Its hard for me to tell if I like some romantically or platonically, so how does one differentiate the two?


For me they mean almost the dame thing but just at deeper levels... I mean a guy and a girl could be platonic friends and still be romantic it's just no sexual with
Platonic relationships are really really bad ass I like them I have a few friends that are girls and we did a report on it relationship and it's fresh it's fun there might even be a little flirt here and there but there's I respect between we both had it's a very close that good relationships to have
Romantic could be intense it could be mellow or it can be intense you can be deep it can be hot they can be sensual making me passionate for me getting romantic and just let it go all my energy just take over
And when you romantic you do things way deeper more intense like floating euphoria
This is rather crude but I become interested in a lot more than hugs and deep conversations. One thing in my case that might be a little bit unusual for a guy is that I never had a sexual interest without the platonic one. If I was sexually/romantically attracted to a woman, it was always accompanied by the desire to do much more than sex. That was a constant. What wasn't a constant is that being platonically interested in a woman didn't necessarily translate to a sexual desire for her.
I don't get attracted to guys I just want to be friends with. If I'm attracted to someone I would want to have deep conversations with them. I get that warm fuzzy feeling in my stomach. It's like you're high on drugs, but you're not. It's an inexplicable feeling. It's the "roller coaster kinda rush and I never knew I could feel that much" feeling. I usually start making fake scenarios in my head, giggle a LOT when I'm texting them and they give you tons of butterflies... but friends don't.
As Aerissa_Jade rightly pointed out, think about this: do you WANT to do romantic stuff with this person, like holding hands, kissing them etc or do you feel grossed out by all this with them? You'll get your answer.
If you think the idea of kissing them (or more) grosses you out, its platonic... even if you still love them. This of it like a family member too, you love them but the idea of making out or more with them is (hopefully) quite disgusting.
One can love someone dearly and not want to do that, in some cases it may be platonic but you would be okay with being more than that, in the right situation.
This is best explanation, perfectly on point.
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i wouldn't have been able to tell either tbh. i think that the language they use though can sometimes have some indication towards the specific relationship. i'm not sure how true this is, but from what i've heard if the other person calls you something like "bro" then that means that the other person just thinks of you as family, and not a romantic interest.
Simply put you'll know depending on what you want to do
If you're interested in them in a romantic way you're going to want to do a lot more than just hang out
If you're interested in a platonic way then you're never really going to feel like doing anything other than hanging out and I'm trying to avoid using more creative language but you'll understand it someday and relatively soon I'm assuming
When you're attracted to her, if you feel like hugging her, it's platonic. If you get a tingling in your groin and want to do more than hug her, that's romantic.
When someone says romantic relationship it means they both are gonna have sex with each other while platonic relationship means they are just friends and will not have sex with each other. That is the main difference.
Ask him out. And if you get anything other than an enthusiastic " yes". You know it's platonic attraction.
That is not what I'm asking
Well read your question think how you can make it more clear, more specific, and update it. I can't read your mind.
It was pretty clear
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Weird! I typed a long response out but it's not showing.
Was it too long?
I'll be brief this time.
Basically I'd like to answer your question but I've never been a 14 yr. Old girl. And I've never had a hard time differentiating between the two. But I would break romantic love in to two groups "limerance" and "real love". Limerance is just infatuation and it can last from a couple months to a couple years. But it does wear off. This is why most "romantic relationships" don't continue after the limerance wears off. But if you have bonded with the person. You feel something much deeper. That's real love. And the best way I can describe that is real love is selfless. As opposed to limerance and even more platonic relationships you are more selfish. I don't know if I'd call it unconditional but when you truly love some one you want show it because it's automatically reciprocal. By showing them love you feel elevated.
I don't know if that helps or just confuses you more... guess it wasn't that brief either. Lol
That doesn't help with the problem I'm asking, but it did help with another one I had. Thank you ^^
Your welcome! You got time. You're young. You don't have to have it all figured out yet. Lol I'm 46 and I don't have it all figured out.
one's a crush and the other is someone you want to be friends with
That was very helpful, thank you
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Unless if there unattractive I wouldn't think of them fully platonically. Not saying we cannot just be friends because 100% can. Just I ain't really ruling anything out.
It's pretty obvious. If you want to be close to them, hug them, kiss them.. love them.. that's romanticIf you don't want any of that stuff and jus talk to them only,.. like a friend.. it's plantonic
Do you lose yourself in the person?
I don't know what that means
I feel that way about my friends too tho
Thank you ^^
That's because you haven't experienced true romantic attraction.
Ones Amber and the other one isn't
That is very true
I’ve never heard of that before if you’d like somebody you like somebody
There is no difference and whoever tells you otherwise is an autistic in denial
You're wrong dude.
With platonic relationships, sex is never considered or talked about.
Men don't have platonic attraction.
I'm not a man
@HeartFullOfGlue I'm sure that's true. And most women can be platonic towards men - but since men (with few exceptions) can't be platonic towards women, you can't really have a truly platonic relationship with men. Many women don't realize that, but it's true.
Thats kinda pathetic
A pathetic truth then
If you don't crave sex with that person it's platonic
I think so, the eyes can give so much away
Crushes feel tingly, squishes don’t.
One gives you a boner the other one doesn't.
I can't get a boner even if I wanted one
Hmmm didn't think of answering for a woman...
Okay
Do you think about kissing them?
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