A few days ago, I was having a discussion with a male friend about whether or not platonic relationships between men and women actually exist.

This topic was especially interesting to me because I have an abundance of male "friends" and I said as much to my friend.

This friend told me that because I have no sexual interest in my male friends, I consider them to be just friends. However, from my male friend's point, they are my friends because they know that's all they can get. In other words . . . if all I can be is your friend, then I'll take that.

He also told me that men agree to be my friends only because they are hoping that if they hang in there with me long enough, maybe the right opportunity will present itself for something more.

I disputed this theory to the end, and still maintained that there can be platonic friendships between men and women. So he flipped the script and said "Name one of your male friends who's never . . . hit on you, asked you out, made suggestive comments or flirted with you."

So I'm standing there with this blank look on my face because I couldn't come up with the name of even one male friend who'd never done these things.
He continued his line of questioning by asking, "Do your male friends ever get mad, moody or silent when you talk about, or date another man?"
He then said "If you answered yes to any of these questions, you do not have a platonic friendship. You're holding the strings over a man (or men) who want you."

He also states that platonic friendships derive from one party (male or female) wanting more from the other party (male or female) who is disinterested in having a relationship. So I asked him what was he basing his facts on, and he said . . . because I'm one of your male friends! (lol)

Okay ladies and gentlemen what do you think? Can women and men really be "just" friends?