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For many years it was believed that friendship between the sexes was impossible, but today views on life have changed, often a woman is the breadwinner of the family and a man does not act as a protector, a woman strives to become strong and independent. (And at the same time unhappy).
As a result, we have a completely inverted relationship about the role of a man and the role of a woman. We will not answer all these questions because we do not have the answer. We are also in search of solutions for our lives and our situations. But the opinion of all practicing psychologists, psychotherapists, and Orthodox priests is clear: there cannot be friendship between a man and a woman. There are exceptions. But this is one case in a million couples when a man and a woman are not related, the same age and do not experience the call of nature, that is, attraction, towards each other.
And yet it exists... there is friendship between a guy and a girl!!!
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There is no friendship between a man and a woman, only one must love... ***
Friendship between a man and a woman is sex postponed until later. - Friendship between a man and a woman - quotes, statuses, aphorisms. ***
Friendship between a man and a woman weakens greatly when night falls. ***
There is a rational grain. But this is not always correct. ***
When friendship suddenly arises between a dog and a cat, it is nothing other than an alliance against the cook. ***
If a man is friends with a woman, then the woman believes that he cannot achieve more. ***
You can't ruin friendship with sex... ***
Friendship between a man and a woman is when one is friends and the other secretly loves. ***
Let's be friends long and often! ***
Friendship between a man and a woman is a relationship of either former lovers or future ones. ***
Friendship between a man and a woman is a friendship between former or future lovers. ***
Friendship between a man and a woman is possible, with a share of mutual sexual disgust. ***
True love is when one person is secretly friends, and true friendship is when one person secretly loves... ***
Just let's be friends! be friends on the lips! *** - so what do you have with him? - We already have a friendship with him, but we are still not in a relationship. ***
Friendship between a man and a woman does not exist, there is a state of former or future lovers!!! ***
Friendship between a man and a woman is like friendship between a woman and a man, only in reverse. ***
When you lose a loved one, take courage and let him go... If he is yours, he will appear in your life again. He is your destiny. But if this still does not happen, then he was never yours.. ***
Friendship between a man and a woman is impossible; between them there can be passion, enmity, adoration, love, but not friendship. ***
Care and tenderness, confidence and help are the advantages of opposite-sex friendships. ***
The only sincere and lasting friendship is that between a man and a woman, because it is the only affection free from all rivalry. ***
Friendship between a man and a woman is sex postponed until later. ***
Why doesn’t anyone believe in friendship between two people of different sexes, not burdened by sex. IT IS ***
Friendship between a man and a woman is like jumping, running and swimming at the same time. ***
Friendship between a man and a woman is possible, but you should always have condoms with you))) ***
A friend is such a warm affection that can be called love... and why overshadow it with sex? If you wish, you can sleep with anyone, even with a close relative - there is a question of morality here..)) there is friendship, and gender is not important here) I agree with the opinion that opposite-sex friendship is a mutually beneficial union! ***
There can be no friendship between a guy and a girl if one of them loves ***
Friendship between a man and a woman is possible only if the man is gay... ***
no friendship! 6 experiences in a row with my best guy friends all ended in sex! ***
Loneliness does not mean that a person is locked in his room. You can be in a crowded place and still feel like the loneliest person, because you don’t really belong to anyone... ***
friendship between a man and a woman ends when you unbutton his jeans yourself.. ***
And I believe in friendship between a man and a woman. There is no falsehood in it... It is much more sincere than between girls. ***
Something always comes between the friendship of a man and a woman***
You shouldn’t sully love with friendship, the end is the end! ***
Male friends are different: there are friends on VKontakte, there are friends who just have sex =) ***
Friendship has a special meaning when you have someone with whom you can share tears and laughter, fears and dreams... and silence when the time for words passes!!! ***
one day we leave our loved ones, only to mentally return to them throughout our lives... ***
No one can be a woman's friend if he can become her lover!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ***
This friendship exists as long as neither of the two has a soul mate... When it appears, you have to sacrifice either friendship or love.. ***
love exists, I did it ***
Is there friendship between a guy and a girl? I think not, even if it exists, it is based on the thought of one of the parties: that this is not just friendship. ***
A guy is friends with a girl hoping for something more, and a girl is friends with a guy thinking that the guy doesn’t hope for anything.. ***
And somehow it happened so that the hand slipped, the head fell on the shoulder, the faces turned to each other at the wrong time. And the friendship went to hell *** -What do you have with him? -Well...we're just friends. Although sometimes it goes too deep... oh... I mean far! *** When a man and a woman are friends, Everything is very simple, but incredibly difficult. After all, many things are practically impossible, Although theoretically possible... ***
Only if you finally break up with a person do you begin to be truly interested in what concerns him. ***
Everyone is looking for someone in life with whom they feel good and comfortable... And then it doesn’t matter what their height is, their hair color... What matters is what place you occupy in this person’s life. ***
Fate is not stupid, it won’t bring people together in vain... ***
