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Here's the cold hard truth about guy friends. About 99.9867% of your guy friends would kill to date you. See, women can have platonic friendships with the opposite sex easily (hence why we're the better sex of course), but for guys, it's much harder. If a guy thinks you're cool enough to hang out with, you're most likely on his list of "Women I Would Take Out for a Nice Steak Dinner And Then See Where It Goes From There." And this is why I believe that men and women cannot be friends. Male/female friendships are like that damn Rubix cube- a puzzle that nobody can solve, and those that can should be studied.
It's up to you how you handle Roy Wants to be Your Boyfriend from this point on. Just be aware that he may have feelings for you, and this will make having a platonic friendship difficult.
"m.rose,
I have a lot of guy friends (I'm a girl.) I recently got a boyfriend and my best guy friend has been acting weird ever since! He gets mad when I see my boyfriend on the weekends and rolls his eyes when I bring up my bf. My friend is NOT mean, what's his problem?"
Katie, OR"
Well Katie, first of all, guy friends are great- isn't it nice to get away from catty girls once in a while? However, your boyfriend-obtaining is causing a common problem with your friend- I'm going to call him Roy. Roy is jealous. Now, it may be for 1 of 2 reasons. #1: Jealous Roy thinks you've replaced him. He doesn't see you anymore and misses your time together. Or #2: Roy wants to be more than your friend and is mad that your StudlyBF got there first. Unfortunately, #2 is more often the case. I say unfortunately because I'm sure you have no interest in Jealous Roy. He's a great friend, but no romantic feelings are there.
I have a lot of guy friends (I'm a girl.) I recently got a boyfriend and my best guy friend has been acting weird ever since! He gets mad when I see my boyfriend on the weekends and rolls his eyes when I bring up my bf. My friend is NOT mean, what's his problem?"
Katie, OR"
Well Katie, first of all, guy friends are great- isn't it nice to get away from catty girls once in a while? However, your boyfriend-obtaining is causing a common problem with your friend- I'm going to call him Roy. Roy is jealous. Now, it may be for 1 of 2 reasons. #1: Jealous Roy thinks you've replaced him. He doesn't see you anymore and misses your time together. Or #2: Roy wants to be more than your friend and is mad that your StudlyBF got there first. Unfortunately, #2 is more often the case. I say unfortunately because I'm sure you have no interest in Jealous Roy. He's a great friend, but no romantic feelings are there.
Here's the cold hard truth about guy friends. About 99.9867% of your guy friends would kill to date you. See, women can have platonic friendships with the opposite sex easily (hence why we're the better sex of course), but for guys, it's much harder. If a guy thinks you're cool enough to hang out with, you're most likely on his list of "Women I Would Take Out for a Nice Steak Dinner And Then See Where It Goes From There." And this is why I believe that men and women cannot be friends. Male/female friendships are like that damn Rubix cube- a puzzle that nobody can solve, and those that can should be studied.
It's up to you how you handle Roy Wants to be Your Boyfriend from this point on. Just be aware that he may have feelings for you, and this will make having a platonic friendship difficult.
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Jerry and Elaine on "Seinfeld."
Nuff said.
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