Friday, April 17, 2009

Can there be friendship between men & women?


It's a common belief in our society that between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is love, passion, jelousy & desire but no friendship but is it true? Personally, I think friendship does exist. Strangely enough, I found that making friends with the opposite gender has been a lot easier in many situations. Nowadays men and women are interacting very actively at work. They have common hobbies. So naturally, they share common interests and communicate. The key to a successful friendship is to establish boundaries. There's always a line that shouldn't be crossed to keep the friendship alive.

What's your opinion?

32 comments:

  1. It is true there is friendship ^^ I totally agree.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Define Friendship!
    to me, A friend is someone who's faithful, reliable, enduring, needed, always in touch
    it's not just someone whom you hang out with
    it's waaay beyond that
    A friend is someone who cares enough about you to listen to your struggles
    A friend is someone upholds you through tough times
    A friend is someone you can be yourself with
    A friend is someone who loves you no matter what happens
    I find it pretty hard to share such relationship with a guy without falling for him.

    on a superficial level, yes !!!men and women can be friends.they can hang out together, they can talk, work, laugh together!

    but they can never be 'good' friends, 'cause love always comes in the way , it could be one sided, it could be from both sides.
    when you share a 'true' friendship with a guy, you'll find it so hard to put your emotions on a side especially if you 'click' well with that particular 'friend'

    been there, done that, we're lovers now !

    Wicked

    ReplyDelete
  3. madree i think it's possible for a man and a women to have a normal friendship!!

    ReplyDelete
  4. I believe in that. I have lots of male friends from school and college, and I wouldn't trade them for the world. Some are even better than some of my girlfriends.

    ReplyDelete
  5. yeah so true..but we tend to cross tht...nature u see....

    ReplyDelete
  6. I'm 1000000000% with Anonymous! totally true

    ReplyDelete
  7. na9'areyan.. i think it's possible.
    bs when i come across reality.. hmmm madrii!

    i'm kind of m3a el kalam el maktob foqii, el comment elii mn Anonymous.

    ReplyDelete
  8. the best friendships between a guy and a girl is when one of the sides is in love with the other one

    its unfortunate but its true - spoken from experience

    ReplyDelete
  9. i was going to say yes, but when i read anonymous comment it really made sense, someone will end up falling for the other

    ReplyDelete
  10. depends on the person...
    if s/he doesn't believe it exists it never will... for them :)

    ReplyDelete
  11. in my opinion is that no matter how strictly you have put the boundaries between this friendship it will somehow and someway will collapse and there would be no boundaries!! so better not start it then regretting it!! right??!!

    ReplyDelete
  12. الصداقة بين الجنسين ممكنة و جميلة جدا

    لكنها ممكن ان تتطور بسهولة الى صداقة + تحت بعض الظروف

    و السؤال هو هل يستطيعون العودة الى ما قبل ال + ام لا؟

    ReplyDelete
  13. Ofcourse friendship exists as long as it's based on mutual respect between the two sides it shall flourish througholy !
    The day that respect breaks , the friendship shall go down along..

    ReplyDelete
  14. yeah i agree with anon.. feelings do get in the wayif its a very close friendship.. but casual friends it can be.. remember kuch kuch hota hai? lol Rahul was in love and he didn't realize it until its late and Anjali also didn't know before he was all gaga over tina.. that is, if you have seen the film loooooool..

    ReplyDelete
  15. i think it's possible only if there is no physical attraction between them

    ReplyDelete
  16. its only possible if both of them accept it to be friendship and just that.. sometimes things get confused and lined blur.. more so over here than abroad x

    ReplyDelete
  17. the best friendships are with opposite genders

    7ady i agree;P

    ReplyDelete
  18. I think it is possible if they both accept to be friends :)

    ReplyDelete
  19. akeeeed i believe in it 100 percent

    all the guys im friends with are the ones i went to school with

    so i grew up with them. they are exactly like my brothers

    bs i got older, i found it harder to make friends with the opposite sex

    ReplyDelete
  20. It's easier to befriend someone of the opposite sex because once that happens, they become brothers to you unlike female friends. But it's also harder in our society because if you're young, your parents worry about having male friends and when you're married, most husbands prefer their wives not having male friends. But all in all, it's really easy to be friends with guys!

