Can men and women ever really be just friends?. It’s the age-old question and a dynamic that can cause issues in a relationship. Is your partner and their bff really platonic? Or, given the chance, do they want to be something more?. Dylan*, 30, thought he had the ideal arrangement. His wife, Emily* had always been totally fine about his female best-friend, Angie*. In fact, she was the ‘grooms woman’ at their wedding, and even introduced Dylan and Emily nine years ago.
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But this all changed when Dylan announced his plans to take Angie on a special trip to her ‘favourite’ F1 race, splashing out on expensive tickets and flights, while leaving, Emily* at home alone. Dylan said: ‘I’ve been friends with Angie since we were 15 years old. When we were still teenagers, she picked up smoking from her friends, but she didn’t do it much and said she knew the risks and wanted to stop.
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‘As an encouragement to get her to quit I made a deal with her. We both share a love of cars and motorsports, so the deal was that if she never picked up a cigarette again, I would fly us out to and get grandstand tickets for her favourite F1 race.’.
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He added that his wife has always known about this pact and even said it was ‘wholesome’. So, in September, 15 years on from their original deal, Dylan finally had the ‘money and time’ to book the trip. ‘I had always thought it was known that the trip was going to be just me and Angie as per the deal we made ages ago,’ he explained on Reddit. ‘I mentioned [it] and my wife had zero problems with it.
