Have you ever fallen in love with someone platonically? I'm finally realizing that that's what's happening for me with my feelings for my best guy friend. I've never had a friendship get this close this quickly before; I've known him for just under a year. I love him to pieces, and I can't wait to see him. He's my best friend. We goof off, debate, hang out, study together, and have heart to hearts. From time to time I even get butterflies around him, but I don't see him in a romantic way. It's weird for me to imagine the two of us in a romantic setting because he's like a brother to me. I'd be happy for him if he found the right girl, and if they started dating I wouldn't be jealous. Am I the only one, or have others felt this way about their friends? Falling in platonic love? Thoughts?
Yep, happened to me before too ^^ It was pretty confusing then for me but now I can better distinguish between platonic and romantic love. Plus my situation at the time made it even more confusing haha. But yeah, I definitely understand what you mean here.
I mistook this a lot for romantic attraction , but I often heard if you were good friends with a man it meant you liked him .
I spent six years dating men because I had the feeling you're describing and didn't know that that's just platonic love not romantic love! (How was I supposed to know the difference? :lol: ) You're definitely not the only one.
Yep I have two friends like that for me. I care for them with all my heart and they've set my expectations for what I need emotionally from a potential boyfriend before I can even think of giving one my full attention.
Oh yeah. When I see certain friends it puts a smile on my face right away and I just like being around them. I have the potential to love any of them romantically, but I love them platonically because I know they can never love me romantically. I just enjoy talking on the phone with them about nothing. It can be random banter, as long as I hear the words in their voice.
I fall in "God damn you are just such a great person, I would probably have your babies but I highly suspect I wouldn't like sleeping with you (but if it made you smile, I would probably tolerate it because you're just so great)" love with guys. Mainly the ones who are just really kind and caring people, who I'm very close friends with. It's a different sort of love than I feel for girls, that's for sure. It has more of a "heart just so full of warm fuzzies that I want to hug you" feel, as opposed to the "floor no longer exists, air is scarce, I want to kiss you and hold you and marry you and screw you right there on the floor right now." feel with girls. :lol: I've stopped worrying about it when it happens. I've never had anything come of the feeling besides a continued wonderful friendship. I think people get overlap when they care for someone so much a certain way that it can be confused with caring for them a little bit in a different way.
