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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This whole thread is fucked up. I date men and women, if I didn't befriend people of the gender I date I wouldn't have any friends! For everyone saying that talking about your hopes/dreams, fears etc is an emotional affair--that is the stuff I talk to my best girl friends about, is it only an emotional affair if it's someone of the opposite gender? [/quote]

Agreed.  I'm straight, but the thought I had while reading these posts is, so what are bisexual people supposed to do?  Not have any friends *at all* if they are in a relationship?  That seems ridiculous to me.

I don't think anything is an affair UNLESS there is a mutual attraction.  Even if two people don't act on that attraction, if it is there, then the relationship is bordering on something more than friendship.  That is what I call an emotional affair.

But you can spend time with a person, talk, enjoy each other's company and have absolutely no desire to have an intimate physical relationship with the person.  It's called friendship.  And I think it's possible for a woman with a boyfriend to have a friendship with another guy.

The only caveat I would add is that I do think that if the guy was hitting on OP, then that's a different story.  It's difficult to have a purely platonic friendship when someone from the outset clearly is interested in more.

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