Do You Believe That Platonic Love Is Possible?

Post by **jones jones** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:44 am

This is the dictionary definition ...

"Platonic love in its modern popular sense is an affectionate relationship into which the sexual element does not enter, especially in cases where one might easily assume otherwise.

A simple example of platonic relationships is a deep, non-sexual friendship between two heterosexual people of the opposite sexes.

At the same time, this interpretation is a misunderstanding of the nature of the Platonic ideal of love, which from its origin was that of a chaste but passionate love, based not on uninterest but virtuous restraint of sexual desire."

For my part i must either be from another galaxy or i must be hypersexual because i do not believe that i could have "a deep non-sexual friendship with a member of the opposite sex ..."

could you?

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:51 am

I suppose it would work IF you were the kind that could buy a car but never drive it. Not for me.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:56 am

I always had lots of male friends and I thought of most of them as brothers. So thinking about them in a sexual way would've been kinda....icky:o

hotsauce · Post by **hotsauce** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:03 am

I can't seem to get close to a man and not think of him in the sack. My mind just seems to go there even if I don't follow through with my body.

Patsy Warnick · Post by **Patsy Warnick** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:09 am

It's very possible

I have some very close male friends - some maybe infaturated with me.

Infaturated - carried away with unreasoning attraction..

A relationship with any of them - NO - Never

do they know that - yes - we enjoy eachothers company - get along great..

Been friends for years - will continue to be friends with them.

Just Friends

Patsy

hotsauce · Post by **hotsauce** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:25 am

JAB;881657 wrote: Yes, it is very possible. Two of my closest friends are men. We joke, tease and even flirt but neither of us would act on any attraction beyond that.

Isn't flirting a sexual element? I think the original question was to keep alllllll sexual elements out of the equation. I think that is very difficult.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 6:54 am

where would that put us southern women? We flirt with anything....men, women, babies, dogs......

Post by **jones jones** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:35 am

sunny104;882107 wrote: where would that put us southern women? We flirt with anything....men, women, babies, dogs......

i always knew there had to be a reason why gone with the wind was one of my favourite movies and why i have this bizarre urge to want to travel south all the time!

Jj:-4