Lovers or friends...or both?????

This is the age old question...can men and women really be just friends? My opinion is yes! but I can almost guarantee that at one point in time on person is going to want to take it there. I think this happens because we as humans we love to be comfortable and if you are in bad relationship your friends help you get through it. But what happens when it is a person of the opposite sex? I say you may start to develop feelings for them because you will see them as the one good man/woman left. For example if your man is trippin and you cant seem to make him understand where you are coming from but you call up your guy friend and he listens to you and makes you feel better you gotta kind of think to yourself that maybe just maybe he is the only one that understands you. And this also works vice verse if your a man and your girlfriend cheats on you, then you call up your good friend that happens to be a woman. And she is on the phone telling you that your such a great guy and that she was stupid to hurt you. As a man you might start to see her as a loyal and true woman. This is not in all cases I have been best friends with my man friend since 3rd grade. We would never cross that line. because our friendship means to much to us. Its never ran through my head to be intimate with him however i have thought about finding a man like him. So it is possible to be friends with someone from the opposite sex. But don't sell yourself short if you feel feelings for your friend tell them how you feel you never know the feeling might be mutual and who better to be lovers with than a friend!