h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I think it's quite possible to have friendships where both friends are sexually attracted to the other. One of my best (male) friends and I have also made it quite clear that we find each other asexually ttractive, but that doesn't stop us being firm friends that would go out of each other's way to help the other on the basis of being friends rather than on the basis that 'if I do this for them it might might impress them'.

That's actually the reason why I asked this question. I have some female friends, who actually are attractive. I'm not sure I as a person would be good at handling that. I don't like the idea of me getting too horny and ending up hitting on them or similar. I don't want to get sexually involved with them, and wonder if I have the self-restraint to not do it if I was to get drunk or such.
And also wondering wether a friendship like that is bound to end up with one of them liking the other as more, possible relationship and then them breaking up and not speaking anymore.

To answer KerrAvons comment, I for one consider there to be more difference between a female friend and a girlfriend than wether you find them sexually attractive. But I know others on here who think otherwise.

Hard subject.

If we see everyone as equal as a person, so there probably isn't any confusion in friendships between men and women.

But we have a gender different biology, diferent brain pattern also. So such relationships are difficult to be 100% innocent. Think that we make friends of people we like, be it by their similarity of goals, be it by their physical capability to perform the same day routine with us, or in case of relationships between men and women, be it by their physical appeal...

My opinion is that anyone can be a friend of another. Some friendships between gender may, however, progress for more than that. Afterall the flesh is week...

I think it is quite possible to have friendships that are cross gender. I have several, some where I am attracted to girls on some level, and others where I am not.

I assume (perhaps arrogantly ) that from time to time some of my female friends have at times been attracted to me on some level as well.

However I think (from experience) that it is impossible to have any kind of a "proper" freindship where you have an "un-requited love" situation.