Can friends be lovers and lovers be friends?
93291
Of course... Friends can develop their feelings with each other and later on be lovers. Lovers be friends on the other hand also happens. There's "care" with each other which tends to make lovers be friends.
488847
with the colse friend we can share feelings...love,hapiness,sadness, problems. and with those felling friends can stay forever for eachother in their lives
142791
YES! VALENTINE'S DAY IS NOT ONLY FOR LOVERS BUT EVEN FOR UR FRIENDS U CAN BE MY FRIEND.
243073
Friends can be Friends without being lovers But Lovers can't be Lovers without being friends
607709
yes you can love someone but not be in love with them like i am in love with my girlfriend right now but i also love my best frend that i have known since kindegarden
38735
It is possible, but not very...  Most men and women that become friends usually end up sleeping together or developing feelings for one another in the long run.  I would recommend against it...
269467
Some of us can. I have a girlfriend I am completely happy with. The ONLY interest I have in any other women is as a friend. As for those who can't, they're probably wondering why you can't just accept that they don't want to just be friends. If you just want to be friends, and a guy wants to be more than friends, don't bother with him. You have different ideas about where your relationship should be headed. Or if you do choose to spend time with a guy like that, make it very clear that you're only interested in being friends, that you're not comfortable with him trying to be anything more, and if he makes any advances on you, don't tolerate it.\n\nAdded:\nIf you don't hear from them after you've made it clear that you only want to be friends, the only interest they had in you was as more than a friend. They weren't willing to settle for less, and they have as much right to make that decision as you do to decide that you just want to be friends. Simple as that. What you wanted wasn't enough for them, what they wanted was too much for you. Best to go your separate ways.
366784
Yes, I have a wonderful friend who was a lover and we still talk every so often.  It depends on how much of an adult you are (and of course it helps to be friends before intimacy)  Good luck!
610507
They can. I have a guy and girl b/f's. The guy and I have been friend for almost 8 years. He's my friend. And that's all he is. I love him, but not like that.
397131
For sure!  Those are the people who need our love and friendship most of all!\n\nIt's important to always respect one another's opinions and beliefs.
214777
We can love someone and not always like them...but to Like someone you Love...is vital-because you can't like someone you don't respect..if we didn't like a friend-they wouldn't be a friend for very long..it's that friendship that can keep things together in the tough times...
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I suppose it would depend on what kind of friendship it is, and what type of Love you are referring to.  Sometimes friendship turns into a Loving relationship, which involves a great deal of intimacy on many levels, and other times it turns to Love without the intimacy.  For example, there is someone that I do Love, and it is my wife.  I also Love my children.  I have a friend whom I Love, and our relationship is more like a counselor type relationship where we counsel one another, and help one another.  The last two have different levels of intimacy, and different types of intimacy than the first one ... yet, I do give Love in each of those scenerios.\n\nWe are called to Love everyone, including out enemies.  So I would think that friendships come from Love, but not necessarily from intimacy.\n\nI hope that helps you.  Good luck.
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As a kind of nature, you can't be a good friend for everyone. You'll have to discriminate because it is part of our lives. You'll have different degree in having feeling to people. With A, you might like him, or with B you might love him, as friend.
896376
You answered your own question, as humans we are programmed to want what we cant have. But remember this, you had him once, and your heart told you that you made better friends. Remain friends, and be the best at it
851468
It is totally possible to have a best friend of the opposite sex with out falling in love with them.  Especially if both people involved are thinking with their heads and not what is down below.  I have had a few very good guy friends that I was never in love with.  I care alot about them because they are good friends, they are like brothers to me, so I guess you would say I love them in a family way but I'm not in love with them.  It's totally possible!
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Absolutely! Here's the simplest answer : Men and women can be friends without any kind of sexual tension if neither is physically attracted to the other. Make sense? I mean, there's going to be sexual tension if one (or both) is attracted to the other.\n\nAt worst, it's being an acquantaince. At best, Platonic love.
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of course its possible! as long as both parties agreed to keep the friendship. Though it's a bitter situation, but I think keeping the friendship is most important coz at least you didn't lose that person at all. Loving someone doesn't always necessary mean that you have to be married to the person, you can love a person in so many ways without actually getting married.