Can Men and Women be "Just friends" ?

[B]Can Men and Women be 「just friends」 ?[/B]
Can men and women who are not married to each other be friends? That depends on what we mean by the word 「friend.」 Jesus was a close friend of Mary and Martha of Bethany- both single women. Te apostle Paul was a friend of Priscilla and her husband, Aquila. We can be sure that these individuals shared warm affection. At the same time, we can not imagine that either Jesus or Paul ever allowed these relationships to drift in the direction of romance.

Modern society thrusts men and women into each other』s worlds more than ever before, and it is becoming increasingly necessary for people of both genders to know how to have appropriate, friendly relationships with each other. Couples too benefit from wholesome friendships with other couples and with single people.
」Distinguishing between romantic, sexual and friendly feelings, however, can be exceedingly difficult.」 Cautions Psychology Today Magazine. 「The reality that sexual attraction could suddenly enter the equation of a cross-sex friendship uninvited is always lurking in the background. A simple, platonic hug could instantaneously take on a more amorous meaning.」

For married couples, being realistic and practical is especially important. 「All forms of intimacy with others can threaten a marriage,」 writes aouthor Dennis Prager in his book Happiness is a Serious Problem. 「It is not sex alone that makes for an intimate relationship, and your spouse has the right to expect to be your one truly  intimate friend of the opposite sex. 「 Jesus pointed out that maintaining moral chastity is a matter of the heart. Therefore, be friendly, but guard your heart and scrupulously avoid situations that could lead to improper thoughts, feelings, or actions toward anyone of the opposite sex.


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I wish me and my friend could just be normal friends...but damn fucking can't control...myself...

Any body can be friends to one other. As long as we have a pure heart, and a caring heart.

I have seen this has been asked before, at least a few times, but I never thought of responding it, not even with a second thought. To me, it』s hard to maintain a close friendship between any female in my age group and me. I used to have a few close female friends we shared a lot on our talk and there was no sexual tension between any of them and me per my awareness, which didn』t mean my curiosity never went wild. Off the record please. Without question, like other men, I would like to have female friends we have a lot of stuff in common and we can share thoughts and experience through good times and bad besides what we do with our loved ones. I always believe the friendship is the most valuable gift I can receive, but it really grows out of chance …

I don』t know if men and women who are not married to each other can be friends, and I don』t know if I can have a female friend like that, but I keep my fingers crossed.

it depends on what type of friendship and to what degree

If both of them are not married,they could be good friends. I met friends like this before.
But if one of them married,then it's important to make sure it's more than a friend of yours,but a friend of your family.Otherwise,it's not really good to have an opposite sex close friend when you spouse did not quite know her/him...

You are too right! To tell you the truth, My husband knows all of my friends very well. That means all my friends are my husband's friends, too.