Platonic Relationship

platonic relationship is a v complicated and diffult-to-maintain one. due to both the nature of the relationship as well as the complication made by humans and the"norms" etched deeply in out society.

I always believe that platonic relationship can exist. Sadly not many people view it this way. Well, at least we believe so, and it's all that matter.

Source
for:
http://www.womenexcel.com/relationships/platonic.htm
against:
http://www.missabigail.com/advice/q3.html

extracts:


"The general notion of platonic friendship is an intimacy between a man and a woman which has no element of sex in it, but which is nearly as warm as love! They are supposed to be together constantly, and enjoy each other's conversation and mental tastes, but they are not supposed to give each other thrills! and each is free to love someone else."

"Platonic friendships are always suspected of being a front for something else. Claims of "we're just good friends" are almost always greeted with quiet sniggers or statements like, "Ha, we know what that means." The prevalent belief is that it is simply impossible for a man and a woman to be friends, a relationship of intimacy devoid of sexual connotations. Wherever a friendship between two people of the opposite sex is seen, society makes predictions about how the friendship is doomed to fail. The general view is that sooner or later, the relationship will get too intimate for comfort."

"We need to see a friendship as a friendship, one of the most beautiful and enduring relationships humans can enjoy and cherish. The players concerned are incidental, they could be a woman and a woman, or a man and a woman. We need to understand that the beauty of it remains the same. We need to appreciate that it offers consolation, comfort and companionship to the concerned people. We can do so only if we stop identifying friendship under the narrow constricting straitjackets of a particular sex."