Ngl I didn’t know about the word Aplatonic until today. Once more you all continue to educate and evolve as always!I’ve also been told the same with regard to ‘most people don’t want to cuddle or kiss their friends’ but like…I just…?? I want to love my friends fully. To me romantic and platonic love are hard to parse too but I just know that hey, I love my friends!! I wanna cuddle them through good and bad times!!! I wanna celebrate with them!!! If that means kissing then fuck it, we kiss!!!!I still love my partner dearly though too, but life feels too short to waste it trying to parse the differences of platonic or romantic love; I will love freely because my life would suck if I couldn’t!
I think that’s wonderful, anon. I personally think people should be able to express their love and care for people however they want, and to describe their feelings with whatever words they want.
I have chosen to start using the term “aplatonic” for myself, even though it’s totally okay to want to kiss, cuddle, have sex and do things of that type with platonic friends, because the term “aplatonic” allows me to explain myself concisely and avoid situations that would be uncomfortable for myself and for others (which has been a problem in the past.)
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