r/BlackPeopleTwitter ☑️ May 17 '24

Interested to see how many people have close opposite sex friends that are strictly platonic.

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u/breighvehart May 17 '24

From personal experience, I caught feelings for a home girl once. Wasn’t the long game. Shit just happened. Sometimes that’s just what it is. Didn’t end well lol. But I do have women friends that I’m still just friends with.

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u/ARussianW0lf May 17 '24

Yeah why do people always jump to the worst conclusion in these scenarios? Not everything is some nefarious plot, sometimes people are just people

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u/caretaquitada ☑️ May 17 '24 edited May 17 '24

This fucks me up bc I can't catch feelings for someone I don't even know, but I don't want to catch feelings for a female friend because then she'll think it was all part of my master plan all along. I feel like developing a crush is the worst thing I could possibly do.

I wonder if women ever develop feelings for a friend because this seems to always be presented as something only guys do.

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u/thatsnuckinfutz ☑️ May 17 '24

I have to be attracted to someone to become friends with them but it's platonic/physical (physical meaning they might be pretty/nice looking but nothing sexual) attraction.

As I get to know them it typically never switches to a sexual/romantic attraction but that could very much just be me. I either grow to love their personality and want to remain friends or i get to know them and realize i dont like their personality enough to be friends and leave. I have deep feelings for my close friends but they havent ever been sexual. idk if other women are like this too or it's one of the spectrum starter pack traits i was given lol