been on both ends of the stick on this one. And its not the conscious thing to do. Normally, those feelings of contentment DOES come back. I've had female pull that friend roll and sometimes, i allow it in the past (majority of the time they get the cold shoulder/miss phone call treatment ........dont have time for the bullshyt even though you're a friend). And often times i do not. Some say they are 3 women to every 1 man and if those statistics are correct, Why limited yourself to the stagnation of what the female considers to be friendship??? (some women i find cant even do that). I think a person is selling themselves very short in this case. Also the woman, is doing the same if that person is consider to be a good, honest, caring person.
Sometimes instances like this create the ever-present "player-role".