can a man and a woman be just friends?

Duh! Why not!?

lolz....

how many women do you have???

It depends on the relationship at the start and what you are looking for..

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HE WHO DARES WINS

some time yes.......... some time no

some time sure yes ......... some time sure no

it can be yes .......... it can be no

................. Yes & No

Don`t Love me be my friend

I believe that the real problem is that what would you feel if your spouse is insisting to have friends from opposite sex :). You may believe that man and woman can be friends but it makes you start to think again if your spouse makes new friends from a cafe,restaurant or sth like that, not only from work/school etc. ;) Sure if someone from opposite sex comes beside you and tries to find a subject (mostly stupid one) to start a chat with you, there is not only one thing in his/her mind which is just being friends. Sure he/she expecting more from you :)

Everyman dies; but not every men really lives.

Nothing is more relaxing than flying like an Eagle in Heaven !!

In islam it is forbidden because it is not possible for a man and a woman to meet alone! for others, it might be pure respectful friendhship! why not!

Now answer your own question :)

:O

it's better to have a friend with benefits, or more commonly known as f**k-buddies.

Don't have a partner yet. I was supposed to have one recently but...life...

But in the cases of my previous girlfriend back home, I say it was a No. I fully trust her before...oh well, just because I was 'The Graduate'...

"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

smart Q.... for some extent YES...

Thanks for the honesty..

Now the rest..No waffling and trying to sound politically correct.... Just Yes or No..

BUT.......Oh never mind...

Just a yes or No please.. No need for elaboration..

If you found out that your partner was quite friendly with someone of the opposite sex, would you be alarmed?

(quite friendly means, phone calls, texts, meetings without your presence etc)

my sponsor..If I have snack and get fat can he send me home?

its very risky....

didn't work..men r just pigs :)

Azilana yes it is a natural inclination of the thought once you see both togehter.Actually women keep some men on the waiting list just in case if they dont get what they want (their ideal man) from any other men then the extra tyre of the vehicle can be used. Those men who stay on the waiting like this make fool themselves :-).

I never ever interacted with girls in my student life just talked to them to the point buti know how they play with men.

GEMINEW

may be its possible but its very hard to man not get atteration with woman

...for somebody I knew back home...

Just reminded me I just watched Definitely, Maybe yesterday and this is somehow a bit related...coincidence?

I dunno why I keep holding on (but I believe we keep holding on) to just friends with the girl but so far we had wonderful moments just being friends. Even our parents or friends got to know and trusted each other that they thought we were in a relationship...

"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

Yes i refused to be a spare wheel many times even if i thought that there was a 10% chance for i being serving as a spare wheel :-).

If a man and a woman are truelly friends and by some chance it happened to have sex, if none of them is expecting anything to change than there wont be any problems that would spoil friendship

Only God Can Judge Me

الله فقط يمكنه محاكمتي

I am you and you are me, if you love i love, if you suffer i suffer

أنا أنت, و أنت أنا, إذا أحببت نفسك أحببت نفسي, إذا عانيتَ عانيتُ

Kareena.. claps for being honest..but no..dont be so.You will keep meeting so many with allthose qualities in life..will get tired.

Yes, is ma answer.provided the guy is not a pervert and girl is not a kareena.

Marhabtain.. have you ever seen a Gin bottle in ur life?? lol ..i doubt.

there's nothing wrong if a man and a woman be friends...as in no sex involved.

WHAT COMPLICATES it ARE THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM. People can be sooo judgemental whenever they see a man and a woman together or having fun together and AUTOMATICALLY THINKS there's something going on.

PHULEEZ...get real...

YUP they can just be friends... (hhhmmm.... and also bed buddies after Drinks)

Cheers mate

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Heard your wife left you,

How upset you must be.

But don't fret about it...

She moved in with me.

exactly... all he knows is to drink Gin..never seen him posting anything worth reading..lol

Of course they can, they can have sex and still be friends, this thread is about friendship not cheating or sex.

