Platonic Relationship - rules

in a truly platonic* friendship you are supposed to be happy for the other's happiness. you claim that each of you would "feel a bit hurt" if you saw the other with another person. that's not platonic. decide exactly what you want before you set labels and rules on your relationship with this friend.


*if you want to get technical about it:

http://www.webster-dictionary.net/definition/Platonic

You don't have to talk about relationships just because you are in the other gender's company!


... Anyway, Ballerina, I have a really good friend, platonic, as it were, but when I first saw him with a girl I had pangs of something inside me, but I soon got over it.


It surprised me that I would feel anything at all!! I think it was just that all his attention was no longer on me, and in the same respect, I couldn't put all my attention onto him any more as it would make his gf jealous.


Surely best friends of the same gender get these kind of feelings when their friend starts dating some guy and dropping nights out with you to be with their man....???!!!


I think you just have to become exposed to seeing your friend with another and then you will be okay.


I think it is more the fear of seeing him with someone, rather than them actually being with someone...


Do you get my drift??