Stumped on what to get the guy or gal in your life who you're just friends with (or just friends with benefits with)? Well, we've hand-selected the perfect holiday presents that are thoughtful enough, but don't convey, "I like you more than I'll admit." Click through our gallery to see our top gift choices for him and for her.
I really really want you to reply back to my situation as I feel so helpless. I was dating the love of my life for almost 18 months. We were so happy together for the first year or so...it was heaven. My friends warned me that the "honeymoon" stage wouldnt last forever...but I believed it would. (im only 16 by the way).
Can men and women be just friends? If you ask any Hollywood film producer, the answer is a resounding "no." Hollywood's magic formula for success seems to take seemingly platonic friends and make them "suddenly realize" how in love they are. (See: When Harry Met Sally for proof.) But what about real life? Are platonic friendships between men and women ever truly just that?
When I find myself in the Friend Zone, I feel the same way a sleep-eater must after he realizes he unconsciously mauled a box of Wheat Thins, two unpeeled bananas, and an ashtray full of cigarette butts. I can't believe I spent the last six weeks trying to hook up with a girl and ended up in her book club.
Maintaining a platonic male friendship can be a challenge. Here are 5 tips for keeping men as friends, without benefits.
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You can spend your whole life looking for the man who loves you for who you truly are, knows about your oddest behaviors and still accepts you, or you can pick up your phone and call your best guy friend—because he already is that man. It may be weird to start thinking of him in "that way" but it all comes down to two words: shared history. Need more? Here are ten reasons to help push you over the edge.
This Love Buzzer has a bad habit of repeatedly falling for the same type of guy... and then promptly sliding into the Friend Zone. Such behavior has obviously made for a good amount of angst, and extreme amounts of unrequited love. How can you tell if you're going down that same, unpleasant path?
Few phrases are more easily misinterpreted than "We should hang out sometime." Such a simple statement only summons countless questions: First, is it an invitation or a polite suggestion? What does he mean by hang out? Does he mean hang out as pals or as something more? What was that tone of voice? What does he want us to do together? While it's a little awkward to ask someone directly whether or not we were just asked on a date, it can be even more embarrassing to misunderstand someone's intentions when you're out on the date (or non-date) itself.
A woman needs help figuring out if her friend playing a love song on YouTube for her is a come-on.
You might have a friend crush and you don't even know it!!
