dating...want male and female opinions

How does a guy act differently around a girl he likes romantically and a girl he just likes as a friend.

Also... do you all think that girls and guys can have deep, meaningful friendships without other feelings being involved?

 I'd love to hear male and female opinions on these 2 questions.

hey, interesting questions.

i think guys act different around their girl "friends" and girls they like romantically. I know this because my best friend for years was a guy and we had no feelings for each other and it was great and then once we started dating it totally changed. that was 5 years ago and we are still together but things are really different than they were when we were just friends. we fight more now than we ever did LOL.

i cant answer the second question because my meaningful friendship ended up being the guy im with lol so i dont know if its possible for guys and girls to be friends without sex or something coming in the way. but its possible i imagine if both people are in separate relationships maybe??
cool post!

I think a guy and a girl can be good friends without having "something going on" but they cannot be "Best friends" and not have feelings envole in one of the sides. and rember most of the guys altho they are "just friends" if they have the oportunity to "Get something" they wouldn´t think it twice. so if u don´t like this guy just be careful cuz someone can get hurt. but there is always the exeption to the rule so, who knows just take it easy. sometimes the greates relationships starts with a good friendship

good luck!
hugs.

Maybe most, but not all.

I have many girl "friends" and have never tried to "get something". Even when they are completely drunk with people trying to hook me up, I know it is inappropriate.

So in conclusion, not all guys are pigs. Some are genuinely just your friend.

 It's been awhile since I've dated so I"ll try to remember for ya!  

I think when a guy likes a girl for more than just friendship, he will go out of his way to see and do things with you.  More of just a, see you when I see you, type thing.  

One of my very dearest friends is an ex-boyfriend of mine from college.  He and I never had a physical relationship of any sort, so I suppose that helps but we talk probably about once a week via text or phone.  He lives accross the country but he and I have similar backgrounds and just have a ton in common.  Even though it didn't work out in the romance dept. I am very glad we keep in close contact.  It also helps my husband is completely understanding of this, has met my friend and trusts me but if for some reason my husband was not any of those things, I would be forced to end my friendship because my family does come first.  My friend is also aware of my situation and respects that so it works out.

Hope that helps!

~Emily~

If you get put int the friend zone you will be called dude for one.  It really is hard for guys and girls to have friendships without there being feelings.  Either one has feelings for the other, or worse is when one or both is in relationships with other people.  They're significant others can get extremely jealous.  Its not always that they are worried about they're significant other cheating on them, its just that the attention that is going to someone else.  The only way that a person in a relationship can be friends with someone of the opposite sex is if it is 2 couples that are friends...thats pretty much it.

And if both are single, either someone is gay or is being treated like they are, and trust me ladies the guy does not want to hear about all of your problems with your guy or guys you have seen or whining about there being no decent guys.  That guy is perfect for you, date him.  If he is willing to listen to you and your problems, answer advice....then he probably wants you but is too shy to make a move.

Why wait for his cue??
Take a chance and be forward. Every time I waited for "clues", I ended up in friend zone. When I met my soon to be husband, I told him straight off I'm looking for my man. He asked that if things didn't work out could we still be friends. I said no. I was too attracted to him to just be friends without it eating away at me. How did he react to my forwardness--it was a little scary at first, but he was relieved and flattered that a chick would put it all out there for him. It also made me feel like I was really sticking up for myself. Often when I want something I'm afraid to ask for it just in case I get rejected or disappointed. I decided that I was too serious to play around anymore, so I jsut went for it.
On the other hand--I do have several very close male friends, all of whom I love dearly for years and years without any romantic conflict. It's a maturity thing for me--when I was younger I'd sometimes get jealous, but now I'm psyched that they all have loving significant others.

I've been a guy for about 28 years now and let me tell you this from my experiences...

If he's hanging out with you apart from work, school, groups where that would be the norm....he's probably interested romantically. Myself and other guys I know don't get together to hang out with girls they are not interested in.

And question number two....not likely.  The only girls I ever had deep, meaningful friendships with were girls I really wanted a relationship with!

Just my masculine point of view!

 I think it's extremely difficult if not impossible for a guy and girl to be close friends (acquaintances, work buddies is okay) without the expectation of more.  Maybe it's just me, but I'm jealous when anyone else takes away time from ANY of my best friends--male or female.  Clearly, the girlfriend will come first, so that already hurts my close relationships with men because I want their attention.  Plus, for me, when it comes to the opposite sex, the characteristics and feelings that cause me to develop a close friendship are the same that attract me to him.  I have been burned by some male friends before.  I tried so hard to walk on eggshells and not tell them my true feelings and I ended up totally losing contact with them.  At the end of the day I thought:  what was I so scared of losing by coming clean?  Here I guarded my feelings and things still turned out as they would have if I had just been upfront.  The only difference was that I suffered on the sidelines for a couple years only to have suffered the same end.  So, in the future I'm thinking I'm going to be honest.  Rejection is scary, but I'd rather only waste a couple months dreaming about a guy than a couple years.

This might be kind of out there, but I think guys (especially thinner guys) treat heavier girls differently.  I'm still pre-op and I think that some guys honestly assume that I'd never imagine they were interested in me.  They think that it's like I don't "count" and they assume that I know this.  I'm a non-sex to them.  Just a theory of mine.