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href="http://www.gurl.com/2013/01/09/can-men-and-women-be-friends/" target="_blank">a new study</a> that said it&#8217;s <strong>not likely</strong> that &#8220;just friends&#8221; can be a thing, I really enjoyed reading your responses as some <strong>disagreed</strong> with what we wrote and some of you shared your own feelings and experiences. Thinking about our friends who become our <strong>crushes</strong> or who get a crush on us is still something that many of us will go through at one point or another, so for this week&#8217;s comments, I wanted to highlight what you guys were thinking about <strong>platonic relationships</strong>!</p><p><strong>All from</strong> <a
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href="http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-114352873/stock-photo-woman-speaking.html?src=csl_recent_image-1">Source: Shutterstock.com</a></p></div><p><strong>Do you have an opinion on the &#8220;Can guys and girls be friends?&#8221; debate? Have you ever dealt with having a crush on one of your guy friends? What about one of your guy friends having a crush on you? How did you handle it? Tell us in the <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.gurl.com/?p=78811</guid> <description><![CDATA[This week we asked the question, &#8220;Can guys and girls be just friends?&#8221; and boy did you guys answer. You all had a lot to say about whether or not boy-girl relationships would always end with someone falling for the other person. Many of you gave a resounding, &#8220;YES!&#8221; while some of you think it&#8217;s &#8230; <a
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href="http://www.gurl.com/2012/09/02/platonic-relationship/">we asked the question</a>, &#8220;Can guys and girls be just friends?&#8221; and boy did you guys <strong>answer</strong>. You all had <strong>a lot to say</strong> about whether or not <strong>boy-girl</strong> relationships would always end with someone falling for the other person. Many of you gave a resounding, &#8220;YES!&#8221; while some of you think it&#8217;s basically impossible. As usual, your comments were interesting, funny, <strong>no bull</strong> and gave the Gurl editors a little taste of who you are.</p><div
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