Topic: Girlfriend has a guy bestfriend
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Wed 12/10/08 12:23 PM

If he's Ugly....


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CrystalClear's photo
Wed 12/10/08 12:26 PM


If he's Ugly....


laugh


Yeah, I know if it were the other way around, I'd want my guy's best friend to be "Ugly Betty". If she were pretty, I'd probably be secretly planning her assasination.

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Wed 12/10/08 12:27 PM


So there doesn't have to be any other requirements to make a guy want to screw a woman who's supposed to be his friend? He has no preference for her age, race, weight, height, nothing at all, as long as she's a female and he's a male, he wants to do her? LOL, yeah, I still don't buy it, or least I don't want to buy it. Sounds pretty pathetic and desperate to me. But whatever....


Here's my thoughts on this debate...

I am friends only with people I'm attracted to, not physically, but by qualities. And with some people, that attraction grows or shifts or changes and a physical longing or attraction develops...

Makes sense?



Eh, I guess. I just know I have guy friends who I'm not attracted to at all, and I know it's mutual. So I can only speak for myself.


But you are attracted to qualities they have, right? I mean are you friends with people you do not respect and admire?

catwoman96's photo
Wed 12/10/08 12:29 PM
i wouldnt want my man to have a chic other than me as a best friend.


and i would say my best friend is a man..and hes kinda like my boyfriend. and im quite in love with him.

CrystalClear's photo
Wed 12/10/08 12:33 PM
I have a guy best friend...and in the beginning of our friendship, it was hard at times to stop ourselves from crossing the line...during the times we wanted to comfort each other....
Now it's been 20 years and he is like my brother, the thought of anything else is repulsive.

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Wed 12/10/08 12:37 PM



So there doesn't have to be any other requirements to make a guy want to screw a woman who's supposed to be his friend? He has no preference for her age, race, weight, height, nothing at all, as long as she's a female and he's a male, he wants to do her? LOL, yeah, I still don't buy it, or least I don't want to buy it. Sounds pretty pathetic and desperate to me. But whatever....


Here's my thoughts on this debate...

I am friends only with people I'm attracted to, not physically, but by qualities. And with some people, that attraction grows or shifts or changes and a physical longing or attraction develops...

Makes sense?



Eh, I guess. I just know I have guy friends who I'm not attracted to at all, and I know it's mutual. So I can only speak for myself.


But you are attracted to qualities they have, right? I mean are you friends with people you do not respect and admire?



Yeah I like and respect them. But I don't think they're physically attractive and I'm sure they feel the same for me. So I could never sleep with them and vice versa.

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Wed 12/10/08 12:38 PM

I have a guy best friend...and in the beginning of our friendship, it was hard at times to stop ourselves from crossing the line...during the times we wanted to comfort each other....
Now it's been 20 years and he is like my brother, the thought of anything else is repulsive.


Exactly. I like the idea of having male friends who are like my brother. Thanks for the example.flowerforyou

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Wed 12/10/08 12:42 PM

Yeah I like and respect them. But I don't think they're physically attractive and I'm sure they feel the same for me. So I could never sleep with them and vice versa.


For some people, there is an overlap..... I think that is what the reference is. I know for me, physical attraction can have little to nothing to do with actual physicality.

CrystalClear's photo
Wed 12/10/08 12:58 PM
smooched


I have a guy best friend...and in the beginning of our friendship, it was hard at times to stop ourselves from crossing the line...during the times we wanted to comfort each other....
Now it's been 20 years and he is like my brother, the thought of anything else is repulsive.


Exactly. I like the idea of having male friends who are like my brother. Thanks for the example.flowerforyou


You're welcome.smooched

Tanzkity's photo
Wed 12/10/08 01:00 PM
I dont think anything is wrong with it as long as its plutonic............I have at least 4 guy friends and my man has no problem with me talking to them................

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Wed 12/10/08 01:02 PM

I dont think anything is wrong with it as long as its plutonic............I have at least 4 guy friends and my man has no problem with me talking to them................


