Of course not.... I hang out with people with similar interests, many of whom I met through work or through a mutual friend. While they may have started as colleagues/associates, they turned into friends because of some initial interest we had in common (dance, working out, etc.). Some of these hangouts were one-on-one, many were in a group.
I can generally tell if I'd vibe with a person pretty quickly and if I don't, then I don't. In regards to people of the opposite sex being friends, I can't control a male friend's intentions, but they know not to go there with me. There is no ambiguity on my part in my relationships with others.
) from developing feelings for you there will be ambiguity.The thread specifically refers to contact with the opposite sex.
Secondly, you asked the following and I answered it, but I will answer it again:
Again, that is an easy question to answer. Two adults can start (or may HAVE TO start) spending time with each other because they are classmates or coworkers or any number of activities that put you in close proximity to random people you would normally never talk to. After some time, you can (depending on personality and shared interests) develop a friendship. You may start off as just classmate/coworkers/members of the same organization and then become friends. I mean, unless someone comes up to you and asks for your phone number, that's usually how friendships (regardless of gender) start.
Let's not be semantic here. Only certain types and levels of contact are really relevant in a discussion such as this. There is a difference between hanging out with a group of friends that includes guys or talking to a guy on the phone about an assignment and going to dinner with a dude or going over his house to watch TV alone or sitting up on the phone with him at 3am.
There still has to be something that makes you want to spend more time with that person outside of that work/school context. If there are of the opposite sex, it will more likely than not be attraction.


So? Guys want to fukk everything. Her male friend would fukk her, her cousin, his downstairs neighbor, the girl that bagged his groceries, his other female friend. I'm not naive I know most men are whore I have 7 brothers.
Btw if a guy is attractive, no female wants to be his friend. I've seen it first hand. But ladies if your man is ugly/no attributes women desire sexually/romantically, he can have female friends.
Lol at chicks with nikkas that are tall, lean, with nice smiles letting them have female friends.![]()
I'm saying men will always play up their sexuality, and women will always downplay. That means men will have women they strictly want to be friends with but deny it to not appear soft, and women will have male friends they don't give a rats ass about but want to fukk, all while proclaiming that's her 'bestie'.Wait I'm tall,great smile, dimples, straight teeth, lean,long dreads.
You mean to tell me my two female coworkers who want to take me for bday drink who both have bf who they talk about all the time want to smash me on the low?
How'd I skip over this?Wait I'm tall,great smile, dimples, straight teeth, lean,long dreads.
You mean to tell me my two female coworkers who want to take me for bday drink who both have bf who they talk about all the time want to smash me on the low?

How'd I skip over this?
How tall?![]()
Pics Make everything more clear.
I'm not playing semantics. I am addressing the topic. We can also agree to disagree because clearly don't see eye to eye on how friendships can and do develop (regardless of gender or attractiveness). Night, night.
I believe the issue here is the definition of friendship. I don't believe that every person you hang out with is a friend. I don't believe you can truly be friends if one of you is attracted to each other. We can't just act like gender and moreover attractiveness are not pretty big factors here. Good night.
I don't have that belief either nor I have I implied such.