No such thing as "guy" friends?

My sister always told me growing up that there is no such thing as a guy friend that they always end up liking you during the duration of the friendship, and from my experiences I have found some of this to be true :/ BUT my question is do you dudes have girl friends? That are just FRIENDS? Or have you ever felt something for them before ? OR are you guys pretending to be our friends so you can just get in our pants hmmmm???

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  • Anonymous_Donor

    Doubtful, very doubtful. Natural reaction to being around a woman is to be stimulated and want to have sex with her. Just can't help it...

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  • somethingsomethingme

    Every single one of my guy friends has liked me and told me.
    So its pretty true, but I guess it depends with the situation.

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  • sheepsclothing

    I'd say it depends on how the guy acts around you. Lots of guys stay "friends" with girls hoping that the girl will notice that he is attracted to her. however, such relationships usually die off pretty fast as the wuss is too much of a wuss to do anything about it and she ends up with a stronger better guy. Then the two (wuss and girl) usually stay as friends, but the wuss still has "feelings" for her.

    IDK how many guys will agree that this is true, but I can tell you confidently and truthfully that the above is true. Because at some point in the lives of every guy, he has been that wuss.

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    • Sobored

      Interesting..............so what if the girl lets the guy know in one way or another that she is also attracted to him but he still doesn't do anything about it. What type of guys do that?????? (like they're always trying to get your attention and then when you finally give it to them they give you the cold shoulder)

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    • mjh1288

      I agree with sheepsclothing cuz well im that wuss hes talkin bout...only she knows

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    • You can't synthesize.

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  • hooblah21

    In my personal experience...

    Girls can definitely have guy friends and it can be purely platonic. But the other way around? I don't believe guys can be JUST friends with girls. I don't think a guy really has a reason to be friends with girls unless there is some sort of attraction, because lets face it, girls aren't exactly the most drama-free beings in the world. A lot of girls will disagree with me, but I highly doubt that if they made a move on any of their guy friends, that the guy would resist it. ;)

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    • 7051990

      I totally agree with you. My best friend is a guy and whenever we are drinking together stuff always happens which has led to a lot of confusion as to whether he likes me or not or like you say is just being a guy. It's really hard for guys and girls to just be friends, just like When Harry met Sally lol

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    • munchkinpie

      thanks for your input I do agree with u just want to see if some dudes reply to this!

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      • mwandrews1234

        I have to strongly disaggree with this.I have girls that are best friends and we go out have fun drinking partying no attraction what so ever if we are both single or dating someone. My girlfriend and i had this conversation this evening. Just figured id put my two sense in on this.

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  • hootiemomma

    The only "guy" that can JUST be your friend is a GAY guy. And that's if he isn't even slightly bi. Almost all gay men end up saying "if I wasn't gay, I'd be with you" and crap like that. Men are always on the look out for sex. No. Men and women CANNOT be Just friends.

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  • sonic200

    Im a guy and i ended up likin most of my friends that are girls but if i didnt like em i would pay less attention to them and talk to em less

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  • Momo1234

    I think guys and girls can be very close friends if physical attraction to one another isnt an issue i have alot of girl mates who are soooo hot i not gona deny it i really like 1 of them but i still consider them good friends and if my less attractive girl mate wanted to do something that means being more then friends i simply wouldnt allow it and guess wat shes 1 of my best mates just 1 of the guys to me and alot of my guy mates basically haha i honestly think if the girl is less attractive you can become very good even best friends sorry to sound like a jerk but thats what i think

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  • IveGotBallsOfSteal

    Guys can't be TRUE friends with girls. Sorry.

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  • Nushki

    dude depends on the relationship obviously. but in general i'd say it's prob quite difficult to come across a pair that has a purely plutonic relationship. in my xp i had a (girl) friend and it was purely plutonic for a couple of years...we were good friends. and then one day jus hooked up - now we kinda hookup now and then :P still good friends though...maybe once we get over this we'll be friends again. but there are other girls who i'm close friends with who i feel nothing for sexually...like if she tried anything on me i would pull away proper. she's a flipping killer chick to hang out with though :P

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  • reddawn17

    If a girl is actually into cool or entertaining things and is not attractive then yes they can be just a friend.

