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sonichu
09/26/23 8:06:09 AM
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Or do you always get the feels!
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LordMarshal
09/26/23 8:06:40 AM
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No. Itll be weird for one or the other.

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bsp77
09/26/23 8:11:28 AM
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Of course I can. Pathetic when people can't.

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GiftedACIII
09/26/23 8:11:47 AM
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bsp77 posted...
Of course I can. Pathetic when people can't.


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Glob
09/26/23 8:11:53 AM
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Of course I can. I also think any man who is incapable of being just friends with a woman is a shit bag.
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Kombucha
09/26/23 8:12:02 AM
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bsp77 posted...
Of course I can. Pathetic when people can't.


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coolpal23
09/26/23 8:12:35 AM
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bsp77 posted...
Of course I can. Pathetic when people can't.


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A_A_Battery
09/26/23 8:23:46 AM
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Nah, awful idea in general since very often she will develop feelings and it gets awkward. My wife is my friend, others I show courtesy, but it will always be in passing.
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A_Good_Boy
09/26/23 8:25:22 AM
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I'm already friends with several.

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bsp77
09/26/23 8:26:09 AM
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A_A_Battery posted...
Nah, awful idea in general since very often she will develop feelings and it gets awkward. My wife is my friend, others I show courtesy, but it will always be in passing.
Yeah, they all want you

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Aysander
09/26/23 8:27:03 AM
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Why does this question show up all over the place....why is it even a question in the first place?

Short answer to avoid my usual pondering of things...yes, I can "just be friends" with women. lol.

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A_A_Battery
09/26/23 8:27:41 AM
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bsp77 posted...
Yeah, they all want you

Some of them inevitably yes. Not all, Im a rather specific type.
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GiftedACIII
09/26/23 8:27:47 AM
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bsp77 posted...
Yeah, they all want you

Pretty sure he believes in a belief system where women are subservient.

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ScionTC_07
09/26/23 8:33:00 AM
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I definitely can. I dont see a reason why not.

If youre attracted to them on the other hand though and you cant have them. then probably not

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Mew
09/26/23 8:33:35 AM
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bsp77 posted...
Yeah, they all want you
Lmaooo

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Yawn_Master2
09/26/23 8:33:42 AM
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Ive been just friends with multiple women. Not a tongue in cheek comment and no Im not gay.

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gatorsPENSbucs
09/26/23 9:57:00 AM
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Yah, but its gotten me in trouble several times.

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Villain_S_Fiend
09/26/23 9:59:37 AM
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Yeah for sure, and honestly as I've gotten older I find myself gravitating toward women as friends. Though that's probably more due to just being tired of being around random dudes of my generation.

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bsp77
09/26/23 10:00:53 AM
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...
Yah, but its gotten me in trouble several times.
Me too. Although that means I wasn't "just" friends. I mean, my fiance was my friend for 3 years before me started dating.

But do I have other female friends, where nothing has ever happened or ever will. One of my "groomsmen" is a woman.

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Kimberly
09/26/23 10:01:20 AM
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I think a lot of people confuse 'getting feelings' with just the normal emotional connection friends develop because they've otherwise been deprived of those things for most of their life for one reason or another.

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bsp77
09/26/23 10:03:09 AM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Every time you say you "respect women", I just assume you really don't.

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GranTurismo
09/26/23 10:03:26 AM
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A_A_Battery posted...
Nah, awful idea in general since very often she will develop feelings and it gets awkward. My wife is my friend, others I show courtesy, but it will always be in passing.
Why do you think this? What if the woman is like 70 yrs old or something like that?
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Villain_S_Fiend
09/26/23 10:04:52 AM
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Kimberly posted...
I think a lot of people confuse 'getting feelings' with just the normal emotional connection friends develop because they've otherwise been deprived of those things for most of their life for one reason or another.
This is a smart take. With people for whom it was "hard to make friends" growing up, it's a heady mix of emotions that surge from landing a really solid friend. It can take some processing.

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Caracalla
09/26/23 10:05:26 AM
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true friendship? Only if she is ugly and unatractive. Otherwise deep in my heart I will always be fantasying about sleeping with her.
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LiberalAgenda8
09/26/23 10:08:15 AM
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bsp77 posted...
Of course I can. Pathetic when people can't.
If someone is friends with their ex, it's not out of the norm for their partner to be frustrated or display signs of jealously

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rexcrk
09/26/23 10:09:17 AM
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Oh yes. Ive spent my whole life being just friends with women

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gatorsPENSbucs
09/26/23 10:09:31 AM
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bsp77 posted...
Me too. Although that means I wasn't "just" friends. I mean, my fiance was my friend for 3 years before me started dating.

True true. I never dated any of my friends so thats what got me in trouble, they thought we were or were going to be more than friends and that never ended well.


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RISEofCHRISTIAN
09/26/23 10:10:38 AM
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Just with unattractive women sure

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LiberalAgenda8
09/26/23 10:13:30 AM
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bsp77 posted...
Me too. Although that means I wasn't "just" friends. I mean, my fiance was my friend for 3 years before me started dating.

But do I have other female friends, where nothing has ever happened or ever will. One of my "groomsmen" is a woman.
For lots of people, it often takes time and experiences to fully separate their emotions and not grow any emotional attachment. Yeah you can be at a high chair looking down on people who have eventually caught feelings for their friends(to which their friends didn't feel the same way), but many people grow fond of those that they keep talking to.

