Ladies: Get over the damaging idea that you can’t have platonic relationships with men. Men: Work on being a good, platonic friend to women in your life. Don’t cross boundaries.

These friendships are some of the most fruitful and redeeming of my life.

Ladies: In our (good) desire to be wanted, we must get better at keeping our own boundaries with our male friends. If you flirt, he isn’t just your friend anymore.

Men: In your (good) desire to be wanted, you must get better at keeping your own boundaries with your female friends. If you joke about being “friend zoned” or let your friends joke about it, she isn’t just your friend anymore

Honesty & transparency are how you keep this healthy