Would you still be friends with someone of the opposite gender if you knew they would never give you sexual, financial, or practical favors?
mistixsInfluencer
Practical favors include repairing your furniture, etc.
personally I like to think friendship goes beyond the possibility of sex, money, or repairs, but that's apparently up for debate here on GAG. Please read all options before voting
Yes, I would still be friends regardless.
Vote A
No. They're not worth my friendship then.
Vote B
No, but I wouldn't be friends with someone of the same sex who didn't offer any of those benefits either.
I'm not friends with people because I'm looking to gain something from them. I'm friends with them because I enjoy their company. Other than the occasional $20 they give me for gas when I drive them somewhere, I've never received money from any of my friends. Certainly no sexual favours either.
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GwenhwyfarMaster
+1 y
Of course! Great question
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Drumlin2001Guru
+1 y
Yeah. I do t expect my friends to offer anything, just be good people
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snackthatsmilesbackYoda
+1 y
I like friends because they're fun. The give and take of practical favors is a nice bonus but not necessary. Financial give and take is much more risky/trusting, sexual give and take I would also consider a different level of trust/risk. I don't need any to be friends but the better friends I am with them the more likely practical and then financial are gonna be in bounds. Sexual is not in bounds any way though since I'm not single rn.
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exitsevenMaster
+1 y
Even though I would have to repair my own furniture I would still be friends with somebody of the opposite gender.
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Ripper_EMaster
+1 y
I would have sex with my friends, but that's not why I'm friend's with them. If it leads to that, then great. If not, that's not the point of their friendship.
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etexbearkatXper 5
+1 y
Yep. That's the way it is with my best friend. All I ask from her is love and support. Right now, she can't give me any money, but it help if she could, because of how much I've given her because right now she literally has NO money because she's on medical/mental health leave from work, so she has no money coming in.
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MannMitAntwortenGuru
+1 y
What the heck are “practical favors”? Like dropping you off and picking you up from the airport?
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tartaarsausMaster
+1 y
I’m friends with people if I like hanging out with them and chatting to them. There’s no sexual/practical/financial incentive at all.
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reallyhonestguyXper 4
+1 y
Do you know what are true friends? Sexless relationships. Only single people seek out friends to expect something else or someone who wants to keep their options open. When you're in a stable relationship you need true friends and they usually reveal themselves if you're clearly not available for another person. I know it's common for some girls to keep guys as friends for those favors, it all goes back to the chain of a person likes A while B it's ignored but do favors to the person. And A ignores the person.
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K-I-S-SXper 7
+1 y
Yes and no.
Yes as it wouldn't bother me and i am not expecting any favors.
No, because i like women and for them too easily.
And that is why i have always had exactly 0 female friends.
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K-I-S-S
+1 y
"Fall for them too easily" - to fix a typo. They really beed to add the edit function.
BobbyC65Guru
+1 y
Yes, why not. 💞
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Aakash_HangargiGuru
+1 y
If that's criteria of friendship you put before making friends it's definetly gonna blow up.
You are my friend come clean my house daily lol do my laundry and repair the pipes.
Lol that sounds more than a friend you need house help 😂.
Lol people will help regardless on the way they are treated it goes both ways but making it a compulsion won't work and you know it feels like you would cut off friends if they were unable to do the "Practical Favours" lol
And who has sex with friends that's rare maybe 9tger than friends with benefits and even they would be like sex yay practical favours Nay.
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Iron_ManMaster
+1 y
They have to be older than me and I should have no attraction to them at all and they should have something on the ball
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DiegoOGuru
+1 y
? Doing favors? Is that your definition of friendship?
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ToastyOatsXper 6
+1 y
You didn't have my category. I'd ONLY be friends with a member of the opposite sex that there was no future with. I. E. Married, Older, Related. I'm pretty sure this is a common sentiment, even if people try to be friends with someone that's available, it dosen't work out very often.
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Jamie05rhsMaster
+1 y
Yes. I have many opposite-gender friends and I do not mooch off of them.
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RingOfFireYoda
+1 y
I have lots of friends like that.
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clampfan101Master
+1 y
I’ve had plenty of casual female friends in my life.
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kellythemanGuru
+1 y
Yeah I still be friends she might help me give a women's perspective on dating and advice.
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14 66I'm not friends with people because I'm looking to gain something from them. I'm friends with them because I enjoy their company. Other than the occasional $20 they give me for gas when I drive them somewhere, I've never received money from any of my friends. Certainly no sexual favours either.
Of course! Great question
Yeah. I do t expect my friends to offer anything, just be good people
I like friends because they're fun. The give and take of practical favors is a nice bonus but not necessary. Financial give and take is much more risky/trusting, sexual give and take I would also consider a different level of trust/risk. I don't need any to be friends but the better friends I am with them the more likely practical and then financial are gonna be in bounds. Sexual is not in bounds any way though since I'm not single rn.
Even though I would have to repair my own furniture I would still be friends with somebody of the opposite gender.
I would have sex with my friends, but that's not why I'm friend's with them. If it leads to that, then great. If not, that's not the point of their friendship.
Yep. That's the way it is with my best friend. All I ask from her is love and support. Right now, she can't give me any money, but it help if she could, because of how much I've given her because right now she literally has NO money because she's on medical/mental health leave from work, so she has no money coming in.
What the heck are “practical favors”? Like dropping you off and picking you up from the airport?
I’m friends with people if I like hanging out with them and chatting to them. There’s no sexual/practical/financial incentive at all.
Do you know what are true friends? Sexless relationships.
Only single people seek out friends to expect something else or someone who wants to keep their options open.
When you're in a stable relationship you need true friends and they usually reveal themselves if you're clearly not available for another person.
I know it's common for some girls to keep guys as friends for those favors, it all goes back to the chain of a person likes A while B it's ignored but do favors to the person. And A ignores the person.
Yes and no.
Yes as it wouldn't bother me and i am not expecting any favors.
No, because i like women and for them too easily.
And that is why i have always had exactly 0 female friends.
"Fall for them too easily" - to fix a typo. They really beed to add the edit function.
Yes, why not. 💞
If that's criteria of friendship you put before making friends it's definetly gonna blow up.
You are my friend come clean my house daily lol do my laundry and repair the pipes.
Lol that sounds more than a friend you need house help 😂.
Lol people will help regardless on the way they are treated it goes both ways but making it a compulsion won't work and you know it feels like you would cut off friends if they were unable to do the "Practical Favours" lol
And who has sex with friends that's rare maybe 9tger than friends with benefits and even they would be like sex yay practical favours Nay.
They have to be older than me and I should have no attraction to them at all and they should have something on the ball
? Doing favors? Is that your definition of friendship?
You didn't have my category. I'd ONLY be friends with a member of the opposite sex that there was no future with. I. E. Married, Older, Related. I'm pretty sure this is a common sentiment, even if people try to be friends with someone that's available, it dosen't work out very often.
Yes. I have many opposite-gender friends and I do not mooch off of them.
I have lots of friends like that.
I’ve had plenty of casual female friends in my life.
Yeah I still be friends she might help me give a women's perspective on dating and advice.