Can gay men have gay best friends ?
Monday, November 17, 2008

Can gay men really just be good friends with other gay men and just leave it alone at that...and just remain great friends ? Well, we've all seen the movie "When Harry met Sally" which asked the question of whether or not a straight man can be "just best friends" with a straight woman and we know from watching that movie that it just wasn't possible.
From my experience if I'm really getting along well with another gay man, I often end up being attracted to them and then, well I guess you can figure out what that leads to. Some of my gay friends are men that I'm just not sexually attracted too so its usually not a problem. On the other hand, one of those gay friends that I'm not attracted too, would like to become more than just friends.
I also have a couple of really good looking gay friends who I am attracted to, but we've both decided to keep it as just that...friends. Why ? Well sometimes friends are more important than lovers...especially if you know it's not something that would work out anyways because you both know your not a good match. The problem with that though is, there is always that attraction thing going on and well, is that really a real true friend relationship or not ?
Friends are two people who are not sexually attracted to each other...right?
This has happens to gay men all the time, the "When Harry met Sally" problem. I wonder how a remake of this film with the twist of "When Harry met John" would turn out ?
Do you think it's possible for gay men to have really close gay friend relationships ?
Is it possible for a straight man and a straight woman, (or any of these similar type scenarios) to be great friends?
