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There are a number of issues that always cause fierce debate. For example, there are many points of view about whether there is a real friendship between members of different sexes. Psychologist Mikhail Labkovsky writes in his Telegram channel that friendship between a man and a woman is indeed possible, but there are several important nuances.
At the same time, he emphasized that sometimes relationships between representatives of different sexes can be called friendly in words, but in reality they cannot be.
There are two common situations: the friend zone and the “privileged” friendship.
In the first case, as a rule, a man is in love with a woman and wants her to become his partner, and that is the only reason why he begins to be friends with her. And the woman at the same time quite sincerely sees in him only a friend. As a result, such a man is in for a severe disappointment.
What to do to avoid being in such an ugly situation? The psychologist advises immediately to tell the object of his sympathy about feelings. If you hear that they are not mutual, the communication will have to be cut off.
In “privileged” friendships, two people agree to have sex, but not to enter into a relationship and have no obligations to each other. For men, this alignment, as a rule, is very convenient – he can have countless such “girlfriends”. But for a woman, this situation is often less convenient: there is a risk that at some point she will wish their relationship to develop further. Playing such “friends” is beneficial for a man and disadvantageous for a woman. It is better for her to run away from such a “friend” as soon as possible.
Labkovsky added that the main rule in any relationship is to respect yourself and not let anyone take advantage of you. If you don’t like something, it’s better to pronounce your claims as clearly and directly as possible – with words through your mouth, in a respectful conversation.
According to him, if a man and a woman are really not interested in each other in a romantic way, friendship between them is quite possible.
Source: Rosbalt
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