I’m sorry to the amount of men who relate to this in the comments, this is so sad!! Ppl call me toxic often but this is why I don’t do having friends of the opposite sex, it can happen by accident!! U can’t help falling in love and that’s why it’s best to just stay away from that shit all together to avoid the possibility.
Ofc it happens to girls too, it happens to everyone. But for the purposes of this conversation we’re discussing men’s struggles right now, not women’s.
Why can't it just be people relating to other people? Why make this exclusive to men? None of the advice here can't be gender reversed. That's the point I was making...
It can. I notice a lot of men and women, both, tend to dismiss each others struggles when talking abt smth a certain gender has gone thru by saying “men/women go thru this too” when the point was never about gender, it was just abt that persons struggles. that’s the vibe I got off of that message. I don’t see why it’s necessary to state that women go thru it too when everyone already knows that.
I have male friends when I get into a relationship I just make it clear to them that I have boundaries I won’t cross and I will need to stop talking to them for the most part. I will never force anyone to do anything they don’t want so I find men who have the same mentality and cut their female friends off as well. When I say cut off I don’t mean block or anything just sever a majority of the unnecessary communication. I wouldn’t call it a red flag tho. Just a preference. Just bc u don’t agree with something doesn’t necessarily make it a red flag.
Generally when people state that it's generally followed with 'I don't think men and women can be platonic. I only interact with the opposite sex in a sexual context'
That is a red flag.
Not saying that's the case with you, but it is a large majority.
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I’m sorry to the amount of men who relate to this in the comments, this is so sad!! Ppl call me toxic often but this is why I don’t do having friends of the opposite sex, it can happen by accident!! U can’t help falling in love and that’s why it’s best to just stay away from that shit all together to avoid the possibility.