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Study Says Opposite-Sex Friendships Are A Big No-No

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Study Says Opposite-Sex Friendships Are A Big No-No
Why you can't be friends with hot people of the opposite sex.
Are you stuck in the friend zone? Well, just be happy you're in any zone at all.

Are you stuck in the friend zone? Well, just be happy you're in any zone at all. A new study says men and women who find each other attractive are likely to believe the friendship is a burden.

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire have found that many men and women feel that friendship with a member of the opposite sex can be a negative thing when attraction is involved.

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32 percent said attraction in a friendship is a bad thing, while just six percent said it's beneficial. Perhaps unsurprisingly, women were twice as likely as men to list it as a negative part of a friendship.

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