Why Men and Woman CAN be Just Friends

But the odds are very slim

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I recently wrote an article about the twenty toxic takeaways from my twenties, with the first item on the list being that I used to think that men and women couldn’t just be friends.

I knew this was a very prevalent belief so I guess that now that I’ve seen the light, I feel a sense of duty to help others see what they’re missing.

But here’s the thing. By and large, it is men who parrot this talking point the most. Women, on the other hand, tend to think the complete opposite.

When you watch When Harry Met Sally, you see the war of ideas play out in the men (not just Harry) who simply don’t believe that a man and woman could just be friends to the point that the men state that they do not have female friends.

Conversely, the women swear that they have tons of male friends, only to be corrected by the men in their life who tell them that they’re dead wrong.

Even when you watch the ending, you’re somewhat confused. Was the movie trying to say that men and women have to be friends first in order for things to morph into romance? Or was it agreeing that men and women can’t just be friends because “the sex ruins it?”