Search Results: platonic love

I've heard a lot of debate on this subject, and would love to hear individual opinions.

As for me, I'm asexual and so it's never been an issue for me to see people in a strictly platonic way. I've had a few close platonic friendships with men over the years, most staying just that (including a current one of 20 years), but one ending when the friend developed feelings and wanted something more, which I unfortunately couldn't give him.

For you, personally, do you find that you usually develop an attraction and cannot keep the friendship platonic, does it happen but only sometimes, or do you very rarely if ever feel any way but platonic about your opposite sex friends? Are you open to making opposite sex friends, or do you mostly avoid it?

“And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching from his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain only drowning men could see him
He said all men will be sailors then until the sea shall free them
But he himself was broken, long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human, he sank beneath your wisdom like a stone”

I immediately had a very definite impression. For fun I listened to someone’s project where they broke it down & there take was - well I won’t even say nothing like mine, it was essentially the opposite... So I am curious of the different perceptions we may all have.

My GGM used to sing this to me when I was little, but I don’t think she did all the verses or if she did, I don’t really remember considering this one 🤔

“There are heroes in the seaweed, there are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love and they will lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds the mirror”
hit me hard tho 😍

& What human can not love the Chorus “And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind
And then you know that she will trust you
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind” Real 🤷‍♀️

As an aside, this song was written about a good platonic friend. They used to walk along the harbor in Montreal. She was very kind and generous -the kind of person you could sit w/ forever being bathed in her warmth, I suppose... I think we prob have all met someone kind of like that at some point. If briefly.

As a child for me, the lyrics held no sexual undertones. I just assumed it denoted strong connection on a spiritual plane. Course I wasn’t remotely into nor was I thinking of people as sexual beings at that time. As an adult I hear it differently and I can see all kinds of sexual or sexual adjacent possibilities— nice to know I got it right the first time when I was 6 😎

🍯Video isn’t essential to the main Q but I wanted to add it and it won’t load so I’ll try it separately🍯