I feel like if you’re just friends, you can still get all of the gf/partner perks without the expectation of doing or playing the part of a gf which is giving them sex Whenever they want, u don’t have to worry about them lying or cheating on you. You’re still close, talk everyday, probably intimate if you hang out together, buy gifts, go on dates. I always randomly feel this way like I want to dress like a man so I won’t have to be thought of playing a part because I have a hole between my legs. I’m literally girly but I’m sometimes exhausted being lusted for. When my guy friends start out as good friendship and then they try to change it into more I honestly feel hurt that I lost a friend.