Playing with fire is when you don't place boundaries around your friends of the opposite sex or when your friends of the opposite sex do not respect your relationship.
Boundaries should be placed on any friend of the opposite sex and isn't reserved for just attractive friends.
You know when you are playing with fire when you start hiding activities that you and your friend do from your significant other.
For example, having lunch with a friend of the opposite sex and the conversation is very general, not sexual and you are not complaining about your significant other is all right. When the conversation turns to sexual topics and you start complaining about your significant other, then you are playing with fire.
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Originally posted by stoplook_listen
I am curious. If you have a friendship with a female that is similar to your friendships w/ your guys (except she's a female), would that be considered "playing w/ fire?"
Can boundaries be laid and enforced w/ attractive female friends or, is it only cool to be friends w/ unattractive women?
Do women feel threatened by them? I know most men feel threatened by "male" friends cause we know how alot of men "are". Conversely, I know many females who are able to be just friends w/ a guy without having the mentality that if he ever came on to her, she'd sex him. I don't mean to make generalizations, but for the most part this seems to hold true.
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