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Can a male and female ever be ‘just friends’?

28 replies

Lovemusic33 · 24/07/2022 16:06

Now I do know it’s possible, I do have male friends but one in particular is making my life hard work. I consider him as one of my best friends, we have known each other for a few years, originally we did date but I wasn’t feeling it so we decided to be friends, all was good, we meet up often, share interests and activities and have taken kids out together but in the last few month he has started telling me how much he would love to be in a relationship with me, he tells me how amazing I am (all the time) and tells me he misses me when we don’t see each other for a week or 2. It’s starting to make me really uncomfortable and is making me not want to see him at all which is a shame. This morning after telling him I didn’t want to meet up today he yet again told me how beautiful I am and I asked him to stop, I told him he’s making me feel uncomfortable. I have told him many times why we can’t be in a relationship and have told him he will only ever be a friend but he won’t except this.

I know people will tell me to go no contact but I really don’t want to lose his friendship. Will he ever be able to just be friends?

OP posts:
70billionthnamechange · 26/07/2022 07:09

I've slept with one of my best friends a few times before I met my partner. Still best mates now and would never dream of it, or even talking about it now, so it's even possible if you've crossed the line if both are respectful

PeterPomegranate · 26/07/2022 07:11

ShandaLear · 24/07/2022 16:08

Friends don’t make you feel uncomfortable and they respect your boundaries.

This.

Men and women absolutely can be friends in my opinion. But not if one fancies the other and is unreciprocated but keeps pushing his luck.

Titsflyingsouth · 26/07/2022 18:34

Men and women can be friends. That isn't the problem here. The problem is he doesn't want to be your friend.

This sums it up perfectly.

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