Why do some people think that heterosexual men & women can be platonic friends in the vast majority of circumstances?
Men and women are meant to view each other as viable intimate mates NOT platonic friends.
If a man cannot get with the woman at the moment, he may pretend to be friends with her so that he can be close proximity to her if she needs to become intimate. The man puts himself in a good position to become an available mate to the woman when the woman is looking for such a mate for whatever reason.
In RARE circumstances, I can see platonic friendships between heterosexual men & women occurring.
Most are not platonic, if both the men and women are 100% honest when it comes to the below questions.
If you answered “yes” to any of the below, as a heterosexual man or woman, then you’re not in a platonic friendship, it’s something else.
•Have you ever had intimate thoughts about this person?
•Would you have sex with this person if offered?
•Would you want to get into a relationship with this person?
Women might be more able to become platonic friends to men, but men are primarily NOT wanting to be strictly platonic friends with women.
Most men who say they’re in strictly platonic friendships with women would probably answer “yes” to one, some, or all of the above questions, which makes what they’re in NOT a platonic friendship.
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