Can straight married men and women be friends? I went on a quest to find out
LA TimesLast fall I met a guy. Had I unconsciously accepted the old adage from “When Harry Met Sally” that men and women can’t be friends because “the sex part always gets in the way”? “You don’t know what the great benefits are going to be of the friendship — maybe you guys have chemistry and can be best friends, but immediately the road blocks are apparent,” Krems said. “Women in particular tend to make mom friends, and it’s just safer to go out with other couples.” But then there’s Kendra Schussel, an environmental consultant in Burbank, and one of the few women I talked to who had developed an independent friendship with a straight married guy while in her 40s. “I realize this is wildly unusual and I’m so grateful for this friendship.” Schussel is proof that hetero opposite sex relationships are possible, but she has boundaries too.
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