do guts really hate....

This topic was created in the Miscellaneous forum by sabrina on Monday, May 12, 2003 and has 12 replies.

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@sabrina
21 Years

do guys really hate it when us girls
refer to them as "friends" even though
they may have used this word to
describe us at certain times, I mean you know socially?Is it a sensitive word
or does it have no effect on them.
Once you throw that word out can you
be more than friends later? anybody out
there?
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@phoenix_rising
21 Years5,000+ Posts
You can certainly be more than friends even if you've already referred to him as your friend. Why couldn't you? And what's good for the goose is good for the gander. Meaning: if he's referred to you around other people as only his friend when both of you know there's more to it than that, then I would most definitely MAKE SURE to ONLY refer to HIM as a friend around others. I usually don't even introduce people as "my friend" so-and-so. I usually just say, "this is Mark" or something. Because it really isn't your responsibility to label your relationship for the benefit of anyone else. Only label it if both of you want to.

It would only be mean and insensitive to call a guy your friend if both of you know you're more than friends AND you've agreed to share this fact with the rest of the world mutually.
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@james tate
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How do you say something different. If I say this is phoenix in a crowd of people I know then,the people know she is with me. Or at least I think they do. If I say this is my friend phoenix it adds something to the situation.It adds import to phoenix. What else do you say ? unless you are living together or something. Then do you say this is my room mate phoenix? This is tough. This is phoenix the woman im humping. Body lang will give it away most people who are a couple over here have a way of marking there turf. example men over here put there hand on there betterhalfs ass a lot that means Im doing her stay away.
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@Morganofmind
21 Years1,000+ Posts
lol...

I simply stay away from introducing people, or if I do, I introduce them as: "this is Mark, some loser who just happens to know me by accident". That way, we don't have to think about the relationship's name (even though I never really thought about having a problem calling someone I know a friend, usually if I know your name, you're either automatically put in the catagory of friend or enemy), and who cares, it's just a joke, hopefully the guy isn't overly sensitive, in which case, he can introduce himself. It puts the guy in his place too. 😛
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@james tate
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I luv you morgan and you are so right on. We should do a string on introducing people. Hello this is morgan we are friends on a intellectual level and not to be incogitant this is Den Im treetrunking her.
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@phoenix_rising
21 Years5,000+ Posts
lol james, guys do that here, too. What is that? It sort of makes me think of the "Friends" episode where Ross is jealous of Rachel's male coworker and he's freaking out, sending flowers and stuffed animals to her work to get the point across to the other guy, and Rachel finally says, "god Ross, why don't you just pee all around my desk!"
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@james tate
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O.K. phoenix it is now heather but you know I would rather pat phoenix on the ass. As for marking your turf like a dog I will bring this up at the oub tonight should get some interesting rersults. Thanks for the Idea.