We have a strange relationship with him. We are not in love with each other, but we can’t stand it when one of us falls in love *** What do you call a girl who is having trouble with three guys at the same time???? the correct answer is "STEM" :-) ***
We simply cannot have anything with him by default. but in those five seconds that he squeezed my hand, I seemed to go crazy. (With) ***
friendship between a man and a woman is a fiction, it does not exist and never will exist, some of them will still show feelings greater than friendship ***
Friendship between a man and a woman weakens in the evening.... ***
You will understand that she is an angel only when she turns her back to you... ***
what the hell, there’s only one life, why hide your feelings? Moreover, who knows what will happen tomorrow...? ***
Friendship between a man and a woman is like life on Mars - a hypothetical phenomenon, but difficult to prove.. ***
It happens, but very rarely. I agree that usually in this couple someone still lays claim to someone else... and not as a friend. ***
Don't be afraid of your desires! Fear mine! ***
You have to love in such a way that you can pass by the hundred best and never look back... ***
I will also wear a skirt. Short. Often. May this “friendship” be a stake for you! ***
True love is when one person is secretly friends, and true friendship is when one person secretly loves... ***
Friendship between a man and a woman is possible; but in most cases, someone has already mentally fucked another in all positions for a long time. ***
Just let's be friends! be friends on the lips! ***
If you can't become his lover, become his friend. ***
- So what do you have with him? - We already have a friendship with him, but we are still not in a relationship. ***
When a man and a woman are friends, Everything is very simple, but incredibly difficult. After all, many things are practically impossible, Although theoretically possible... ***
You are my personal brand of drug, without you, I would not exist tomorrow. ***
In friendships of opposite sexes, there always comes a time when one of the friends begins to want more than they already have. From this moment everything begins to fall apart. Point of no return. ***
She was like a sister to me, well one day she became my mistress! ***
What women need to remember - what men are silent about
Modern society is largely unified, someone once said that men and women are equal, such a movement as feminism appeared, it was beneficial for the state, purely economically, to put a woman on a tractor and convince her that she is no worse than a man, and so on, so on, other. But in reality it's not like that. Men and women are different forms of being and a man, by virtue of his nature, will never, remember, women, never be friends with a woman if she does not attract him sexually... And often a man himself cannot explain it, but he is drawn to a certain woman...
This is the basis of “friendship” that has neither a common job nor a common hobby. But women are too gullible, stupid, pure (choose the synonym you need) to understand this. Someone inspired them that a woman is a dependent creature who comes in second place after a man, and by thinking that a man is friends “just like that,” she restores her self-esteem.
A woman is beautiful with her femininity, a man is beautiful with his masculinity. A woman by nature (Creator, evolution) is absolutely perfect; in order to be valuable, she does not need to prove anything to anyone. This is her nature. And a man needs to be proven that his worth depends only on his actions.
Friendship or love - when and why one can turn into the other
“...There is no better friend than a woman.
Such | My opinion; but so that the union is completely close, | You don’t need to sing love songs to your friend.”
This passage from a poem by the great British poet George Gordon Byron clearly communicates that friendship between a man and a woman is possible. Still. Or not?
After all, it is necessary to take into account not only the opinion of an individual person - albeit a deeply experienced one in matters of relationships - but also the influence of the era, environment, and personal experience. The very meaning of the word “friendship” is also important.
Being part of a living language that changes along with society, it lost some shades of meaning and acquired new ones, while people and the routines established among them changed.
A famous saying says that friends are the family we choose ourselves. These words show how deep and trusting classic friendships are.
It is important to distinguish friendship from friendly relationships. Sometimes we communicate with friends more often than with friends, but in serious cases the difference becomes obvious.
Quotes from great people about friendship
Do men and women understand friendship the same way? There are also many different opinions on this matter. Men often mockingly say that there is no such thing as female friendship, while women believe that male relationships lack depth.
These shortcomings are sometimes noticed by women and men themselves in friendly relations with representatives of the same sex:
- Men may not find sufficient moral support from friends in difficult situations, since it is common for the stronger sex to show participation and care through actions, rather than talking about painful issues
- Women cannot always talk freely with friends or ask for advice for fear of envy or condemnation
Quotes from great people about friendship
The ideal friendship from this point of view is the partnership of a man and a woman. The French philosopher Auguste Comte also shared this opinion, mentioning in his writings:
- “The only sincere and lasting friendship is that between a man and a woman, because it is the only affection free from all rivalry.”
Indeed, men and women do not compete with each other. Being completely different, thinking by different standards, they are able to significantly expand each other’s worldview, provide irreplaceable support and create strong, productive and interesting relationships for both parties.
However, in practice this happens less often than it could - and all because people of the opposite sex are much more likely to fall in love with each other and build romantic relationships than to be friends.
And the modern concept of the “friend zone” shows how ephemeral “friendship” between the sexes can be: most likely, someone is simply using the other, hiding behind words about equal partnership without any admixture of attraction.
