Men and women can't be friends ?

No, I disagree with this wholeheartedly.

You've clearly given this a sexual aspect, but that has no bearing on friendships between gay men and women. So, is it that people sexually attracted to each other can't be friends? It doesn't seem likely, as there are countless friendships between gay women, for example. And what, then, of multisexuals? Should they have no friends at all? Even where sexual attraction, or the possibility for it, exists, there are a great many examples of completely platonic friendships being formed.

 

my best friend is a female, and i have several very good friends who are both female and male and i dont really crush on them.

 

I disagree.
I would comment further, but Hexagon Got it nailed

 

By that logic I couldn't have female friends because they might be interested in me and I couldn't have male friends because I might be interested in them. It's all just silly. I actually have quite a few friends, both male and female, where there was an initial attraction in one direction or the other and we moved past it one way or another--it doesn't have to be a big deal...

 

Actually I'm not really sure if women can have real friends at all, soon as they get a boyfriend it's like "good bye and so long, PEASANTS!"

... few months later they're all like "heyyyyyy sweetie what's up we never talk anymore?!"

Yeah bitch like it's my fault grrrrrrr :bang:

But to stay on topic: no I don't believe in that saying. Friends are like these weird sexless entities to me, so no crushes on my part (*hug*)

 

false

 

Does that mean bisexuals can't have friends?
Anyway, I don't think this is true at all. I have female friends that I'm sure as hell don't crush on me and I have male friends that don't attract me at all. Like others said, there might be an attraction at first, but you learn to move on.

 

I think they can as long as people keep it platonic.
Otherwise bisexuals could never have friends.

 

Not everybody is heterosexual, nor binary for that matter.

The potential or the open presence of sexual interest does not prevent friendship.

Healthy relationships are based on friendship, anyway.

Not everyone is sexual.

 

Absolutely not. Men and women are as incompatible as a AAA battery in a maglight. Jet fuel in a smart car. Thelonious Monk and classical piano. There is no way that the two can cohabitate, view, or even understand the existence of the opposite sex.

Of course men and women can be normal friends.

 

Disagree. I have plenty of guy friends and we're definitely just friends. I hate it when my parents see me hanging with a guy and they automatically assume we're interested in each other. Even if I wasn't a lesbian, it wouldn't always be the case.

 

Gender doesn't matter. Friends of all

 

Ummm nope. Even if we assume the man and woman aren't both attracted to their own gender, there are so many levels of friendship that don't involve romantic attraction. We know ourselves that we're not attracted to every single person we see, nor are we attracted to all our friends so it would make sense that platonic relationships are completely possible between men and women. I don't think gender is that important either

 

believe it or not the first time i heard this i thought it means that they can't be friends because they will always fight. It took me like...years to finally get that people mean that they can't be friends because they will want to have sex with one another...i guess i am just too weird like that lol .

 

Not true. I will say though, it is very hard for a lot of single straight men not to hit on women friends they find hot. So while it is not always true, it is sometimes true that men and women can't be friends for the fact of sexual attraction getting in the way. But even gay or lesbians might crush on a friend and find it hard to remain friends. Do you make a move or just stay friends?

 

Other people have already said it better than me but I don't think that's true at all.

 

False. I've seen plenty of healthy non-sexual friendships between straight males and females.