Can A Man And Woman Ever Be ‘Just Friends’…?

Guys, have you ever been so tight with a member of the opposite sex that people close to you have found it hard to believe that your relationship is purely based on friendship?

I know I’ve found myself in situations like that before; I’m the kind of male that gets on with women better than I do with men.

No offence to the guys but I just find friendship with women easier, less dramatic and just generally stress-free. Henceforth, although I do have a FEW guyfriends that I am extremely close to, I also have a lot of ‘girlfriends’ (I call them ‘girl mates’ to make them more distinguishable) that I am extremely close to.


Now here is where the problem arises- a lot of the times when I’m just hanging out with a girl mate, I notice that we get looked at as if we’re a couple.

That’s understandable I guess. However, what I find really annoying is when our own mutual friends begin to doubt the nature of our friendship.

If I had a pound for every time I heard phrases along the lines of – “you guys can’t be just bredrins- something MUST be going on,” “you’re always together- you must fancy each other,” “you like each other but you just don’t know it yet,” or my favourite, “men and women can’t be ‘just friends’- that’s impossible”- I would be a billionaire by now.

So I want to pose this question to santiagopad.blogspot.Com readers- is it really that impossible for a man and woman to have a strictly platonic relationship?

Personally, I think it is possible because, some women have such great friendship qualities, yet might not necessarily be your type in terms of looks. For that reason, I think a man can be good friends with a girl, yet not be physically attracted to her in anyway shape or form.

I think that the media are also to be blamed for the misconception that men and women can’t ever be just friends. I can’t count the number of times I’ve watched a programme or a movie where male/female friendships have evolved into romantic relationships.

I truly believe that with the media constantly showing these kind of scenarios, they promote and perpetuate the (in my opinion) mistaken belief that men and women can’t have a strictly platonic relationship.
What do you guys think? Is it such an illusion that men and women can be just friends?




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