 11/9/2008 8:25:50 PM
Absolutely they can! Most my friends my entire life have been male and it was not FWB relationships.
 2EquallyYoked

Joined: 6/29/2008
Msg: 1255
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Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 11/10/2008 7:32:31 PM
If they have morals they can.
I have women friends that I'd never consider sleeping with. Why screw up a great friendship for something as stupid as that.
 Fstfrdy

Joined: 4/28/2006
Msg: 1256
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Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 11/30/2008 7:30:01 AM
Yes and No ? I have a number of female friends some I have slept with some not. I am still good friends with 2 that we where in a physical relationship with. But that may not go well with new lovers in our lives. It is unrealistic to expect a person to be "OK" with us spending time alone. I think if you have been friends then lovers its way to hard to go back to being "just friends", there will be a sexual vibe between you that if not in any way bothers you ,I think will bother anyone new to you life. And that is the NO part. For guys that say "I just want to be friends" we are liers and trying to denigh a very basic rule of the animal lingdom, we want go all the way at some time with female friends its the circle of life.

Cheers fstfrdy
 lightbright*

Joined: 8/11/2008
Msg: 1257
Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 12/3/2008 7:07:00 PM
Men can be friends with a woman without sex ...

Only if they don't really want to have sex with this friend woman and that she is not having sex with another man.
 MeloFelow

Joined: 11/27/2008
Msg: 1258
Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 12/3/2008 7:16:54 PM
I have female friends, but they aren't women I'd want to take to bed. Friends are friends, and love interests are love interests, and never the twain shall meet.
 MissEmpress

Joined: 6/26/2008
Msg: 1259
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Posted: 12/3/2008 7:30:30 PM
Yes....

Now, it may not necessarily mean that the thought doesn't cross their minds...but they don't have to act on it.
 fire_hot_ouch1

Joined: 10/3/2007
Msg: 1260
Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 12/4/2008 2:04:42 AM
They can even be lovers, seemingly, without it.
What stops friendship then?
 TxSippiGal

Joined: 9/30/2007
Msg: 1261
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Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 12/4/2008 3:08:27 AM
I have heard it said that a man would not be friends with a woman that he didn't have some kind of attraction for even though he never pursued it.

In my case I have had male friends over the years that I never would have considered sleeping with but were good friends. I have also had male friends who I would have considered sleeping with if they were available.
 somewhatcute

Joined: 11/13/2008
Msg: 1262
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Posted: 12/4/2008 9:29:12 AM
Yes, if there is no attraction involved.
So I guess 'mostly no' would be the perfect answer.
 ImJ9

Joined: 8/28/2008
Msg: 1263
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Posted: 12/5/2008 1:07:56 AM
I have had many male friends that I never had sex with and they never tried anything with me. I was in the Navy and found that men made better friends than women. (Please don't start beating me up over that statement.) A few of them tried to hit on me but after they figured things out, they all became my big brothers. We were stationed in San Diego and we'd cross the border into TJ for a night of drinking. With anywhere from 5 to 15 men with me I had never felt safer. They were very protective and wouldn't let anyone mess with me. God, the stories I could tell. (sigh)



Even now, I have male friends that I go sailing with. We share a bunk when there's not enough room and nothing has ever happened or almost happened, drunk or sober.
 MNQ

Joined: 9/2/2007
Msg: 1264
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Posted: 12/5/2008 1:09:41 AM
Absolutely...I do it all the time...and 50% of my friends are male...and they're "friends" because I'm not interested or attracted to them in that way so I would have absolutely no interest being intimate with them....logistically it would make more sense not too...unless he's lying to you about her being just a "friend"...that's a whole other issue.
 Ear to hear

Joined: 6/10/2008
Msg: 1265
Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 12/5/2008 4:20:43 AM
Do it all the time....can get as involved as sexual without physical...not a big deal...people need a release and someone to talk too...
 MeloFelow

Joined: 11/27/2008
Msg: 1266
Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 12/5/2008 6:06:42 AM

I have heard it said that a man would not be friends with a woman that he didn't have some kind of attraction for even though he never pursued it.


That sounds like the "When Harry Met Sally" theory.


Platonic friendship, for me, has nothing to do with sexual interest. Most of the women, who have become friends, are women I've met professionally, either working at the same (or former) employer, for a customer or former customer, etc., or through volunteering at the same place, etc..

Most friends, aside from the one or two "best friends" are in one part of life or another, and the "boy/girl" issues are irrelevant.

One of my really good friends, though, is a woman with whom I did have a relationship, so maybe, in that case, there's sort of a basis to the comment. I have no interest in her as a possible relationship partner, but, obviously, I was interested in her at one time.
 starr4831

Joined: 11/27/2008
Msg: 1267
Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 12/5/2008 6:20:06 AM
I totally think men and women can be friends....the catch.....make sure your woman knows your female friends....and it doesnt hurt to be friendly to his friends and try to get to know them....I have male friends of all ages and hang out with them on occasion and its like I'm one of the boys.....
 JimClassic

Joined: 12/3/2008
Msg: 1268
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Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 12/8/2008 6:19:33 PM
It's doable. I would say about 50% of my friends are women. And if any of them were single I would love to go out with some of them. But that's not the case, so I don't worry about it. Besides, I know I've fallen into the dreaded 'bother' category with some of them... ::shutter::
 Pattyw286

Joined: 8/28/2007
Msg: 1269
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Can men and women be friends without sex?
Posted: 12/8/2008 8:27:06 PM
Yes they can I have a male friend I go out with regularly and we aren't remotely interested in each other.
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