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139 - The Friendship Cure

You Are Not So Smart

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Can Men and Women Be Friends?

A lot of people say that if you fancy the other person, it's not possible to be friends with them. But one of my favorite studies was this one from America where basically the researchers were shocked by their own findings. They spoke to a number of different male female best friends who had slept together in college. For a lot of people they spoke to, the sex actually improved the friendship after. Platonic friendship is an active rebellion between two beautiful people who don't need an evolutionary reason to hang out.

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