Guest Commentator: Asked and Answered
Ask Carolyn tackles a 20 year old issue
CAROLYN: I am writing to ask if you think men and women can ever be just friends. Most of my guy friends started out liking me as more than a friend, settled for friendship but then let the friendship fade away as they started dating people. My boyfriend has no problem with my having guy friends, but my guy friends drop me once they find a girl to date.
Last year, I introduced my best guy friend to a good female friend. They hit it off and started dating. She soon stopped speaking to me, and he became very closed-off and awkward around me. When I asked him why everything was so weird, he would only tell me that she was uncomfortable with our spending so much time together. I live 10 minutes from him; she lives six hours away.
Is it, in fact, possible for a man and a woman to spend time together without causing jealousy from one or both significant others?
– I really just want to be friends
This question is so old and tired, I can just copy and paste verbatim a clip from a 22 year old movie (until it gets a DMCA notice).
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I just hope someone asks about faking orgasms soon. That scene is much better, but sadly not relevent to the question.
Oh what the hell… you guys deserve it.
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