What is and isn't acceptable for friendship if one party is in a monogomas relationship

Kissing a female friend seems a bit... far. I mean maybe one of those greeting kisses but it better have 0.5 nanosecond contact duration. Hugging, yeah I guess, if they need it. But if you are constantly hugging and kissing them you might as well be going out.

Of course this is my INFJ perspective and what I would do. I know a lot of people who are friends and they have lots of physical contact like that.

 

You don't kiss someone of the gender you're interested in if you're in a relationship with someone. Especially if they're an ex.

 

Totally not okay. A cuddle here or there, I guess I can see that, but pecks on the lips? Hell no. That's just strange someone would think that's okay.

 

Uh, no. To me, any sort of kiss on the lips is a fairly intimate gesture, and should be reserved for people in an intimate, romantic relationship.

Cuddling, on the other hand, can be a gray area between two friends of the opposite sex. I don't think there are any definitive rules or guidelines that can be offered here. The way I see it, if you're watching a movie and you're leaning up against one another, that's still okay where friendship is concerned. But if you're going out of your way to full out cuddle with the other person, or spooning in a bed, that's definitely crossing some sort of line.

I think if your ex is arguing that its okay for you two to behave like this, I get the feeling that he's not quite over whatever you two had... It's not that he wants to get back together, mind you; he just might miss that "comfort" aspect of the relationship.

 

my sentiments exactly

 

Well, I wouldn't kiss or cuddle another man if I was content with my romantical man. But I hug my guy friends and stuff.

When I answered this, I mostly thought about the guy I am dating now, and how I would feel if he cuddled and kissed friends who were women. He has many female friends, and I've seen him kiss one of them (before we were actually together, though.)

To be honest, it'd bother the hell out of me.. but if it was non-sexual I'd have to deal with it if that's the way he wants to express himself.

 

I'd say hugging is OK, kissing and cuddling, definitely not OK.

Compounded by ex status, it's not OK at all IMO. I wouldn't go past a handshake with an ex myself unless it was a time of grief.

 

It seems fine to me.

In fact, I've probably done that before. I'm not sure. I didn't ask them if they were single or not.

 

Hugging is fine. And that's where it ends. Although, my ex didn't seem to mind me kissing girls. Lol.

 

That sounds like a double standard. You can kiss girls, but not guys because I'm a guy and you're in a relationship with me.

 

I didn't say it made sense.

 

Ah.

 

Does make sense kinda.

Guys want the threesome. They don't want to be cuckolded.

 

It's sexist.

Spose' if you want complete freedom, date someone who is bi. They won't care AT ALL.

 

I fully agree Take for example friends. In other words someone not of the gender you're interested in.

Although, when being in a relationship one could think that one should not need the urge to kiss other people...

 

What is appropriate in a friendship outside a monogamous relationship is largely defined by the romantic relationship. There are a few rare people out there who have no feelings of jealousy and who might be sincerely okay with something like you describe, but that would be the exception more than the rule. The primary issue is to have enough respect for the monogamous friend's romantic partner to care and respond to how they feel about something like that.