A Nigerian lady identified as Mary Ani has shared her experience to argue that genuine platonic friendships between men and women are possible.
“I remember when I was in uni and had accommodation issues. I ended up staying with my male friend for over six months. To this day, people don’t believe me when I tell them nothing happened between us. And mind you, it was a self-con space. That’s to say we sh@r£d a b£d. He never crossed the boundary, not even by mistake.
There was never an inappr0pr!ate comment, tor*ch, or adv**ance of any kind. And yes, he had a girlfriend who came around occasionally. I stayed there for over six months and left with our friendship intact. So if someone asks me today, if a man and a woman can be just friends, my answer would be absolutely yes, because I have lived it.
But if you ask someone else, maybe they’ll tell you it’s impossible and in most cases that answer says a lot about who they are than about what is actually possible the reason most people believe that men and women cannot have platonic friendship is because they cannot have a friend without throwing themselves or making adva**nces at so they project their fears their limitation their experiences onto others it’s as simple as that….”