You can be friends with someone you deem attractive, but many inexperienced people fall for said person and put them on a pedastool. And often put their time and effort into said person(that they know) of, instead of say, trying to talk to different people

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colliding
09/26/23 10:13:54 AM
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yes, if I find them unattractive

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ExtremeLuchador
09/26/23 10:17:37 AM
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I don't even have time for friends period at my age.

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TheLiarParadox
09/26/23 10:24:02 AM
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I was able to for most of my life but I'm not so sure anymore. I've become a completely different person in the last five or six years and that has really impacted how I interact with people and vice versa, including bumping a few longtime friendships out of the strictly platonic realm. I'm not the kind of person who will stop being friends with a woman who doesn't reciprocate feelings but I also am starting to realize it was a lot easier to be strictly platonic when few people found me desirable (and for good reason). This is all just sexual though. I still see them as only friends and not spouses or soulmates or anything involving "the feels."

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Ivany2008
09/26/23 10:28:18 AM
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A_A_Battery posted...
Some of them inevitably yes. Not all, Im a rather specific type.

is that specific type.... delusional?
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bsp77
09/26/23 10:28:34 AM
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LiberalAgenda8 posted...
If someone is friends with their ex, it's not out of the norm for their partner to be frustrated or display signs of jealously
I wasn't talking about exes. But, while we are at it, I am friends with two exes. One was basically just a short FwB thing, but she is now married and my fiance and I hang out with her and her husband. I am also still friends with my ex gf from 2018 to 2020, and we do karaoke together sometimes. My fiance doesn't mind. It is all about trust.

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Big_Nabendu
09/26/23 10:28:42 AM
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Yes. I have several actually

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Cemith
09/26/23 10:30:09 AM
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I literally am

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LiberalAgenda8
09/26/23 10:33:37 AM
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bsp77 posted...
I wasn't talking about exes. But, while we are at it, I am friends with two exes. One was basically just a short FwB thing, but she is now married and my fiance and I hang out with her and her husband. I am also still friends with my ex gf from 2018 to 2020, and we do karaoke together sometimes. My fiance doesn't mind. It is all about trust.
Yeah but thats the exception, not the rule. Many people(even with trust) would still get frustrated if they see an EX talking with their current partner or constantly trying to reach out to them. There are people who get frustrated when a waiter/waitress flirts with their husband of 10 years. Is it out of the question if an ex constantly reaches out, for said partner to get frustrated and lay down their frustrations?

It isn't even about trust. Moreso, exes and certain situations can cross boundaries . Save for probable situations of maybe the partner having a child with a baby momma/daddy. And even then, things can still occur

Even if we boil it down to just friends, part of friendships is that the good ones continue to grow. Thing is, a straight man and straight women being friends can also potentially lead to a case where one starts developing more intimate feelings for the other. Which is normal.

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codey
09/26/23 10:35:24 AM
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A_Good_Boy posted...
I'm already friends with several.


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Umbreon
09/26/23 10:41:17 AM
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Anyone who thinks you can't is essentially saying...

That bisexual people can't have friends.

That attractive people can't have friends.

You can try to paint it in whatever coat of paint you want, it just doesn't make sense.

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bsp77
09/26/23 10:41:31 AM
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LiberalAgenda8 posted...
Yeah but thats the exception, not the rule. Many people(even with trust) would still get frustrated if they see an EX talking with their current partner or constantly trying to reach out to them. There are people who get frustrated when a waiter/waitress flirts with their husband of 10 years. Is it out of the question if an ex constantly reaches out, for said partner to get frustrated and lay down their frustrations?

It isn't even about trust. Moreso, exes and certain situations cross boundaries. Save for situations of maybe the partner having a child with a baby momma/daddy
Not gonna argue about exes, as that was never what I was talking about. I get both sides of the argument. That said, the fact that my fiance trusts me so much only makes me more committed to her, and realize how truly lucky I am.

Even if we boil it down to just friends, part of friendships is that the good ones continue to grow. Thing is, a straight man and straight women being friends can also potentially lead to a case where one starts developing more intimate feelings for the other. Which is normal.
Potentially, yes, but my issue is when people say men and women CAN'T be friends, or when someone universally states that their partner can't have opposite sex friends. (note I am not talking about specific situations where someone doesn't want their partner being friends with a specific, troublemsome person)

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TrainerDot
09/26/23 10:45:32 AM
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Yes, Im bisexual with a male leaning and attachment issues so I can easily fall for friends, though not only do I not usually fall for women but even if I did I can still remain friends.

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IfGodCouldDie
09/26/23 10:58:13 AM
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bsp77 posted...
Of course I can. Pathetic when people can't.


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pauIie
09/26/23 10:59:00 AM
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bsp77 posted...
Of course I can. Pathetic when people can't.


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Coldhardsilver
09/26/23 11:13:04 AM
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Now at 27? Totally, plenty of cool female friends.

Back in grade school? God no. I only acted on 1 or 2, but it was so easy to crush on my girl friends (one or 2 guy friends too tbh). Cupid had me on speed dial back as kid.
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Enclave
09/26/23 11:33:33 AM
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bsp77 posted...
Of course I can. Pathetic when people can't.


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