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I Think Kind People Are Beautiful

I sometimes see men using the term "friendzone" in a negative way in their posts. While I understand the frustration they are expressing, I would like to assert that friendships between men and women can be very positive. The following quote confirms my own experience.

"It is a wonderful advantage to a man, in every pursuit or avocation, to secure an adviser in a sensible woman....A woman, if she be really your friend, will have a sensitive regard for your character, honor, repute. She will seldom counsel you to do a shabby thing; for a woman friend always desires to be proud of you." Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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I agree, there is something beneficial in having friends of the opposite sex. But there has to be respect, as in the quote, on both sides. I'm afraid that some men view a platonic relationship with a woman as impossible, even in holding an intelligent conversation with her. They have this need to drag any exchange down to gutter level. As I have sadly found on this site.
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@Ramblingrose Yes, you will see that in one man's response to this story! 😆

But, there really are men who understand what the word "friend" means. I hope you have met those as well. 😀
@DrWatson I have, thankfully!