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Do you believe that platonic relationships are genuine?

Is platonic love/friendship genuine?

  • Yes they are!

    Votes: 22 78.6%
  • No, platonic relationships are bull****.

    Votes: 2 7.1%
  • I...do not care.

    Votes: 4 14.3%

  • Total voters
    28

Misty

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But.... But..... I don't have a room anymore! You rented out my room out to turkeys when I went away to college this year!
I'm calling my lawyer. He has a court order to offer you a clean-furnished-turkeyless room to live in. Don't worry, mummy will have this sorted in two shakes of a lamb's tail.

I've never held any sexual or even romantic feelings for turkeys, but admittedly I find myself obsessed with how extremely cute they are.

Liar. My lawyer will be contacting you about our son's room.

@Deus : So how do you make peace with the existence of the asexual community?
 

Dio

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I'm calling my lawyer. He has a court order to offer you a clean-furnished-turkeyless room to live in. Don't worry, mummy will have this sorted in two shakes of a lamb's tail.



Liar. My lawyer will be contacting you about our son's room.

@Deus : So how do you make peace with the existence of the asexual community?

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

Misty

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

O_O Alright, I admit that is one way to sort it. But, it seems to me that it makes more logical sense to presume there must be something intrinsic to romantic relationships which is not sexual. I'm not sure it's jealousy, but I am sure it is the sort of connection. Even the bffship doesn't really come close to the same as the type of companionship shared by a romantic relationship.
 

Dio

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O_O Alright, I admit that is one way to sort it. But, it seems to me that it makes more logical sense to presume there must be something intrinsic to romantic relationships which is not sexual. I'm not sure it's jealousy, but I am sure it is the sort of connection. Even the bffship doesn't really come close to the same as the type of companionship shared by a romantic relationship.

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.
 

Misty

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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.

Not in asexual romantic relationships...thus my saying it seems logical to presume there must be something else if romantic relationships do exist independent of sex.
 

Dio

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Not in asexual romantic relationships...thus my saying it seems logical to presume there must be something else if romantic relationships do exist independent of sex.

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.
 

DARK MASTER

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I think love and lust are independent. My dick may wanna smash sally and ladies in the porns, but I only love Gretchen Carlson from the Fox News Channel.
 

LittleGumball

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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.
How is it so hard to understand that a loving, romantic relationship does not have to have sex in it? Just because you want to have sex does not mean that every single other person in the world does as well.

Asexual people can be in a romantic relationship. They feel a bond with another person and want to spend the rest of their lives together or whatever. Sex is not in the picture for them but it's still the same thing. Asexual people can get married if they want to, if they feel close enough to their partner, just like anybody else.. They're just people who aren't interested in sex.

I don't know how it goes for people who are both asexual and aromantic, and that might be what you're referring to, but don't say that people who are only asexual can't have a normal romantic relationship.
 

Misty

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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.

What would you classify that as?
 

DARK MASTER

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

oh baby, not for me, we gonna smash, but I suspect some people simply want a platonic relationship with Gretchen, because love and lust are separate, and some people want one and others want both for friendship and/or relationships to varying degrees

Think about it like this: you probably lust after girls you see in the porn motion picture, but I suspect you don't love them — now consider the opposite.
 
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