Platonic friendship

Well I have lots of it in the past and so far we still have contact with them and nothing serious has had happened between me and them. We became close friends and so far no serious relationships with them except friendship only. I think that once we put in some other feelings in a friendship will end platonic relationships. But when you just do not put in any malice or special feelings it would remain at that.

Maybe that could be true in a way. But I think it could still exist between a man and a woman to have good relationship without having intimacy.

I have tended to stay away from relationships that are supposed to be "platonic" because even if the people involved, myself and another, were truly platonic, there would always be people insisting it could not be, or would be people trying to push it further. In our society it does not work to be "just friends". Someone always tries to blur the lines.

A platonic friendship is really nice if you are able to handle it. First of all, because this friendship is based on a respect which you hardly find in other relations. Second, not everyone is able to handle the opinions and comments of third parties as most people don't believe in such a friendship. So it's necessary to have strength. Only the time will show if you are able to stay with this and people will accept it only after years and years, but they never will understand it. It's something you only can understand it if you experienced it on your own. But it's possible. I had two such of friends but with the time and things which happened in our life, we went different ways. To one, I lost the contact. To the other one, I still have some contact by email, but it's not very often. All what stays is the reminder to them.

Is all friendships not where we give and take from each other? Platonic friendships sounds to me like the typical relationship with an acquaintance - where we just say 'hello' and goodbye' with nothing extra from either sides?