Can we be friends when we attract each other

I am going trough divorce righ now and i have been under a lot of stress and pain cause of it.My husband was cheating on me. Now I try to move on, i have new friends and have accpeted my life as it is. The ting is that one male friend told me that he likes me and he would like to be more then a friend.I feel like i need this kind of attention to cover my wounds of the broken marriage,but he is just a wrong person He is an young african who is working as a doctor. I like the way he looks but i dont want anyting more since he is married and a father of 3 children. I really think he is smart ,charming and I like being with him.His wife lives in Ireland and he is very lonely.
Last week he tried to kiss me and I pushed him away , and explained that I dont want him to kiss me cause i see him as a friend. Deep in me i wanted to be kissed but i know that it would not be a good idea,cause he has a wife and children.I am not racist and dont mind that he is african.
He accepted that we are friends only and he will never try to kiss me again ...
What should i do? Do i give it a try? DO you believe a man and a woman that atract each other can be friends?
i keep thinking about the kiss ( i missed) and on the other side i dont want to miss him as a friend.
Thanks for reading this and hope you have some advice for me
Hugs -Ida.

Yes you can

I HAVE A BEST FRIEND CALLEIAN WE WER FRIENDS THEN LOVERS DIDENT WORK BACK TO FRIENDS WE ARE VERY ATTRACTED TO EACH OTHER BUT THATS WHAT IS DRAW THE LINE DONT CROSS IT AND KEEP YOUR FRIEND I WAS LUCKY I DID

Be careful

Be careful, you could jump out of the frying pan into the fire! I think it's better for you not to complicate your life anymore.

Now you're alone and sad, you shouldn't put yourself in such a situation.

Go out with other friends, live your life and try not to have relationships with married men, cause you could suffer even more than you do now.

Ooops ida i clicked on the wrong button i thought u were karma sutra positions

Is this Karm the same thing what all the other Boooooooooooodists go on about?

Hey

hey,
i think you did the right thing. the hardest thing is normally always the right thing. just think tho, u mention that your marriage broke up because he was being unfaithful. when you found out im sure it hurt you. even if you hadnt found out just the thought that he could be capable of it would have hurt. this doctor is also married and has children. iknow your lonely and in a horribly hard and confusing situation but dont be the cause of his marriage ending. you can relate to his wife and what she might go through if anything were to happen between you and her husband. be a better woman for going through all this and just dont get involved with him. take time to heal and to learn about yourself as a single mature successful woman. when the time comes for you to move on properly the right guy will be standing there waiting for you and he wont be attached to anyone but you!!!
hope this help chickadee .
xx

Thanks kaylaw

Thanks Kaylaw for your response.
I want just to say that i dont want to do anything with him and know it very wrong ,but i just can not stop thinking about him.I dont want to contact him these days but i do miss him.Weird.Why something the heart it is stronger that the brain. But i wont let my self caught up in such a game. I think he just want flirt, mayabe a kiss and more I say no , more he want to gt it. However I dont believe he would leave his wife and 3 children ever.
Thanks for your help
Hugs from Ida.