{"id":126948,"date":"2021-03-05T12:22:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T12:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herway.net\/?p=126948"},"modified":"2022-01-04T15:48:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T15:48:36","slug":"os-homens-e-as-mulheres-nunca-podem-ser-apenas-amigos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herway.net\/pt\/os-homens-e-as-mulheres-nunca-podem-ser-apenas-amigos\/","title":{"rendered":"Homens e mulheres nunca podem ser \"apenas amigos\" (ou podem?)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>As mulheres e os homens podem ser \"apenas amigos\"? \u00c9 poss\u00edvel ter uma rapariga ou um rapaz amigo sem acabar por desenvolver sentimentos rom\u00e2nticos por eles?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s something interesting, almost all of my romantic relationships started with that famous saying, <em>\u201cOh, we\u2019re just friends.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lembro-me perfeitamente de outras pessoas me perguntarem sobre aquele rapaz com quem eu costumava passar tanto tempo. Sempre que algu\u00e9m me perguntava se est\u00e1vamos juntos, eu ria-me imediatamente de uma forma sarc\u00e1stica.<\/p>\n<p>I felt in a way offended by others asking me such questions because I couldn\u2019t imagine being in a romantic relationship with him \u2013 my guy best friend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>After some time, I \u201csomehow magically\u201d changed my opinion. <\/strong>Actually, I was scared of myself because I didn\u2019t even know that those feelings existed in me until then.<\/p>\n<p>Nunca tinha sonhado em apaixonar-me pelo meu melhor amigo (repeti esta frase demasiadas vezes na minha cabe\u00e7a).<\/p>\n<p>I wasn\u2019t only mad at myself but at the whole universe for not giving us a chance to be \u201cjust friends\u201d with people of the opposite gender.<\/p>\n<p>But then again, I still have other guy friends with whom I haven\u2019t fallen in love \u201cyet.\u201d I guess the keyword here is the word YET (or maybe not).<\/p>\n<h2>Is it possible for a man and a woman to be \u201cjust friends\u201d without eventually falling for each other?<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-126951 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/woman-talking-2.jpg\" alt=\"mulher a falar com homem sentado ao ar livre\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/woman-talking-2.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/woman-talking-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/woman-talking-2-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/woman-talking-2-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/woman-talking-2-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/woman-talking-2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/woman-talking-2-720x481.jpg 720w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/woman-talking-2-1280x854.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Given that this is a complex matter and there is no right or wrong answer, I\u2019ll just express my personal opinion in the hope that this will help you find an answer or a hypothesis for yourself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My personal opinion is that men and women can be \u201cjust friends,\u201d but chances are that at some point, they will fall for each other.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They say that men are from Mars and women are from Venus. That clich\u00e9 perfectly describes the differences between men and women.<\/p>\n<p>Well, there is probably a reason why we\u2019re so different from each other.<\/p>\n<p>To understand it better, let\u2019s list a few things (read: gender stereotypes) that are characteristic of men and women:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ao contr\u00e1rio dos homens, as mulheres gostam de falar muito.<\/li>\n<li>Ao contr\u00e1rio das mulheres, os homens t\u00eam dificuldade em exprimir os seus sentimentos.<\/li>\n<li>Ao contr\u00e1rio dos homens, as mulheres s\u00e3o mais sens\u00edveis.<\/li>\n<li>Ao contr\u00e1rio das mulheres, os homens gostam de se gabar e de mostrar a sua for\u00e7a e masculinidade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If we look closely at the above list, we can draw some logical conclusions. For example, women like to hang out with men because they don\u2019t talk that much, which means they will listen to them.<\/p>\n<p>Or men like to hang out with women because they are more sensitive, which helps them open up and be vulnerable. You see, the reason why we\u2019re so different is that we\u2019re supposed to complement each other.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Both men and women offer something that the other gender doesn\u2019t. So, yes, it is not only possible to be \u201cjust friends\u201d with the opposite sex, but it is necessary.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/herway.net\/pt\/true-love\/bff\/razoes-melhor-amigo-masculino\/\">Todas as raparigas deviam ter um melhor amigo homem<\/a> e vice-versa.<\/p>\n<p>By surrounding ourselves with different types of people and people from the opposite gender, we learn new perspectives, understanding how the opposite gender functions \u2013 we are evolving.