Will you refuse a girl if...............

[Ghost14]

Re: Will you refuse a girl if…

@Sehrysh

And assumption of remaining in saat parda with limited interaction with the opposite gender also doesn’t completely remove the possibility of infidelity.

Here’s the thing, I’m not disagreeing with the idea that interaction with the opposite gender needs to be balanced carefully and that certain interaction is either on its face inappropriate or is a recipe for disaster.

All I’m saying is that platonic friendships between guys and girls is possible and shouldn’t be a conclusion of a bad character of either of a person.

No one is talking about avoiding the opposite sex, and suggesting that is misleading. We’re clearly talking about specific people, who you are not married to, whom you spend a significant amount of time with. And I did state, repeatedly, that platonic friendships are possible but require some careful boundaries. I also stated that having a platonic friend should not be taken as a slight on someone’s character.

My replies have been to people who would deny that boundaries aren’t needed, and that male-female friendships are no different from same sex friendships.

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Said that like 2 pages ago but yes. At the same time, avoiding same opposite sex friendships is within the bounds of Islam. I am not religious at all, and I’m surprised that, since most of you are, I have to be the one advocating for people who want to do so, without being called dinosaurs.

The only issue I take is with the religious insulting people who do have platonic friendships.