Can Guys and Girls Be Just Friends?

Ah, the long debated question. I have often gone back and forth with Papa Dagger on this subject. He would insist that my guy friends liked me (I've never hung out with many girls) and I would insist we are just friends.

While I still believe men and women can be good friends, when we are younger, I think it is a good possibility that there is some attraction to each other in some way. Now this attraction could just mean you are attracted to them as a friend but, nonetheless, it is still a type of attraction.Of course, not all types of attractions are the same.

Physical attraction doesn't necessarily mean you are attracted to someone's personality enough to date them. I have had several very attractive male friends throughout the years and although I thought they were hot or cute, there are even fewer of them that I have actually considered dating.

Then of course we have attraction towards one's personality. For some reason, even if these two types of attraction are present, it still might not work. I have a best friend of seven years who is good looking and has one of the best personalities I have ever encountered in a person. For some reason, i have never been able to think of him as more than a friend. Why? I have no idea, trust me, I wish I did- it would make my life a lot easier!

It's an odd concept to get along with someone so well, maybe even too well that you will only be friends but maybe that's why we have friends of opposite genders to begin with. I can't possible understand all the viewpoints of a guy and my guy friends can't understand all the viewpoints of a girl. Maybe we should think of it as an odd type of balance between the sexes. To my male friends (God knows there are certainly more of you in my life than females) what the heck would we do without each other? I feel incredibly lucky to have such great friends and if your a woman dating them and you ever hurt them- yes, I will kill you. Insert smirk here.