When Harry Met Sally...

Recent BS (or experience depending on how you look at it) has had me thinking about "friendships". The scene below from "When Harry Met Sally" comes to mind. Before Carrie Bradshaw had something to say about relationships, Meg Ryan starred in a few romantic comedies and sometimes she wasn't annoying. Sometimes she was even involved in memorable conversations.

So, can men and women be friends? I personally think so but evidence doesn't always suggest it. Anyway, Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan tried to answer that question in 1989. I was 10 years old and didn't realize the significance of the question nor the difficulty that would ensue when I tried to come up with and live with the answer myself.

Harry Burns: You realize of course that we could never be friends.
Sally Albright: Why not?
Harry Burns: What I'm saying is - and this is not a come-on in any way, shape or form - is that men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way.
Sally Albright: That's not true. I have a number of men friends and there is no sex involved.
Harry Burns: No you don't.
Sally Albright: Yes I do.
Harry Burns: No you don't.
Sally Albright: Yes I do.
Harry Burns: You only think you do.
Sally Albright: You say I'm having sex with these men without my knowledge?
Harry Burns: No, what I'm saying is they all WANT to have sex with you.
Sally Albright: They do not.
Harry Burns: Do too.
Sally Albright: They do not.
Harry Burns: Do too.
Sally Albright: How do you know?
Harry Burns: Because no man can be friends with a woman that he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her.
Sally Albright: So, you're saying that a man can be friends with a woman he finds unattractive?
Harry Burns: No. You pretty much want to nail 'em too.
Sally Albright: What if THEY don't want to have sex with YOU?
Harry Burns: Doesn't matter because the sex thing is already out there so the friendship is ultimately doomed and that is the end of the story.
Sally Albright: Well, I guess we're not going to be friends then.
Harry Burns: I guess not.
Sally Albright: That's too bad. You were the only person I knew in New York.

If I gain any more insight than that, I'll let you folks who read this know. For now, the answer I have is yes, but in some cases only if they are not totally honest with each other. The honesty I'm referring to means that Harry is right and changes the answer to a no.