Quotes from great people about friendship
- “Although there can be friendship between people of different sexes in which there is no shadow of impure thoughts, nevertheless, a woman will always see a man in her friend, just as he will see a woman in her. Such a relationship cannot be called either love or friendship: it is something completely special.”
The author of these words, the 17th-century French moralist Jean de La Bruyère, very accurately noticed the nuance that determines the nature of the relationship between a man and a woman.
Seeing each other as representatives of the opposite sex, potential parents for offspring, a man and a woman tend to enter into a romantic relationship rather than become friends.
On the contrary, if people explicitly or subconsciously see in another something that evokes associations with family members - parents, sisters or brothers - then instincts, as a rule, recede in order to prevent even virtual “incest”.
Quotes from great people about friendship
It is on this, if you believe modern psychology, that it depends whether bonds of friendship will arise between a man and a woman. Science proves that this is possible, although with some reservations. It is useful for everyone to know them, because it can help:
- Avoid negative experiences in friendships with the opposite sex
- Learn how to build such friendships correctly
- Determine the real nature of the existing relationship
We will talk about this further, combining the wisdom of the statements of great people on the topic of friendship between a man and a woman with the advice of modern psychologists.
Pitfalls in friendships between the sexes and how to get around them
- “Women start falling in love when they get to know us. Men are the opposite: after knowing a woman to the end, they are ready to part with her.”
The American writer James Salter, who wrote these lines, was absolutely right. Men tend to fall in love quickly, and in the future, if romantic feelings fade, they calmly and even with some enthusiasm treat the idea of \u200b\u200bfriendship with a woman.
For a woman, what is important is the notorious understanding - not how much a man really correctly interprets her words, thoughts and actions, but how much she opens up and trusts him.
Quotes from great people about friendship
The phenomenon can be explained in different ways, from good old instincts to the character traits of representatives of different sexes.
The point is that such a scenario casts great doubt on the very possibility of friendship between a man and a woman.
However, no one says that history is obligatory for everyone: knowing certain rules, you can prevent suffering and falling in love on either side.
Here are eight basic commandments for a happy friendship between the sexes:
- Make your intentions clear. From the very beginning, talk about what is going on between you, what each of you expects from this relationship. Repeat this conversation periodically, clarifying that everything is on track.
- Agree that there is no place for flirting, compliments with subtext, etc. between you.
- Don't isolate yourself from each other. Meet and communicate with other people too.
- Don't consider your boyfriend or girlfriend as your first aid kit in any difficult situation. Ask for advice, but not for solutions, otherwise the habit of relying too much on others may develop into something more.
- Do not do household chores together, small or large. This is the lot of families, but not of friendly couples.
- Be honest. Not only with each other, but also with yourself, because the attitude can change on any side, even if you didn’t initially think about anything like that.
- Don't share too intimate secrets with your boyfriend or girlfriend. Without sexual connotations, only children perceive such things; the adult brain works differently - and regardless of your desire.
- No sex. Never. Under no circumstances!
Quotes from great people about friendship
The last point is especially important. Of course, opinions on this matter vary. For example, the Soviet poet Vladimir Derzhavin believed:
- “True friendship between a man and a woman is possible only after mutual sexual satiation.”
There is some truth in this. However, in order to remain friends after an affair, without having any obvious or hidden claims, hopes, etc. towards each other, many points are required.
For example, people should initially enjoy communication with each other, which is not impoverished by the lack of intimacy. Do not take the relationship that has arisen too seriously, but at the same time do not mind maintaining it in a different capacity.
In addition, it is important that the characters of both are light enough to avoid awkwardness - it is not always easy to contain jokes about the past.
Quotes from great people about friendship
Such a set of coincidences is extremely rare, but if it does happen, the friendship turns out to be really strong and reliable. However, Life Reactor does not recommend testing whether you will succeed by relying solely on luck.
We would rather agree with the opinion of the English writer Charles Colton, whose words are much more applicable to real life:
- “Friendship often ends in love, but love rarely ends in friendship.”
We have selected for you 20+ more quotes from famous people about friendship between men and women - for inspiration, reflection and discussion. Write in the comments which of the authors, in your opinion, is more right!
You need to be able to make friends
Unfortunately, not everyone knows how to truly be friends. The reason for this lies in a lack of understanding of the true nature of friendships. To learn how to be friends, you need to understand your loved one, realize how difficult it is for you without him and how great it is to be around. In friendship you can never show selfishness; in it you need not only to “take”, but also to be able to give a part of yourself, to be able to sacrifice, to make concessions for the sake of your friends.
Quotes with meaning and aphorisms about friendship say that it should be based on reciprocity and support. A true comrade is always ready to lend a helping hand and help in trouble.
Even if we have never had to use this, we always know that you can rely on a friend in any situation, trust him as you trust yourself, and be sure that in difficult times you will not be left alone with your experiences, misfortunes, and difficulties.
