Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Chapter 10 Platonic Relationships
In chapter 10 reading about maintaining platonic relationships I found to be very interesting. The book defines platonic relationships as friendships that lack sexual involvement, despite possibilities for such involvement.(p 303) I find this concept meaningful because many people in society have cross sex friendships but it is hard for others to accept the fact that they are “just friends”. This relates to my own interpersonal experience because I have many platonic friendships and plan on keeping them that way. Also many of my friends have platonic relationships, nowadays platonic friendships are very common.
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Hi, Carmen.
I also found platonic relationships interesting in this chapter. I have many cross-sex friends. Although many of my friends said to me that there are no pure friendships between a man and a woman without having sexual involvement or sexual fantasies, I believe there can be pure friendships between men and women. For example, one of my best friends was male. We grew up together, and we were very close; we told each other everything. He was not only my friend, he felt like my family. We were purely friends, and I treasure this friendship very much. Sadly, he passed away last year in a car accident. I can still feel the pain inside for losing such a great friend. Because of him, I believe that there can definitely be pure friendships between men and women, and such platonic relationships may be very important in our lives.
- Ruby
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