Only God Can Judge Me

الله فقط يمكنه محاكمتي

I am you and you are me, if you love i love, if you suffer i suffer

أنا أنت, و أنت أنا, إذا أحببت نفسك أحببت نفسي, إذا عانيتَ عانيتُ

Winn, some people are unable to make any positive contributions!

you mean to say..you get attracted to all good looking, educated men? even if he is married or in a relation? we are not talking about lust here..we are talking about friendship. I pity all your not so good looking male friends..lol

Btw have you ever met Sarru? lol

Marhabtain: A humble suggestion. Instead of sitting and booing at all and sundry from the sidelines and emphasising your Attention deficit by brat behaviour , why dont you contribute something that sounds 'profound' and 'un-bollywood' and enlighten the poor people who have been cursed with low mental ages?? Or is it too much to ask for?

At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?

May i congratulate you on being QLs AIR HEAD of the Day! Duh! Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Yah, senile for sure yah! yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

I'm now senile!

:(

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But only from one side..I am speaking from my experience.. If the guy is good looking, attractive, intelligent, educated and having a good job then there is no way I can take him as just a good friend.. I would rather keep my distance from him just to avoid any complications.. But on the other hand, if he is not my type and if he does not fit the above specs especially the good looks part, then for sure, we can be friends. I know it is mean of me but please appreciate the fact that at least I am honest enough to accept that I am very superficial person when it comes to relationships.. Probably that is the reason I am still single.. I am far too choosy.

friendships between different genders is reality not fake

Of course!

Man and woman can be just friends.

When the chemistry between them works then it graduates to another relationship.

Its in their hands.

Good luck buddy

Of course they can be friends. The extent of the friendship is entirely up to them.

just eat another pie

wizmotr, I was just being sarcastic. You know I love my double Ds ;)

Of course men and women can be friends (regardless of the size of the mazoomies (FCat, don't be so hard on yourself!)). And yes, there has to be some attraction there; why would you want to be friends with someone you didn't like to be with?

But the questions I ask myself are:

1) If there is a sexual attraction is it mutual? Can it be mutual? (If both are "No", then we're on the friendship track)

2) Is this friendship rich enough by itself that I don't want to jeopardize it by taking it romantic? (Because romances can die a fast death, while friendships can mature for years)

3) Would a romance with this person involve a lot of pain and very little gain? (If she is in a relationship, if her lifestyle or career plans go completely contrary to mine)

The rest is just a matter of maturity, self-discipline and the belief that I am accountable for my emotions and my actions--and the acceptance that woman are my equals and not my sexual playthings.

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Since Allah has given me a brain, it would seem like a sin not to use it.

"dgoodrebel will always be the rebellious good one"

I see that the bollywood set are out again on QL in full force with their less than intelligent remarks. What to do! I know! Drink another........Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Agree with you, FS. Very important that the other party accepts the "NO".

I had a very healthy friendship with guys from school days..I still have good male friends..

Some times when we talk to them often and care them as our other female friends that gives them wrong signal …that will end their friendship.. If both parties are honest and clear about their intention then there is nothing wrong. In fact its more beautiful than same sex friendship.

If it goes in the wrong direction...you should know when to say 'NO'

Yes and not just friends best friends too as I have my best friend is a girl like sister to me.

Yes...men & women can be good friends...to what extend ? ..I don't know..even you can't measure friendship...

"The past is now an "Academic", focus on the present and the future".

I wanna check it out. any woman out there to friend with me?

EXACTLY RITE

Y DOUBT.....???? You are loving your friend!!!!!

Ho.. Its boring...... study the world history... you can understand..

I agree with smoke.. there are many things u might feel more free and comfortable expressing to a friend from the opposite sex!..

how else do u think i put up with smoke?! heheheh

WYSIWYG

Never can be freinds it will ends up in relation ............

I DONT THINK SO..

THEY CAN ONLY BE JUST FRIENDS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT OF TIME.

WELL THIS IS JUST ME..

BUT FOR MANY EVEN OCCASSIONAL SLEEPING TOGETHER DOES NO HARM. IN THAT CASE YES Y NOT.

or the wife of the man don't have even a hint of the friendship!!!!!!!!! And it depends, is she more beautiful than the wife and if he is more handsome than the husband?

"dgoodrebel will always be the rebellious good one"

A simple rule is that if a woman does not want a man to be her husband in near future after some platonic friendship phase then she is interested in some one else or she does not like him, a man should not waste his time on her, it is a clear signal.

Usually men develop friendship to try to convince the woman to marry in future (my psycology):-) well every type of person is there in the society.

