Can two people attracted to each other be just friends?

If two friends are sexually attracted, can they be ‘just friends’? Consider 2 attractive friends of the opposite sex dating other people, but still extremely attracted to each other.
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Most Helpful Guys

  • They can totally if that is what they both want!!! But if one of them dosent well... it gets massy after that...

    • But can’t their attraction be a ‘thread’ for their relationships? I mean, if these 2 people get on really well, and have chemistry, couldn’t it be hard to handle in the long run and they end up cheating on their gf/bf?

    • It certainly can... but it dosent have to be... it is their desission.

    • They can also choose to get rid of their separate SOs and just be together... like they noth want to be...

  • Yes, I have a gal pal where we did hold a mutual attraction for a few years, as friends.

    • But I’m not talking of mutual attraction as friends, I mean 2 people who are supposed to be just friends but that have mutual sexual attraction. Could you handle it in the long run? Let’s suppose you and this girl spend a lot of time together, text each other every day, and when you are with her you feel like you two are attracted like magnets. But either you or her are dating other people. Do you think it would be a thread for your relationship or could you handle it?

    • Yes, I know we were sexually attracted because we once drank a fair share of pinot noir, and started getting a little too honest about that attraction, made out a bit, and then had an awkward phase where we were sorting out our own feelings a while after. I decided I didn't want to date her, and I wanted to just be friends. Of course, in order for us to still be friends, she had to also be okay with that. We're still friends to this day, and lately she's been dating guys via online dating. I more than handle it, I encourage it. She's just a friend.

Most Helpful Girl

  • They usually end up hooking up.

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  • Yep. Just kind of torture though.. ;)

    It's all in the maturity of said people involved.

  • It's easier to be just friends with someone who you not attracted to, but it's possible.

  • No, because if they got the chance and the time was right and the situation was right, he'd fuck her and she'd want him to. That's not true friendship. True friendship is platonic.

  • No way only if your boyfriend is with you when you hang out with this guy

  • As long as they are mature enough to create that boundary. I've managed it with a few women.

  • They can if they are really mature, but it's complicated, and sometimes painful to one party or both.

  • Why would they need to be? Why not be together?

    • Because they’re friends (maybe they don’t want to ruin the friendship) and maybe one of them is dating another person. But can a taken person be just a friend of his/her friend while being attracted to her/him?

    • Yeah sure. I think so. As long as they are upfront about how both of them feel, and make concious efforts to keep away.

  • Yes if they are both psychotic and are to both emotionally detached themselves to just have sex. Looknup the definition of psychotic.

  • Yeah.