Friendship between a man and a woman is an impossible thing: between them there can be passion, enmity, adoration, love, but not friendship.
Oscar Wilde.
According to research by sociologists and psychologists, friendship between the sexes exists. But there is so little of it that not many can meet it. My problem was a lack of understanding of the rules and boundaries of friendship between a man and a woman. Yes. Now I know, such friendship exists, but it comes with labor. And this friendship is based on the fact that at least one of the friends perceives the other as an asexual subspecies of a person. And to be honest, there cannot be absolutely asexual relationships between individuals of different sexes. Don't believe me? Take your best “friend” of the opposite sex and have a good drink. And I’m sure that some of you at some point will catch yourself thinking “he’s cute.” Once you catch yourself thinking this, the whole theory is about the impossibility of friendship between proven by man and woman.
Many of my friends who created strong families began their relationships with friendship. And this is not surprising! In order for friendship between a man and a woman to remain friendship, significant efforts must be made.