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That's just a strange idea to me. That someone wouldnt kiss someone who they were sexually attracted to. In my view a kiss or sex is just meaningless fun unless you actually care about the person you are doing it with.

I don't see that happening either but again I asked do asexuals enjoy this with each other? People do enjoy cuddling with their family and friends in a non sexual way and since asexuals do not act in a sexual way it would be the same for them surely.

It would be a special relationship yes with the pair agreeing to put each other first, but why is it more a romantic relationship than a platonic one since there is no sexual desire involved. Don't people cuddle with their special friends or even family. Men don't tend to be particularly huggy...

It's the combo and love and lust that makes your love for Gretchen a romantic one. Love can exist without lust - platonic relationshp Lust without love- booty call Lust with love- romantic relationship

The major elements are still there to make a man a man even with no legs. However can a man kick with no legs? He can kick with his arm you say? No that's called a punch. Platonic love is real love. It's the sexual elements either sex, sexual desire or sexual jealousy that separate it from...

It's a more a form of platonic love as there is no sexual element involved and I consider that to be a part of romantic love. We havent even established an element apart from the sexual that truly separates the platonic from the romantic. Jealousy can occur in both. It is atypical to experience...

But isn't that a platonic love for Gretchen then?

I'm suggesting they don't exist independent of sex. Without the sex related feeling it would change significantly the type of relationship it is and therefore should be classified as something else.

Why does it make more logical sense to presume that? Sex and sexual desire in all cases that I know of exist in romantic relationships therefore I presume it is a factor that must be present for the relationship to be classed as romantic.

I would imagine they simply can't experience romantic relationships.

It does indeed.

Platonic turkey relationships are not the kind YOU engage in though are they.

I studied psychology as an A level in school and one of our modules was relationship psychology. If I recall correctly location is a huge factor in deciding on a partner. In yours and Lozjams case being separated by a vast ocean it wouldn't be advantageous to seriously consider something more.

I think a jealous bezzie in a platonic relationship would not mind their special friend having sex with someone so long as that person was not viewed as a threat to their best friendship. I think a romantic partner would however even if neither partner had sex with each other. I know sex and...

That doesn't matter. There is a 25 year age gap between my grandparents and it is not unheard of for couples to have an even bigger age gap. I think especially for the older person the thought would indeed cross their mind.

Right but whilst not necesarily the norm, possessive friendships do exist but how do they differ from a romantic relationship besides the sexual attraction?

You have had a different experience to what I have and seen then. Especially amongst girls I have seen a lot of jealousy come into play over who is whos best friend. I still think the sexual desire plays a part of romantic attraction and relationships. You don't get, as far as I am aware...

So you think that there needs to be some jealousy and possessiveness involved. That sounds right. If you want a romantic relationship with someone and then they get with someone else, or develop an emotional connection with someone else you get jealous about it. But if sex is not the defining...

Are we still on a straight male and female friendship here? I think if one is attracted to the other then they will have probably frequent sexual thoughts about them in the beginning but this will lessen with time if they believe nothing more will come of the relationship and they think about...

The original question asks if platonic relationships are genuine. If a platonic relationship is simply one without sex then they all are. I just looked the definition up in the good old Oxford Dictionary and it just says it is a relationship with no sex, it does not exclude sexual attraction...

If that attraction is there though, can that relationship still be truly platonic? I'm not sure it would be because there is still that underlying attraction. Even with those we are in a sexual relationship we don't just love them for the sole reason that we have sex with them. Couples sometimes...

Yes absolutely. Once you become friends with someone you never thought of as attractive you may begin to see attractive qualities in them which could push you towards wanting to pursue more than friendship. There are also those out there who aren't sexually attracted to people unless they have...

I don't think a man can be friends with a hot girl and not want anything to happen. You can tell straight away when you see someone if you find them attractive or not. If you become friends with them nothing changes. You are still attracted to them. If a man saw a girl and weren't attracted to...