    ReplyDelete
  21. hmmmm i think it's possible , but here someone will fall in love akeed

    ReplyDelete
  22. umm, here ? in kuwait ? friendship between man and o woman ? well, im not willing to say its impossible

    its possible, ya3ni baina o bainha, bs do u think that our society will accept it, man and a women showing up in public as friends ?
    hell NO !!

    if u have a guy friend, would u talk about him in front of brother mathalan ! i dont think so

    im not talking about coworkers or classmates
    hathol 3adi :p

    bs friends ? i mean real friends ?
    u cant establish such a friendship in here ;\ unless ur keeping it to urself

    ReplyDelete
  23. aham shay il boundries.. this is the key point to the friendship between the two genders.

    ReplyDelete
  24. Yes, yes, yes, yes and it can be a very great one! My best friend is a male, actually he is my soulmate!

    Girl, I have missed ya! You went private for a while and have been missed a looooooooooooooot!

    ReplyDelete
  25. الصراحة غير معرف وفر علي كلام وايد
    بالاضافة الى كلامة
    او كلامها

    احنا التزامنا بدينا الاسلامي الي ينفع لكل زمان ومكان
    والي يحفظ للمرأةوالرجل حقوقهم

    واترككم مع نعليق غير معرف
    لانه يصف نظرتي

    Anonymous said...

    Define Friendship!
    to me, A friend is someone who's faithful, reliable, enduring, needed, always in touch
    it's not just someone whom you hang out with
    it's waaay beyond that
    A friend is someone who cares enough about you to listen to your struggles
    A friend is someone upholds you through tough times
    A friend is someone you can be yourself with
    A friend is someone who loves you no matter what happens
    I find it pretty hard to share such relationship with a guy without falling for him.

    on a superficial level, yes !!!men and women can be friends.they can hang out together, they can talk, work, laugh together!

    but they can never be 'good' friends, 'cause love always comes in the way , it could be one sided, it could be from both sides.
    when you share a 'true' friendship with a guy, you'll find it so hard to put your emotions on a side especially if you 'click' well with that particular 'friend'

    been there, done that, we're lovers now !

    Wicked


    سؤال مهم في زمن مثل هذا
    تحياتي للجميع
    :)

    ReplyDelete
  26. eeh I agree with u:) my best friend is a guy ow we both know our boundaries.

    ReplyDelete
  27. I don't get one thing why are they mixing a male friend here with brother???

    ReplyDelete
  28. why do i get the feeling that some one has crossed the line already ???

    ReplyDelete
  29. You are not gonna like my answer so ... no comments !

    ReplyDelete
  30. a good guy friend is like a brother. You can be friends for years and years and years and never cross the line. You can even feel attraction, and it comes and goes, and you never cross the line. If a guy is your good friend, you have to be able to take the truth - they don't sugar coat things, they just tell it as they see it.

    ReplyDelete
  31. you know, I was discussing this with my friend 2 weeks ago. Look its possible but you can't be sure how this will end up. Especially in(Saudi Arabia) Its not allowed to the girls even to look or smile to a boy even If she doesn't mean anything. Most of the work places have separate departments for (Men) and (women). The interaction between both of them in our society is TABOO and people think of those girl who work with men that they're shameless and immodest. Above all, Its not allowed in ISLAM to have this friendship with boys so before having our society boundaries or putting boundaries with boys we should'nt cross the boundaries of our religion :)
    Its just my point of view

    ReplyDelete
  32. أفضل صداقة بين الرجل والمرأة لأنها تلبي النقص في كل الشخصيتين وما تحتاجه في الصديق هو أن يسد نقصك ويقف بجانبك ويعطيك من الحب والاهتمام ما تغذي به روحك

    شكرا على اتاحه الفرصة للمناقشة

    ماشالله افكار متنوعه

    ReplyDelete