Well, I don't think having guy friends and having a guy BEST Friend is the same. I have lot's of guy friends too but the level of intimacy that you have with a guy BEST friend is different and can be dangerous if you don't know how to separate.

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Wed 12/10/08 01:04 PM


I dont think anything is wrong with it as long as its plutonic............I have at least 4 guy friends and my man has no problem with me talking to them................


Well, I don't think having guy friends and having a guy BEST Friend is the same. I have lot's of guy friends too but the level of intimacy that you have with a guy BEST friend is different and can be dangerous if you don't know how to separate.


Your right because there is always that chemistry that is why its a close friendship..........I do have 2 guy best friends and they are strickly that.........they did when they met me try to get in my pants but after they got to know me they realize its just that a friendship.........

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Wed 12/10/08 01:34 PM
why feel threatened

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Wed 12/10/08 01:56 PM
No way. If this is a woman you think you may have long term potential with, who will she turn to for support? How do you know she is telling him things she won't share with you? Is she more comfortable with you or him when she is most vulnerable? Just a few thoughts...

purposebuilt's photo
Wed 12/10/08 03:42 PM
Every situation is unique.I trusted my ex enough to never question her friendship with my ex best friend, now we're divorced.What lurks in the back of a mans mind, if he admits it or not is different than a womans, it's primal. How good a friend can you be without becoming attracted? If you get along that good wouldn't you be happy together? There are things a man would say to a female friend that he would not say to a man. Women listen and are understanding. Doing this brings you closer forming a bond. Not good for just friends of the opposite sex.I'm careful to only share my real feelings with the one I am with and not a good friend.Being a man, I want to be able to do man sh!t with my best friend, fart, burp, beat the **** outa each other when we drink to much, check out all the hot women around us and comment on them, ect.Being best friends with the oppisite sex I'll save for my special friend, the love of my life.
I think that is so sad, just because you're of the opposite sex doesn't mean you have to sleep together. Otherwise, you're saying men are no better than animals who end up screwing their mom when they're in heat. There should be boundaries, there should be human decency. There should be more to it than, I'm a woman, you're a man, we get along, so let's go bang. Gross...I like to think humans are better than that. But whatever....grumble
No, men don't want to screw their mothers!When a opposite sex friendship ends up in sex one half of the two is a woman that thought she was better than that.It happens.
So there doesn't have to be any other requirements to make a guy want to screw a woman who's supposed to be his friend? He has no preference for her age, race, weight, height, nothing at all, as long as she's a female and he's a male, he wants to do her? LOL, yeah, I still don't buy it, or least I don't want to buy it. Sounds pretty pathetic and desperate to me. But whatever....
No, I didn't say that, you did. If thats what I was trying to say I would. Without needing to be said of course there are requirements. As I said every situation is unique. People are attracted to each other for alot of different reasons and it is not uncommon for best friends of the opposite sex to become more. Thats all I'm saying and there is nothing more that I am actually trying to say and didn't write.

SharonM45458's photo
Wed 12/10/08 04:06 PM

smokin Is it okay for your girlfriend to have a guy bestfriend?smokin
Depends on the circumstances. In my case my girlfriend had a friend who was a guy. She swore up and down that's all he was. Well they pulled the wool over my eyes. I'm a F^@king FOOL! I think it should definately be questioned and rules set!

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Wed 12/10/08 04:15 PM
speaking from experience, I'd say no...that wouldn't work for me... If she has another dude as a best friend (bester than me) then let them plan a happy life together without me...That may sound old fashioned to some but it's how I roll...


ps, I realize there's no such word as "bester"

Giovinetta's photo
Wed 12/10/08 08:08 PM
99% of my friends are male. If my boyfriend ever had a problem with it than they're clearly not the one for me.

Luckily, I've never had that problem.

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Wed 12/10/08 09:50 PM
This is why trust is so important in a relationship

SharonM45458's photo
Thu 12/11/08 12:52 AM

This is why trust is so important in a relationship
and what do you do when the trust is gone Sharp?