Gender Relationships

Can Men and Woman be just friends? Is it possible for men and women to be friends without being romantic? Five years ago I’ve meet a man, we talk each other regularly, I share my personal problems. He’s always there for me when I need someone to lean on. As time pass by we became very close friends. For many people the idea of a man and woman being friends is charming, but improbable. It always lead into something else. Yes, I agree! Because my friend falls in love with me. I feel bad and our friendship is gone since the day he said he loves me. Male-female friendships are rarely acclaimed or depicted as on going, free standing bond. In my life, I wanted to have a male best friend, a true friendship one. He is a good sounding board for getting the male perspective, the kind I can’t get from a woman friend. For me, as a woman it helps me to express my independence, more reasoned, and tougher side-the harder edge that keep under wraps in relationships with my women friends. The down side for me is the relative absence of emotional reciprocity and intensity I normally shares with a female friend. I think, men and women can enjoy friendship together, but not at the same level they do with friends in the same sex. Male and female friendship avoid competition too, we can choose who can be friends for a life time. I hope, I have a male true friend that I can count on, someone I can call my male best friend.

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