Been thinking about platonic relationships. Now that’s one phrase that I hear all the time. "Oh we're just friends, we just happen to spend every minute together".. Yeah right!
I’m not talking about best pals of the other gender. I’m talking about those instant connects that happen once in a while..the kind that take you by surprise, make you want more. The kind you tell your best pal about.
I mean, seriously. Is this attempt to desexualize an interesting individual effective? Or even necessary? Incidentally, how many "just friends" can you have at a time, without giving completely mixed signals? Come to think of it.. how can you be giving out mixed signals if you’re completely platonic?
For a word that sets out to simplify, it can sure screw things up.
Gypsy feet will wander,gypsy feet will stray...Neither love nor thunder can ever make them stay
"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
4 comments:
Why 'think' about it? I agree in the sense that 'platonic' relationships are as obscure as the "brothers/sisters" one makes. When you already know this is the case, why bother about "Mixed Signals"? That is bound to be there. So one chooses whether to eb affected/unaffected by it, depending how important the person is to you, and how important it is for one to have that person as part of one's life. Simple me thinks.
tried that dusty. not happening. :) any other ideas?
relationships are like definition...more one tries to define it, more obscure they become. Most of us look for a certain degree of conformity in any relationship but there are relationships which a) better not be defined lest they lose the essence completely b) have moved through various stages from platonic to otherwise and then back to platonic till they become anything of value. My personal take is to go with the flow. Take each day and live the relationship for what it is at that moment. Life is too short to hold on to instant connects even when there's a short circuit.
hear hear!
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