Platonic RelationshiTs?

Def: Purely spiritual; free from sensual desire, esp. in a relationship between two persons of the opposite sex. ~ adapted from dictionary.com~

Do you believe in platonic relationships? Does or rather can it really exist? Big topic. Could have gone on and on for my discussion with Ming if not for the movie we were catching. Boy meets Girl; Girl meets Boy and a friendship blossoms. Ain't it as simple as that? For some, as time goes by and the 2 gets chummier, the 情素(love factor) inevitably kicks in. And what happens next? Boy likes Girl and Girl likes Boy and they lived happily ever after. The worse scenario? Boy likes Girl but Girl only treats Boy as a buddy or vice versa. And which of the following is the worst? Boy or Girl likes the other party but he or she is attached or Boy and Girl are separately attached but falls in love with each other. Either scenario would affect the friendship for the better or worse, and destroy the 'platonic mechanics' within. The 反对党 of platonic-relations will then smirk and say, "See I told you!"

Yours Truly, on the other hand, chooses to be the platonic-relations Rebel - I AM a firm (or stubborn as you might name it) believer. Why not? I'm a member of 2 big boy-girl buddy groups and our cultivated bonds within have definitely strengthened or proven my own beliefs...though intra-relationships have happened or are still happening (ha!) in my groups of boy-girl buddies before, but we still turned out fine. Been hanging out with the guys more than ever since my girlfriends went overseas to work too. Am totally comfortable hanging out with each other, sharing daily life snippets or problems, etc. So is it not possible? (Dun give me the "how you know-scarly-who-like-who thingy". Ain't gona be entertained.)

Platonic-relations are un-conclusion-able and goes on a case-by-case basis; Diff situations happen to diff people. I guess its really how friendships are operated and more so, how the situation is managed when the love factor pays a visit. Go or No Go, Maintain or 友情分裂 or in unique (by this I mean one in a mil) cases, Improve?

State your stand, make a choice and things will remain nice and simple.

以上评论属本公主的个人观点与立场，如有雷同，纯属巧合。嘿嘿。