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    • hootiemomma

      That's not true either. No matter what she looks like, given the proper circumstances...sex would ensue.

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  • Galaxy500

    I actually lost a lot of guy friends I once had when I met my latest boyfriend (1 1/2 years in so far) and he just wouldn't accept it. But, low and behold - he was right! All my guy friends saw my boyfriend as a threat to them and they all came clean about their feelings towards me. Sadly, he makes gal friends in hopes they can just be friends and the girls are the ones who advace him (knowing he has a girlfriend). Lucky for me, he shuts their hormones down and ends their friendship. In the past he's made gal friends because he figured "what's good for the goose is good for the gander" but, whatever. I talked to him til I was blue in the face convincing him that, as in my case and his, we just cannot have close friends of the opposite sex because they always end up showing their true colors.

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    • hootiemomma

      Exactly, it's all fine to be "just friends" until one of you gets a boyfriend or a girlfriend...then it's a WHOLE OTHER STORY!

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    • mjh1288

      i think galaxie500 is a true b****. even if they did wanna be with ya u should explain u dont want that and try to keep somewhat of a friendship even if it may not be as close as before. BROS BEFORE HOES haha

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  • 5nowman

    I am a guy who agrees with your sister. I have struggled with this. No matter how hard I try I can't have a close friendship with a girl, without developing feelings for her. This is only a problem because I'd like to have more than one close friend. (I think guys are jerks, and I don't want guy friends.) I wish I could have friendships like the ones girls have with other girls. However, I'm a guy, and I'm starting realize that it just isn't possible for me. So sad.

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  • RockyBalboa

    I'm a 20 year old guy. In high school I got along with almost everyone. I had plenty of girls that were just friends. Many of the girls I talked to was purely out of friendship and some girls are easy to talk to. I'm a sensitive guy so I seek girls for better advice or I will give them advice well. I admit that some girls that I talked too were very attractive and I would most certainly have went further than being just friends. But out of respect for our friendship I never tried advancing the situation. So yea, it is possible to have Guy friends that are just friends.

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    • hootiemomma

      You clearly state that you "most certainly would have went further than just being friends" if they wanted to. That's the whole point...it's not strictly platonic if you would go further if given the chance. Wait, Mr. 20 year old, until one of your "female friends" gets a boyfriend and see how long he lets her hang out with you on your own without her. Ain't gonna happen.

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  • Jim_Pfoss

    In my personal experience...

    The traits we find most undesirable in other people are traits we most hate about ourselves.
    It seems to me that any woman who says that guys can only be friends with women as a means to their "ends" is declaring that woman have no value beyond their genitalia.
    I hope this is obviously ridiculous.
    I guess I also have to state the obvious in that there are plenty of women who initiate intimate relationships %%u2013 and sometimes, yes, deceptively.
    Intelligent, kind, and entertaining people are definitely valued purely for their friendship, regardless of gender.

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    • munchkinpie

      thanks :)

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  • fiendish

    your sister only told you that because she heard it from the movie when harry met sally. . . and most of it is true. . . . its like this everyone is different. . . but when it comes to guys they can have both kinds of friends sure. . . Ones that have penises. . . Those are the one who are simply just friends pals buddies... and one with vaginas. . . Who we can do all the same thing with that we do with our penis baring friends but you can also have sex with. . . That's how guys see it

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    • Gasmasker

      Haha, best way I've ever heard it put...

