Can we ever be just friends?

It depends. I'm generally friendly with everyone, which means being friendly girls I don't necessarily find attractive. In that case, yes, a guy and a girl can be just friends.

Obvious answer is no. Being imperfect in terms of friendship is what I consider being best friends all about. There are some friends who, when you get in a fight with them, stop talking to you and you stop being close. Best friends are people who you can fight with multiple times, and still remain friends through and through, among other qualities.

I think so, but its very unlikely. You have to remain friends. Which means no attraction. Ever.

Also this .

 

Well, I recently found a friend of the opposite sex who I can talk to about anything including my love life and my own problems, and he knows he can do the same to me. Also, our frienship seems to involve a lot of hugging/linking arms and sometimes maybe even holding hands, but to us I'm pretty sure it makes no difference if I was a guy or a girl.
So yes, I think that you can be best friends with someone of the opposite sex.
Even if one of you has a crush on the other, if you're completely honest with each other and can tell them then, sorry but, there's no way you guys can be "just friends" any longer.
I think it generally depends on the type of people in the friendship.

 

I think that perfect friendships can result in opposite sexes having the same interests...
Perhaps there has been much stereotypes and garbage filled within our heads to allow us not to think clearly about these kinds of things..

This thread brings up many good points on which I agree with...I can't really think of anything to say..

 

That's not fair. Friendship is not about never being attracted to someone; it's about your preferred relationship and conduct with a person. If you experience that attraction, but never act on it because you feel the attractee makes a better friend than lover, then what exactly would you call that?

 

Well I guess I should have rephrased that, but you call that heartache. Think about it. If you do end up in said situation (where you feel that your makes a better friend than lover) it'll only bring you pain wouldn't it? Restraining yourself for the sake of remaining ironically close? I sort of think that defies a perfect best friend having a limit on a relationship like that.