Can gay guys be just friends?

[Beaux]

The best friendship I ever had started with a guy I dated a couple of times. On the third date we both admitted that we wernt really into each other romance wise but we really clicked as friends. We were best friends for 9 years and were there for each other through the ups and downs. Our friendship ended when he needed a place to stay when he and his bf of many years split up. He took to drinking VERY heavily during this time and did some REALLY REALLY outradgeous things. He got me thrown out of my gym (where I had brought him as a guest), had sex with my (married) landlord and tried to black mail him, and just generally created chaos. I had to ask him to leave. After he left, he spread rumors about me to the friends we had in common (they didnt believe him of course). That was the end of that friendship lol.