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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, for some individuals. In the friendship though, it only takes one individual of the two to feel the "only just friends" way to keep the relationship from turning romantic/sexual, as others have noted in their posts of one friend having feelings for the other, but it still never happened.

It does help if you're not physically attracted to the person, or completely lack chemistry and that's confirmed - some of my best opposite-sex friendships are with guys I tried dating first and it was painfully obvious that although we liked each other as people, there was ZERO chemistry there.

Also it's a plus if you know the other person has, for you, what would be a fatal flaw in a relationship, but it doesn't matter as much in a friendship. Example - my female best friend is a complete hypochondriac. She is in urgent care multiple times sometimes in the same month. As her friend, it doesn't really affect me that much. She texts and says she's feeling unwell, has been to clinic, they couldn't diagnose anything, I send a sympathetic text back. A week later, she texts saying the same symptoms persist and she's going back to doctor, I send reply saying I hope they find out what's causing it this time, rinse and repeat. No big deal for me, but if I was a guy and married to her, I think I'd go nuts. Constantly driving her to the clinic, sitting with her in the waiting room, etc. Her husband is a saint. I'm sure her male friends feels the same way.[/quote]

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