Can you be best friend with the opposite gender?

Yeah, of course it's possible. It's just rare. When you're such good friends with someone of the opposite sx, there's going to be some kind of sxual tension, typically, but not always. I've even heard that you should end up marrying your best friend... I don't really know. I tend to be friends with guys anyway, and it's refreshing to have their opinion on things rather than another girls.

if it is really a good friendship with out expectations, requirements or demands from each other then it is possible between in any two persons despite of gender.

Obviously it is possible. Still there will always be people who will wonder about people who are friends about the opposite gender. That is simple human nature and I do mean rather simple. The fact that there are some people that will never figure out that it is fact possible for people of opposite sexes to just be friends. I can almost see their little brains short circuiting. It is almost amusing. So yeah it is true it can happen. To the disbelief of many people I am know and I am sure I am not the only person who knows people who find this unbelievable. Still it is in fact possible to be more than friends. Still it really does only matter what you think and what the friends know, then what the people around you really do think.

Well i would say yes! But only if you picture the person as friend and not as a member of the opposite gender! It becomes a little complicated if your unable to do that, start making gender discrimination and there goes your friendship!! IN some cultures its very difficult to make and maintain this kind of a relationship. So its better to test the waters before jumping in!! No point raising issues and stirring up a storm! I think one should accept all cultures and act accordingly!!

Of course you can, there are a lot of people who have a male bestfriend, and i include my name on the list, it's fun to have a male bestfriend you can count on them when you find one, and you can have a bodyguard for them =),. I also made my husband my bestfriend so that i can have a friend in him and i can say everything with him. why don't you try it, and you will know for yourself how it feels like.

I actually have a girl best friend and were doing great. We don't put malice to our relationship since we know that we're just really. friends. But I'm not closing the options or the chance of being more than friends with her since she's really nice and caring. But as of now we're really good friends. =D

of course, it is possible. we should learn to get along with with any gender since we belong to an open society. my best buds in my college years were guys because i am into the engineering department before. i have no problem in dealing with them.infact, they are the most supportive ones and very rational to many things. i prefer hanging out with them and i have no problem with my husband regarding that since i met them first before him.

That is allways good question and opinions are different from people to people. I must say that I believe that man and woman can be good friends and never become a lover. I have some good female friends, just friends. And I also recognize that mostly woman is better friends than man.

absolutely it is possible since a couple could have started as best friend. I know people who became best friends of opposite gender. Gender is never an issue in making friends and developing into best friends.

I think there's no rules forbidding one to be friends 0f opposite gender. If you are comfortable having a male friend, then have one or more. If you're not , and you feel you are uneasy with them, don't welcome them into your life. But if you're asking how to make male friends, one tip only: Be who you are, no more, no less!

I do believe that someone could have a best friend in the opposite direction. an example of this is my friend. From the beginning, they have been the best friend in our class. They are said to be partner's in crime. Up until we graduate college, they still have communications with each other. Its actually very hard to find a bestfriend in the opposite gender. It is because, you have to overcome the malice between the two of you. And also, I think based on experience, that you could have a bestfriend in the opposite gender if you are friends since the beginning of time.

My bestfriend is a guy and we have been best friends since high school... It's the same as like a bro and sis relationship...Nothings wrong with it...Well some start as friends that develop into romantic relationships but i think not all the time..

I guess it is possible to have a best friend who is of the opposite gender. I have two best friends, and one of them is male. When we talk, the difference in our gender becomes not an issue. We could share secrets and certain personal matters.

Yes it possible...I have two best friends..the one is female..so I can say that she is like my sister..I care about her..I think about her..but I do not want to be with her,because I do not want to lose her....Boyfriends are just to have..but I will always be on her heart I know this..

I 5 people whom I consider my friends, outside of relationship with my girl friend, & they are very close to me. 3 of them are women. My girl friend knows about all of them & she has no problem with me having female best friends. Matter in fact, my girl friend has become very close friends with 3 female friends of mine. Everytime one of those girls call me, my girl friend always teases me saying, "your other girl friend is on the phone...!!! You want me to take a message?" Of course they're just kidding around but that just shows how much my girl friend trusts me with them & how my friends respects my relationship with my girl friend.

Hi biby, Being friend with the opposite gender can be possible. However, under normal circumstances, lines from the song of Dan Hill do happen: "...at times I think we're drifters, still searching for a friend, a brother, or a sister; But then, the passion flares again." (Dan Hill, "Sometimes When We Touch") I don't have any idea as to what gender always begin to initiate weaving those lines around the friendly relationship thus binding them together in another kind of engagement. It may take a lot of data-gathering and statistical analysis to be reliable.

Dear biby89, I think yes we can have best friends with the opposite gender. Even i am having a very good friend and that is a girl. But you both should be very clear about your friendship level. You can share the feelings to maximum but not even equals to your lover one. Thanks

Yes, you can definitely be best friends with the opposite gender. I am girl and i have a male best friend. We were in the same school since junior high, so that is how we got to be best friends. I believe the friendship that I have with him is a true friendship because he understands me like no one does. We do quarrel sometimes but we don't stay angry with each other for long. He is the bestest friend I ever had.

you can definitely be friends with any gender I have plenty of friends that are both male and female And I mean true friends My advice is to go with your gut; it doesn't seem right don't do it, but if you feel a certain void without the opposite gender then you should definitely introduce that your life

You just have to put yourself out there, trust me there are people out there who are more than willing to be friends with someone of the opposite gender. You just have to find them =)