Can Men and Women Just Be Friends?

This is the question that runs through Nora Ephron's classic 'When Harry Met Sally.' What a film! I have watched this film for the first time tonight and who knew that Ephron has answered the singular most important question all in 90 minutes. Can men and women just be friends? The answer is no. Of course they can't, how can they when sex is the issue. Harry and Sally try this friendship and for 12 years on and off they become exceptionally very good friends however as with all chick flicks, the happy ending is that inevitably the two of them end up together. Take 'The Mirror Has Two Faces' another film where Jeff Bridges doesn't want sex to ruin the relationship he has with Barbra Streisand. But of course it does! Sexual attraction between the two tears them apart and then brings them back together. Men and women are two different kinds of species where being 'just friends' is simply not an option. People try it and some are successful however how would you feel if your really into a guy who has a best friend who is a girl. Would you not be wary? Sceptical? And if you were the best friend would you not question her every move? Worry if she's good enough for him? Men and women are not made to be friends they are made to be partners. It is simple yet complex. It is a question yet to be answered, a mystery yet to be solved. Will it ever work and more importantly will we ever know?

'When Harry Met Sally' is a great film and there are some great funny scenes (the classic orgasim Meg Ryan gives in the coffee shop is hiliarious). Nora Ephron is one of my favourite comedians and directors as we all know 'Julia and Julia' is what has inspired me to start this blog.

I read this quote quite sometime ago and it has stuck with me ever since and I regret never writing down you wrote it. 'Stuck between the hope and the doubt you get so close to clarity, making you question everything.'
How very true!