<\/p>\n<h2>No entanto, estas diferen\u00e7as podem tamb\u00e9m atrair-nos a um n\u00edvel mais profundo para o sexo oposto<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-126953 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/couple-eating-ice-cream-1.jpg\" alt=\"homem e mulher a comerem um gelado sentados numa escada\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/couple-eating-ice-cream-1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/couple-eating-ice-cream-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/couple-eating-ice-cream-1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/couple-eating-ice-cream-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/couple-eating-ice-cream-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/couple-eating-ice-cream-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/couple-eating-ice-cream-1-720x481.jpg 720w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/couple-eating-ice-cream-1-1280x854.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sabem tudo um sobre o outro, falam sobre os vossos medos, sonhos, t\u00eam uma extensa lista de piadas internas e sentem que ele \u00e9 a \u00fanica pessoa que vos compreende verdadeiramente.<\/p>\n<p>But you are still \u201cjust friends\u201d with them. Now, the question is: <strong>Durante quanto tempo?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At some point, you might find yourself re-reading their texts before going to sleep, listening to their favorite song on repeat, and fantasizing about being more than \u201cjust friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>A dada altura, pode come\u00e7ar a procurar <a href=\"https:\/\/herway.net\/pt\/amor\/16-sinais-obvios-de-que-o-seu-amigo-esta-apaixonado-por-si\/\">sinais de que o teu amigo sente algo por ti<\/a> (or your girl friend) while still convincing yourself that you haven\u2019t developed romantic feelings for them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Talvez ela ou <a href=\"https:\/\/herway.net\/pt\/amor\/11-sinais-de-que-ele-gosta-de-ti-mais-do-que-uma-amiga-mas-tem-demasiado-medo-de-o-admitir\/\">gosta mais de si do que de um amigo, mas tem demasiado medo de o admitir<\/a>. Talvez ambos sintam o mesmo, mas nenhum de v\u00f3s \u00e9 suficientemente corajoso para o admitir ou falar sobre isso.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t want to ruin your friendship because of something more meaningful you might have in the future. Should I repeat the previous sentence?<\/p>\n<p>Deixem-me dizer-vos uma coisa. A amizade \u00e9 uma das rela\u00e7\u00f5es mais poderosas de todas.<\/p>\n<p>Everything stems from friendship. The greatest relationships have started with two people being \u201cjust friends,\u201d which brings us to another hypothesis:<\/p>\n<h3>Being \u201cjust friends\u201d is sometimes just a bridge to something more meaningful and larger than ourselves.<\/h3>\n<p>Yes, men and women can be \u201cjust friends,\u201d but they can also be more than that. Not every friendship is bound to turn into something more meaningful (romantic), which is totally okay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But sometimes, the reason why you were \u201cjust friends\u201d is that you were meant to evolve and become lovers.<\/strong> O que acontece \u00e9 que as pessoas perdem demasiado tempo a pensar e a definir as coisas.<\/p>\n<p>Why aren\u2019t we be able to do both? Why do people of the opposite gender have to be categorized as either \u201cjust friends\u201d or lovers?<\/p>\n<p>When we stop thinking about it and embrace every possible outcome of a friendship (or the lack of thereof), we\u2019ll stop forcing this unnecessary categorization and unpopular or popular opinion.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m aware that by saying this, I\u2019m directly criticizing my own story, but maybe that was my intention after all; to make a hypothesis in the title and then prove how it can be wrong.<\/p>\n<h2>No entanto, aprender a evitar apaixonar-se por um amigo pode (por vezes) ser um verdadeiro salva-vidas<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-126954 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/couple-sitting-on-rock.jpg\" alt=\"homem e mulher a conversar sentados numa rocha\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/couple-sitting-on-rock.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/couple-sitting-on-rock-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/couple-sitting-on-rock-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/couple-sitting-on-rock-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/couple-sitting-on-rock-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/couple-sitting-on-rock-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/couple-sitting-on-rock-720x481.jpg 720w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/couple-sitting-on-rock-1280x854.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While there\u2019s nothing wrong with you two being more than \u201cjust friends,\u201d still, if you for some reason don\u2019t feel comfortable with that idea, you need to master how to avoid falling in love with your friend.<\/p>\n<p>Permitam-me que comece este mini-guia por dizer que as nossas mentes s\u00e3o verdadeiramente magn\u00edficas. Pode treinar-se para n\u00e3o sentir nada por algu\u00e9m, estabelecendo simplesmente algumas regras b\u00e1sicas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Definam a vossa amizade.