Can men and women truly be platonic friends?

While my immediate answer is ‘yes,’ attraction level is the barrier

Shamontiel L. Vaughn
We Need to Talk
Published in
9 min readJul 20, 2020
Photo credit: Nappy/Pexels

“For someone so book smart, you’re incredibly naive,” he told me. “Men and women can never be friends. If a man is friends with a woman, it’s only for as long as he’s with another woman.”

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Shamontiel L. Vaughn
We Need to Talk

When I'm not writing about news, politics and relationships on "We Need to Talk" or cracking jokes on "Tickled," find me on Substack. Visit Shamontiel.com