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  • INV8

    I have always had alot of female friends and once that line was established I would not cross it. I am 46 now and when I was 21 I became a singel parent father of a 6mos . Old daughter my wife abandoned us. Desert Storm just started and alot of my friends deplyed Kathy was a friend of mine that I intrduced to her husband who was one of the first groups to deploy to Kuwait. Kathy and some of the wives would come over to my house at least 4 times a week and just hang out and help me with my daughter. One nite all the girls left except Kathy was gonna stay till I got showered incase the baby woke up we were both pretty buzzed. I got in the shower and heard the door creak open but really just thought the air blew open. I rinsed the soap out of my eyes and saw Kathy peaking at my junk, I got an instant raging boner and modeled it good for her she was masterbating her self and I was slow stroking my cock for her. I was In shock at the same for all the 3 or 4 years I had known her I never thought she wanted anything to do with me sexually. I reached up and jerked the shower curtain open . She said you know wives talk I had to see if for myself what you were packing she said that my ex had showed her a poloroid of me and she needed to see for herself. I am not huge by no means alittle on the high average side.I really needed a self esteem boost and build my ego up. Her Husband was like my best friend. She basically stated that she and 2 of the other wives would like me to fuck them when ever the needed some dick till their husband got back in 10 to 11mos. Long story short 1 wife only wanted to fuck about 4 times and it was fuck and go.(perfect). Kathy and Melinda both got emotionally attached and were sneaking over to the house after thier husbands were home for good. I felt terrible at this point. Melinda divorced her husband she told him she had affair with a guy and tried to make her marriage work for over four mos. He just couldnt make me cum she said . Kathy stalked me for over 2 years and kept threatening me if I didnt keep fucking her whe would tell Jose'. I did that and felt horrible till the were stationed away. I thought this friends with benefits thing was so cool I was fucking 3 women pretty consistently and was being told how I was such the stud. Melinda brought her first cousin over form the army base an hour away and that was my first real threesome...we did that quite a few times that year.

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  • Rugbyfc12

    My best friend is a girl, and I couldn't ask for a better friend. We don't fancy each other at all, we just get on really well and enjoy each others company. Everyone has the right to have friends of the opposite sex. People say it isn't ''normal'', but what is normal?? A happy friendship, regardless of the who is in it, bot or girl, is completely natural. It's a free world where people can be happy they way they please. People judge friendships like ours and say we are too close to not be in a relationship. She's like a sister to me and I couldn't ask for a better friend. Normal is ones opinion of what they think is a comfortable situation, and when they don't like when others perceive it differently they fly off the handle, mock and judge others who see different. It's natural to have friends of the opposite sex!

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  • monkyyy

    id say rare, some times im just not interested to a girl, but still can enjoy talking to her :/

    i think it has some cultural walls set up so it takes longer before guys and girls can actually get to a real topic besides the weather w/o flirting

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    Ya. I have some girl friends, and still have a girl friend. (confusing, i know) Its not always common in school but there are cases of this.

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  • I am a guy and the reverse has happened for every relationship I have been in
    Including the current one

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  • bewmbox

    Yes, guys can be great friends with girls, if physical attraction isn't in the way.

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  • Kat444

    Most of my friends are guys. And honestly, I do think most of them are/have been attracted to me. But what's wrong with that? It's flattering, and it makes me feel good. I get the best of both worlds. Good guy friends who care about me (and I know they do, because they're still my friends and we have lots of fun even though I'm taken)and bolster my self esteem as an attractive chick.

    I know guys can be true friends with girls because some of my guy friends and been with me at my most vulnerable moments, and they remained supportive friends without making any advances. Just because someone is attracted to you doesn't mean you can't also be friends.

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  • deathlokk

    we always want some of that tang .

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  • russellnb

    I have friends who are girls/women. They are my best friends, always honest and sensitive and I think we will be friends for life.There is more to life than sex an the non-sex friends are the best. Not that I have any sex friends since I am married

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  • Of course girls & guys can be just friends. Even when they are hormone drenched teenagers its possible.

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  • i dont know i must be weird but i like girls personalities just as much as i like them sexually, i like drama and girly stuff

    i must just be a lame straight guy or gay, but i like to be friends with girls but then again i like to get in their pants too

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