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HE WHO DARES WINS

YES !!! Why does this question come up again n again...

sure i believe that a man and a woman can be very good friends. Sometimes a man can be more free and open to express things to a woman friend than a man friend. Even if there's good chemistry between the two, doesnt mean if they were to become lovers it would work out, coz sometimes crossing the line of friendship could mean disaster for both.

Good Fortune always comes knocking at your door...when you are sh*tting in the toilet!! :)

_[]~SMoKE~[]_

qatar makes women too much self-confident. coz of people who stair at them as a food stuff! it is my opinion.

I had a very good friend back home. She was at the Nurses college, and I was in University when we met. We became very good friends, but there was always that something. We did have a one niter once when we got pissed, but never said anything about it afterwords. Well I ended up marrying her friend, and eleven years and two kids later, I am still wondering. She got married two years ago and moved to Australia. We still have contact, but very seldom, never anything sexual.

Don not get me wrong, I married the rite one, and I have beautiful boys, but still I wonder.

Is that wrong, do I cheat on my wife if I think about her?

Defenitely YES! Its a different matter tho, if one of em tries to disguise their true feelings for fear of rejection.

At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?

I will remember that one.

being from up north they are called BAPS

as in baby baps, bouncing baps, big baps, etc

i have a lot of platonic friends...maybe i need some bap boosting!

I have cultivated it, taleofdeath, I do it consciously!

hey, looking ass is happening unconsciously..it is natural being of men

i can turn guy into friend quite easy if i want.. whether it's my ex one, or the one that 'nothing never happened between us'..even if he expect something more then just a 'friendship'..

as a matter of fact i have friends among the guys more than among the girls..

but the element of attraction is always there anyway...

if u have a good friendship in most of the cases one of them in some moment will be ¨ confused ¨ about her/his feelings

Hell yes they can be friends, And Have Sex, and be friends again, and again and...........

Be serious , never wanted to bonk your friends? ( opposite sex)Never looked at her Ass or Gazoombas & thought HMMMMM.

Never looked at his arms & thought - OOOOHHH he can squeeez me any time.

Be honest people.

ofcourse they can there is no problem

Yes, a man and a woman can be friends. But only after "breakfast".

yes!yes! Its when the heavily pregnant woman starts painting and tidying for the first time ever before having a baby!

for goodness sakes, that's when you're about to have a baby. :)

britexpat...nesting lol, thats quite a sweet innocent way of putting it...almost like 'courting'. lol....

We also used to call it "Nesting"

No a man and a woman cannot be friends...there will always be an occasion when he wants to get his leg over....its only natural!!

:) funny topic

yes a man and women can b friends.

yap supernurse, haha. it seems it has gotten like that

“A friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself.”

'mating'??? is that the term for it lol.....don't zebras and things do that on National Geographic when one is watching it with an inquisitive child????

OF COURSE! Even if he is a man Alexa, haven't you heard of girl boy friendships? I think only here in GCC that every man thinks of a woman always as a prospect for future mating.

“A friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself.”

I've had a best friend who happens to be a male since I was 14, nothing ever happened and we're still best friends. Maybe it's because I'm fat? Or don't have big mazoomies?

brit, Alexa messed with me and I scratched her with my claws then I squashed her with my tummy!

can be friends, as long as that is what each of them want.

Yes they can be freinds but if the man is single then certainly he can develop some interest of marrying her as the time goes on and vice versa (if the woman is single as well).

yeah, what self respecting cat would willingly part with it's claws

What is with the 'You mess with the cat, you get the claws....'

lol, i've never heard of mazoomies either lol It was 'jugs' a guess lol

I am aware of American english but I still have much to learn about the ENGLISH/BRITISH english, I'm afraid...

But I think I have an idea now by your hints...csi

Its an afront to suggest such a thing..

Big tits....makes all the difference...I am led to believe....allegedly....

I am too much of a gentleman to say.. Surely you keep abreast of the changes in the english language?

and my answer would be YES

Pardon my ignorance...as someone said here, ENGLISH is only my 2nd language...csi

If there isnt any attraction or chemistry between the two, of course they can..

This has been discussed so many times.. Its known as a platonic relationship and the answer is YES! Unless she has big mazooomies..