Can men and women just be friends? I say yes.
But, it seems that if a woman even glances at a man, he takes this as a sign. A sign of something more to come. AmIRight?
My friend and her husband went through the Starbuck’s drive-thru for coffee with their toddler in the backseat. She drove and placed the order, he sat in the passenger side. The young barista took the money, passed the drinks through the window, two minute transaction, that was it. As they drove off he declared all peacockish, “She was soooooo hitting on me!”
Oh really? I wonder if the barista realized this.
Oh really? I wonder if the barista realized this.
No words were exchanged. Maybe she was just doing her job? Smiling at the customers and making eye contact… Being friendly instead of grunting… Or, was the Starbucks chick truly sending him a vipe? A bit of extra foam with his no whip macchiato? A little something-something for this clearly married man?
From the drive-thru window, I doubt she even saw him.
From the drive-thru window, I doubt she even saw him.
Harry: Men and women can’t be friends because the sex part always gets in the way.
Sally:That’s not true. I have a number of men friends and there is no sex involved.
Harry: No you don’t.
Harry: No you don’t.
Sally: Yes I do.
Harry: No you don’t.
Sally: Yes I do.
Harry: You only think you do.
Sally: You say I’m having sex with these men without my knowledge?
Harry: No, what I’m saying is they all WANT to have sex with you.
Sally: They do not.
Harry: Do too.
Sally: They do not.
Harry: Do too.
Sally: How do you know?
Harry: Because no man can be friends with a woman that he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her.
Sally: So, you’re saying that a man can be friends with a woman he finds unattractive?
Harry: No. You pretty much want to nail ’em too.
Harry: No you don’t.
Sally: Yes I do.
Harry: You only think you do.
Sally: You say I’m having sex with these men without my knowledge?
Harry: No, what I’m saying is they all WANT to have sex with you.
Sally: They do not.
Harry: Do too.
Sally: They do not.
Harry: Do too.
Sally: How do you know?
Harry: Because no man can be friends with a woman that he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her.
Sally: So, you’re saying that a man can be friends with a woman he finds unattractive?
Harry: No. You pretty much want to nail ’em too.
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My 91-year-old father-in-law is whole-heartedly convinced that every lady who crosses his path has her eye on him. With a twinkle in his eye and a rascally grin, he speaks of this each time we see him. The nurse who checks his blood levels, the checker at Super Walmart, the girls who clean the apartment, every female with a pulse.
He LOVES to re-tell the story of the caregiver we hired a while back. “That woman tried to get me on the divan!” Divan? Who is he, Sir Lawrence Olivier?
His wife of 60+ years just smiles and looks at me knowingly. We shake our heads imperceptibly and share this MenAreCrazy bond.
He LOVES to re-tell the story of the caregiver we hired a while back. “That woman tried to get me on the divan!” Divan? Who is he, Sir Lawrence Olivier?
His wife of 60+ years just smiles and looks at me knowingly. We shake our heads imperceptibly and share this MenAreCrazy bond.
Is this a Mars/Venus thing?
talya
Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.
– Katherine Hepburn
You know how a woman gets a man excited? She shows up. That’s it. We’re guys, we’re easy.
– Harrison Ford in Six Days, Seven Nights
Yes, we can be friends !! Judy
Which one of us in this scenario is a man?
Some of my best friends are male. I enjoy being friendly with men. Some women feel the same way; that every man in the ROOM is hitting on them. Every woman needs a man that she can talk to–with no strings attached. I love my men friends. Talya’s Mom (theBAT).( I totally agree with you on this Talya.)
You hit the nail on the head with this one girl! Loved it!
Thanks C.
Haha…Talya! This is too funny! And I agree that men and women can have awesome friendships, but friendships with boundaries!=) The reason I say that is because I’ve heard of rare occasions of men and women having friendships with so-called “PERKS.” I think this is a huge mistake as it eventually ruins the male and female friendship by taking the relationship’s emotional bond to a higher level that can only end in very hurtful feelings toward one another, or even worse, lead to marriage!…haha…(just kidding about the negative marriage statement)…Other male and female friendship limitations involve walking hand in hand to share the same bathroom together, having a sleepover and sharing the same bed, or, most importantly, going with each other to the doctor to get a physical…Now…I added the last one because it comes from personal experience. I think our spouses need to be our very best friends. Right? Right! Well..so I took my wife, a nurse with a BSN degree, with me to the doctor to get information (I can never remember what the doctor tells me…must be a guy thing, I don’t know), to ask questions and to give, you know, moral support. I mean, she works in the medical field and she’s used to these kind of things…no big deal…Right? Well, needless to say, she came up a little short in the moral support department after I had been ‘VIOLATED’ (did not know THAT particular procedure was going to happen) by the ‘rubber-gloved doctor’…know what I mean?…by the way, this was my first time and I don’t even remember the doctor’s name…why do I feel so cheap?!?!?=)….After the doctor quickly exited the room, I rolled over to look at my wife…my friend…my nurse…a loving face full of compassion with sympathetic tear-filled eyes looking lovingly back toward me and my ‘violated’ self….but what I saw…Shocked Me!….I saw her…seated in a chair…with her head down…her face clasped in her hand…and trying her ultimate tee-totally best to hold back her laughter as her shoulders were shaking so hard I thought she and her chair were going to start vibrating across the floor…kind of like those plastic football players moved across the aluminum football field in those old electric football games we had when we were kids!=)…Well, seeing her in this state, I couldn’t help but start laughing, too, as I slid off the bed, and almost ran into the wall (That lubrication really works well!!!=)) She turned that negative experience into a positive funny experience for me that I don’t think I would have had if she hadn’t been there!…After all, that’s what friends do…Right? =)…Anyhow, needless to say, I haven’t been ‘violated’ since then, BUT I will say, I will have THAT dreaded procedure done in the future as a solo, and I’m sure, a Capello performance.=) Anyhow, its hard to just do away with friendships of the opposite sex, especially when we’ve known these cherished friends since childhood. The biggest problem I see is if the friends are married, and not to each other, and a spouse or spouses have jealous feelings toward their spouse’s opposite sex friendship. That’s a whole nuther conundrum, right there!=)
Tim you may need your own blog – LOL. hilarious. I went with John to the doctor – not the same sort of check up you had thank goodness. But still, highly entertaining – for me…:))
HaHa…Talya! I’m sure it was entertaining…you ladies go through so much at the doctor’s office, I’m sure y’all do get a kick out of seeing us men suffer!…haha…And…haha…why do I need my own blog? I’ve got your’s to play around on!…And besides, i don’t think I’m a creative enough writer to come up with stories the way you do! You are Awesome beyond words…or at least…my words!=)…And anyhow, I still can’t believe I can’t remember that fat-fingered-rubber-gloved doctors name…maybe if he would have cuddled with me, or at least, offered me a cigarette, afterwards…I don’t know.=) Anyhow, keep on keeping on with your awesome stories, and I’ll keep on keeping on with my reading…and occasional embarrassing stories as they pop up in my head!=) And it’s funny, but by now, I thought I would have totally mentally suppressed the one I told here. And also, I’d like to hear about your’s and John’s visit to the doctor!…haha…there’s another idea for a story!=) …that is, with John’s consent, of course!=)