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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]100% guarantee he wants to be more than friends.  Maybe he will make a move, maybe not.  Maybe she will.  Men and women aren’t meant to be “best friends.” One always wants more.  Either they will get together or find other mates and their friendship will shift. But you have no control over this.  Why even think about it? [/quote]

NP here but I'm wondering if it's your life experience that makes you think this, or if you have actual experience raising children?

My teen has a boy best friend- who she has been best friends with since K. So you are saying he wants more than friendship? And if he didn't, he would have ditched the friendship by now? Sorry, this makes no sense.[/quote]

I agree with this PP.  My DS has a best friend since K that is a girl.  She is like a sister to him.  I can't see them ever dating.  [b]I always had male friends that were just friends.  Some of us can do this[/b].[/quote]

Me too!!!  Who are these people who think women and men can't be friends?  It's sad really.  I'd have missed a lot of great friendships in my life if I thought like that.

Some people aren't attracted to each other.  That's it.  It's not that complicated.[/quote]

Do you live under a rock? Or are in denial? You are clearly a woman.

The main thing driving men outside of puberty to stay in a close friendship with a woman is sexual tension/attraction.  You are only BFFs as long as he is single.  Once he has a girlfriend, and if it isn’t the BFF, the constant texting and frequent hang outs with girl BFF will drastically reduce.  Women love male friends because they give them more attention and are nicer than female friends.  They are not the same with their male friends.  There are reasons for this. [/quote]

Except all the women here have had a different experience. I'm the poster whose friend was in usher in my wedding. I also gave a speech at his wedding. I don't think that's an exceptional situation. I know a lot of people like this.[/quote]

You can add me to the list. I had a male BFF in college. We never dated. I was very happy to attend his wedding. I also became BFFs with one of my exes. We both know we are compatible as friends but drove each other completely nuts while we were in a relationship. [/quote]

As boys mature, they can hold platonic friendships.  The women on this thread are talking about adult platonic relationships.

OP's situation is about a teenage boy.  Unless the boy is homosexual or the girl is not very attractive, it's highly unusual for the boy to not have hormone-caused sexual attraction.

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