# Single Straight Men - would you sleep with your female friends if they asked you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 11, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-straight-men-would-you-sleep-with-your-female-friends-if-they-asked-you/524562 "2010-01-11T21:44:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-straight-men-would-you-sleep-with-your-female-friends-if-they-asked-you/524562/61 "2010-01-14T09:52:14Z")
Back when I was single, I said no several times to several female friends, for an assortment of reasons. None of these reasons seem particularly sound to me now. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-straight-men-would-you-sleep-with-your-female-friends-if-they-asked-you/524562/62 "2010-01-14T16:20:49Z")
> [@rhubarbarin](#): > > This poll is why I don’t have straight male friends. I’m just not comfortable being ‘friends’ with someone who desires me sexually. A friendship to me is a relationship totally void of any sexual tension. I think a little bit of sexual tension is kinda cool. We may be monogamous, but we’re still alive! ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-straight-men-would-you-sleep-with-your-female-friends-if-they-asked-you/524562/63 "2010-01-14T16:36:23Z")
When duty calls. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-straight-men-would-you-sleep-with-your-female-friends-if-they-asked-you/524562/64 "2010-01-14T16:49:13Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > You generally like the person, you’re attracted to them, and you don’t owe them anything afterward I’m not great in the sack, I’d owe them a lot. If I liked them, I’d spare them the tedium and embarrassment 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-straight-men-would-you-sleep-with-your-female-friends-if-they-asked-you/524562/65 "2010-01-14T16:51:31Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > I think a little bit of sexual tension is kinda cool. We may be monogamous, but we’re still alive! Me too - I rather think it adds spice to life. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-straight-men-would-you-sleep-with-your-female-friends-if-they-asked-you/524562/66 "2010-01-14T21:08:43Z")
I voted yes, but my female friends tend to fall into two categories: very, very attractive; and not attractive at all. Generally the first group are chicks I tried to pick up, who became friends. Generally the latter group are chicks I just became friends with naturally. I’d probably have a tough time becoming friends with a girl I found attractive without trying to hook up with her first. Now that I’m engaged, I don’t really meet any new people anyway so it’s not a problem. > [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > Hah. I was just thinking while reading this thread that most of my guy friends have tried to sleep with me at some point. Well, you’re not exactly _average_, dear. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-straight-men-would-you-sleep-with-your-female-friends-if-they-asked-you/524562.md?page=3)