What are your thoughts and/or experiences regarding platonic relationships.

male/female? Most of my experience is that someone suddenly care for the other and the feelings might not be mutual. I had a guy friend whom I had a blast with...then about every two days I started getting flowers. I was to the point of embarassment....they were from a secret sender, so the tag on them said...after a couple of weeks I found out he was totally in love with me. When I told him I loved him as a friend.....he moved to California from Minnesota and I have never seen him again.

How do you define a platonic relationship?

In my last job, most of my colleagues were males. I had many platonic relationships. We were great friends, we went out to lunch and hung out together. I think that when we did this, there was also the understanding that we were involved with other people and everything else was off limits. And everyone respected that. I personally feel, that if there we were not involved with other people, that the relationships I had could have developed with at least one of the people but again we loved and respected our respective spouses and it worked for us.

I believe in platonic friendship and I think it is possible only if the people would stop reading more into it than what really exists.

I think platonic relationships are great as long as there aren't any hidden feelings. If the platonic friends are married to other people, it's important if the spouses also get along or some jealousies might rear their ugly heads.

Many of my friends are male and completely platonic. I am married but they would be platonic even if I wasn't because I am not attracted to the guys. If they are attracted to me, they don't show it. We just hang out or talk, never in any sport of flirtatious way, and it's all good - except my husband hates it and doesn't get the concept of PLATONIC friendships between a male and female.

I understand platonic relationships to be relationships of friendship and love but nonsexual. I have several friends who are women who I would say that I love them as close friends.

Well I have a lot of platonic friendships and always have had - I seem to get along very well with guys as well as girls! The only problems occur when one of your friends is in a relationship with someone who is insecure and jealous - I have lost a couple of friendships that way. As for me , my partner trusts me and knows that I would never cheat on him - that these friends are just that FRIENDS and nothing more! xxx

I have had lots of platonic relationships over the years and I have valued them all. I think it is valuable to be able to talk and share ideas and be in the presence of another person of either gender, as we learn about ourselves from others. I guess what I am trying to say is that it is like a sharing of each person's reality. I think once a relationship becomes romantic, it transforms. For some though, the transformation may cause problems - but if we each allow both platonic and romantic relationships to be as they are, they will keep growing into something better. :-)

I don't know, this one scares me! I think the line between platonic and non-platonic relationships is so fine, that I would be afraid to be caught up in "another" relationship, before I could get my feet on the ground and running!

I think they can be great if they can stay platonic - if you both see it that way.

I think all marriages and serious relationships should start off as platonic or you should be some kind of friend because those are usually the relationships that work. When your partner is also your friend, you are more able to talk to them about anything and get through situations easier and not be so prone to give up on eachother like some marriages that don't have that strong foundation tend to do.

Well, for this, I don't quite reject it but I don't have it either in my lifetime:) This platonic love would be really terrific for some people. Wbr,Andy