Do you think it is possible to be "just friends" with the opposite gender?

Yes, I think it is possible to be friends with someone from the opposite gender in both these cases, but it really depends very much on both parties. Some people can do this, and some people can't, it is very individual!

It honestly depends on the maturity level on the two in both questions. I know some people secretly long for their friends of the oposite gender and that kills them after years of wanting that person. I also know people who befriend their ex's hoping to get back with them at some point but too just get hurt. It is possible to be friends with someone but if you both are attractive and single it can get sticky unless you just address the issue frank and openly.

Hi , I think you missed the meaning of a friend . there is nothing like a word just friends in friends dictionary . As friendship is the only relation which doesn't have any limits and have complete freedom , Friendship has no bounds like opposite gender or animal etc. Many make friendship with birds,dogs ,if you consider humans there is no word of being just friends

I have lots of friends that are male aswell as female and i do think that you can just be friends with a person like that.I think that people that end up being in a relationship with a friends,also finds that if the relationship breaks up alot of the times so do the friendship.

I totally believe you can be friends with the opposite gender. Had tons of male friends in high school. They were fun and sometimes treated me like the little sister of the group. As for being friends with an ex, I think it depends on your relationship before you began dating and how you broke up. If you began as friends and the relationship slowly developed but later on you both decided it was best to remain friends, then sure friendship can still occur. However, if you jumped into dating someone and had a very shaky break-up, friendship after that would be kind of difficult.

I got a lot of friends boys :) I prefer it, because most of the boys got clear characters, without gossip, intrigues, jealous, envy, twaddle and so on things, usually used by girls :) And i got some girls who are my friends, but they think as boys, i mean they are direct, don't hide feelings and are just real friends, i can trust them without any fear that they will feel bad and will act against me :) After relationship i don't keep friendship with the same people :) For me it's very hard to free myself from all the feelings i feel with the guys i had relationship and i don't want to have the same. Never mind that we are different people, who think and act different, i feel more well when i finish that relations at all :) Past is past, i don't see why we have to go back there :)

Hi, For me there is no problem to be friends with the opposite gender. I have male good friend even though I am married, and my husband knows about my male friend. We change ideas, work together and earn money together but it doesn't mean we should fall in love. I will readily jump up to help him if he requests help from me, and I care for him and even love him but as a friend. Life is short and there is no need to get my emotions into romantic relationships with another male than my husband. Being a good friend enough for me, in fact the friendship makes me happy because I know I have a good friend who is willing to be one my side when I have trouble and to cheer me up when I am sad. He's able to make me motivated to continue life in this cruel world, and we don't have any romantic relationship at all. It depends on the heart of someone, though. If we are sincere, we can always have a good friendship with the other gender. In fact, I feel very safe and content having a male best friend because I feel he complements me in so many ways.

Possible? Yes! I have more guy friends than female friends. These guys have wives or are in love with someone else and I have my guy who Is my best friend. But I can see going out on a date and connecting but on a friend level only and deciding to be just friends.

I think it's possible to be friends with an ex. I am still friends with my ex-husband who I have been divorced from for 25 years. Mind you, we have two kids together and in our ways we believed in staying friends because of the kids. But now the kids are adults and we are still friends, not that we talk a lot but if we bump into each other we talk. Now I have another ex, after living with him for 13 years and I have tried to be friends with him but it just doesn't work too well. We live in different cities but we email each other about once a week and we talk on the phone a couple times a month and he seemed to care what happens to me but I don't think so anymore. He just got 1/2 million dollars inheritance and he owes me $1400 for 3 years now and he won't pay me. I don't call that a friend so I am not talking to him and so in that case it doesn't work for us to be friends anymore. So I think it all depends on each situation but I think that a man and a woman can be just friends. I do have a few male friends that are just friends and haven't been anything else ever.

it possible. it all depends how the person both deal with it. i ever saw my friend who had broke with her BF, after that they are just fine. well, maybe they can't be so close just like before

yes, I think it's possible to be just friends with the opposite gender. And yes, it's possible to have a relationship with said friend and fall out. And STILL remain as friends because I have a best friend who I dated in high school. And now we're both happily married and are still the best of friends. We just realized that we really weren't meant for each other and the reason we might have hooked up in the first place was because we were always together. But we weren't really IN LOVE, we just love each other as friends.

ahah well is complicated to be friends with a guy. good friends and dont even have lil crush on him? well ahah about me is very hard this happen^^ unless i really just see him as a brother. anyway i have few friends boys and it was always a lil crush or me or him :) but depends i mean i had before many friends boys and we saw each other as friends only maybe it only depends of how the relation develops. if you are always with your friend boy and dedicate much time only to each other is normal that you will love this guy^^ but if you have relationship and then be friends is not that easy unless both dont feel nothing anymore. if that is the case then is ok^^

it is very possible to be just friends with the opposite gender as long as you don't cross the boundary of your friendship, for the second question once you decided to take your friendship to the next level and it failed to work out i think it would still be possible for you guys to be friends but not after the break-up but after you both have moved on and open for a friendship--it will take time

Why not? I have a lot of friend who're opposite gender with me, but our friendship is very close and trueful.However, in your second case,it have 90% impossible to be just friends after that. You can't do anything to change it. I have tried and failed.

...Hi tipsyflash, Absolutely it is possible and I am sure it goes on all the time. I have male friends, one who calls me daily, totally platonic. No romance or any of that. I like talking to men, they are interesting beings. I learn from them, they learn from me. They find their romantic action in other places, and we go on being friends through the beginning and ending of many of those encounters. As far as being involved as lovers and then being friends, I think it depends on the two people, how they broke up and whether they want to remain friends and are able to. Some people can't, they don't want to be around when the other person gets involved with someone else or some other reason. So it depends. Men are great as friends. Take care.

Yes, it's very possible to only be friends with somone of the opposite gender. I've had and have lady friends who kept the relationship platonic. Sometimes the conversations can get a little hot because they don't hold anything back. Yet, I've been strong enough to avoid attempting to make the relationship go in another direction. I've learned a lot about how to treat women from women friends. I've also learned a lot about myself. Also, most of my lady friends had been coworkers first, so a little gossip enters the conversations as does discussions of good old memories. Yes, I feel you can be friends with an ex. I've also been friends with one female after the relationship didn't work out. I must admit that I didn't treat her right (I wasn't a monster though) and since she looks very good, she knows I know I made a bad mistake in letting her go. Yet, we are very good friends. Plus, I was her first Facebook friend when she joined so things couldn't have been that bad.

It is not possible. There will also be a chemical reaction so to speak and it will so hard to be just friends and it will be even hard for the second case as the relationship was at another level. For me personally, unless they are my relatives, it will be so difficult for me to just friends with an opposite gender. HARD.

Of course it is. Specially if you meet a lot of people of the opposite gender. People who think like you do are most of the time those who have less experience with people of the opposite gender.

yes, it happened to me once, we have mutual understanding but after dating i just found out that what i felt about him is just only for a friend, we decided to be "just friends" eventhough it was difficult for him. same as what i felt.

have you ever thought it is impossible? What makes u think its is impossible? For me it is definitely possible. Being just friends is being just friends