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" It&amp;#039;s been a few weeks since my breakup with Robbie, and I&amp;#039;ve started to notice that my guy friends have been texting me to hang out more than they used to. Is it just a coincidence? I love hanging out with my guy friends, but I&amp;#039;m starting to wonder if they have ulterior motives, if you know what I mean. Last week, my ex was criticizing me for hanging out with his guy friends. I defensively argued that girls and guys can be &amp;quot;just friends.&amp;quot; Now, I&amp;#039;m wondering if he was right. Why do I suddenly find more guys in my life? Take my birthday for example: Many of my close girl friends disappointed me by saying they couldn&amp;#039;t find a ride or had forgotten we made plans. Realistically, they were just too lazy or didn&amp;#039;t make my birthday a priority. But most of my guy friends made my birthday super special. My friend Christian gave me a box of chocolates, saying he knew it had been a rough few weeks for me. Another one of my guy friends gave me a ride to the animal shelter when I wanted to go play with kittens to cheer myself up. And my friend Ben bought me dinner! All of these gestures are so incredibly sweet, but if a platonic friendship is all these guys are after, would they really put in this much effort? Call me jaded, but I just find it hard to believe. But maybe they are just being nice. That is part of the reason why I&amp;#039;m friends with them in the first place! After having one guy in my life for so long I think I need a crash course on platonic guy-girl friendships. What are your thoughts? Share &amp;#039;em in the comments\u2014I&amp;#039;d love to hear what you have to say! Isabelle :) Isabelle blogs about dating every Thursday for Seventeen. Read last week&amp;#039;s post here! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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