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Always remind yourself of why you became friends in the first place. Treat your friend of the opposite gender as your family member so that you\u2019re not tempted to think about them as a potential lover.<\/p>\n<p>Mais importante ainda, continue a sair com outras pessoas e sinta-se \u00e0 vontade para falar sobre outros rapazes ou raparigas sem se preocupar em fazer ci\u00fames ao seu amigo.<\/p>\n<p>Well, your friend shouldn\u2019t be jealous, and you shouldn\u2019t be worrying about that in the first place.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Estabelecer limites.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Avoid holding hands (if you don\u2019t want to be perceived as a legit couple), avoid snuggling intimately, or kissing.<\/p>\n<p>Also, try limiting time spent with them. Remember that they are not, and they should not be your only friend. You\u2019re supposed to hang out with other people as well, go on dates, and so on.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Passar o tempo em grupos em vez de apenas um a um.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Passar o tempo apenas com uma pessoa pode ser um h\u00e1bito arriscado. Em vez disso, tente passar tempo em grupos, incluindo tamb\u00e9m os seus outros amigos.<\/p>\n<p>O objetivo aqui \u00e9 evitar estar demasiado concentrado neles ou estabelecer uma liga\u00e7\u00e3o apenas com eles.<\/p>\n<p>Se o seu amigo continuar a preferir estar s\u00f3 a s\u00f3s, n\u00e3o hesite em inventar desculpas. Al\u00e9m disso, quando estiver a passar tempo a s\u00f3s, prefira locais p\u00fablicos em vez do seu apartamento.<\/p>\n<p>We all know what it means when someone invites you to dinner at their place. If you add wine to the equation, there you have it: From being \u201cjust friends\u201d to lovers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Encontrar distrac\u00e7\u00f5es.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you notice that you\u2019re catching feelings for them, it\u2019s important to find distractions and surround yourself with other people.<\/p>\n<p>Decrease the amount of time spent with them, go for a walk (without them!), draw something, watch TV shows, go for a drink with some of your friends you haven\u2019t seen in a while.<\/p>\n<p>By distracting yourself, you\u2019ll protect yourself from developing even more feelings for them.<\/p>\n<p>Still, if you notice that it is impossible to distract yourself from thinking about them, you might as well tell them how you feel (but only if you\u2019re ready to become something more).<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cA guy and a girl can be just friends, but at one point or another, they will fall for each other&#8230; Maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too late, or maybe forever.\u201d \u2013 Dave Matthews<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-126956 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/woman-smiling.jpg\" alt=\"mulher com cabelo encaracolado a sorrir enquanto olha para um homem\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/woman-smiling.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/woman-smiling-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/woman-smiling-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/woman-smiling-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/woman-smiling-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/woman-smiling-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/woman-smiling-720x481.jpg 720w, https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/woman-smiling-1280x854.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A friendship is a promise that you\u2019ll always be there for each other no matter what. That promise sometimes evolves into deeper feelings followed by a romantic relationship.<\/p>\n<p>A guy and a girl can be \u201cjust friends&#8221; and time will show if they were meant to be something more than that.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can women and men be \u201cjust friends\u201d? Is it possible to have a girl friend or a guy friend without eventually developing romantic feelings for them? Here\u2019s something interesting, almost all of my romantic relationships started with that famous saying, \u201cOh, we\u2019re just friends.\u201d I vividly remember other people asking me about that one guy&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":126950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29624],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-friends-and-family"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":29624,"label":"friends&amp;family"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/herway.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Men-And-Women-Can-Never-Be-Just-Friends-Or-Can-They_-1024x684.jpg",1024,684,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Amy Nicholson","author_link":"https:\/\/herway.net\/pt\/author\/amy\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":29624,"name":"friends&amp;family","slug":"friends-and-family","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":29624,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Do you want to improve your relationship with friends and family? 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