[InOne]

Do you think they can? Or will there always one wanting more... Like I never buy this whole "best friends" thing when a couple break up. It's like a nice way of saying you can hang around but nothing is ever going to happen again.

[Benjamin]

Yes.

[Kizzy]

No...

[Benjamin]

But honestly, I think they can be, I know plenty of guys that have female friends and don't want more, especially from tom boyish girls.

[Livia]

Yes, until sex spoils the friendship. I don't think you can be just friends with someone you fancy.

[Kazanne]

Yes,unless you fancy them.

[fruit_cake]

In general no I don't think so, but sometimes there are exceptions

[thesheriff443]

they can if one is gay or one is a lesbian or both!

[Redway]

Yeah. Some people want just that - friendship, be they same-sex or opposite-sex ones.

That said it doesn't work very well with teenagers in general. They'll always want a bit more than that and usually aren't mature enough to come across a genuine opposite sex friendship - and allegedly nothing more than that - without slinging around the "X and X sitting in a tree ... " bollocks.

[fruit_cake]

can anyone really be friends in this dog eat dog world

[GypsyGoth]

Originally Posted by fruit_cake

can anyone really be friends in this dog eat dog world

[Raph]

Absolutely yes.

[LemonJam]

I don't understand why they can't tbh.

[Joelle.]

Of course they can

[Mystic Mock]

Of course men and women can just be friends otherwise you would be having multiple different relationships going on.

[Maia]

I think I am proof this certainly can be the case

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Mollie.

I think I am proof this certainly can be the case

Hmm....

[Maia]

Or not it would seem

[joeysteele]

From my own experience and seeing lot's of others too, definately, My family from Mum and Dad downwards all have female and male friends, I have female friends as well as male friends.
I also think people who have been married can also be good friends too, I have a Cousin for instance whose wife left and got involved with someone else but they now get on like a house on fire as opposed to when they were together.

[InOne]

I guess when sexuality comes into it, if they're man being friends with a woman is gay, or the woman being friends with the man is lesbian then it's different. Or asexual of course. But in terms of hetrosexuality I think like Livia said, a drunken kiss or even more between 'friends' can certainly change things. And if you do end up kissing, the feeling were probably there anyway.

[CharlieO]

Entirely, what if theyre ugly

[Brother Leon]

If the man finds the woman attractive in the slightest,then most likely no.

[Shaun]

it's such a lazy gender stereotype, of course they can

[Vanessa]

No. I'm trying my best to stay friends with my male boss, but he fancies me. So it's mission impossible!

[Black Dagger]

If we are not taking sexuality into account and they are both straight I still believe that a male and female can have a strong friendship.