I would love to be a friend with my counselor if he wasn't my counselor.

I don't think I would know how. I've never known a relationship with a male person that I didn't think something was expected of me. Yes. In that way.

It would be so amazingly freeing and healing to have a relationship with a male person and just be friends. What would it be like to have a real relationship with a male friend who didn't expect anything sexual in return? I have no idea.

I believe I'm learning a piece of it with my counselor.

It's a good question. I'll pass it on

Same question.