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Page 1 of 2 This is exactly the same issue that the movie When Harry met Sally was based on – can platonic love between men and women exist? Simply put - can men and women be just friends?
Billy Crystal was of the opinion that if the woman is attractive, the man will always be thinking about a romantic engagement with her, while Meg Ryan adorably played the woman who vehemently believed that men and women could be just friends, only to eventually fall in love with her so-called friend. HOOKED finally explores the friendly possibilities.
He says:
Boys will be boys, and men are also boys. For the less gentle sex, sexual gratification is NEVER off the cards. The pivot for a relationship between a man and woman (platonic or not) is always how attractive the man finds the woman.
It’s very easy to have a platonic relationship with someone who resembles your mother and/or Charlize Theron in that serial killer movie (the name escapes me……see my point?), but try talking about having a platonic relationship with someone who looks like she was made to test your initial resolve, and it’s a different ball game altogether.
Now, there is no point being unequivocal about much in life. Exceptions do exist. For example, a friend’s girlfriend is always off the cards and so a platonic relationship might flourish in between the times you bury your face into a pillow and scream, “WHYYYYY did that *&%%^$ have to meet her first?”
Also, in cases where the protagonist is an honourable male whose heart belongs to another, platonic relationships might feed, like a fungus I might add. The point is, it is very rare for a man to keep his mind from wandering to the possibility of physical intimacy.
A playful pat, an angry slap, and an unconscious touch – these are all the things that can breakdown the resolve of the most strong-willed of men. To a single man, there exists no such thing as ‘platonic friendships’, only opportunities.
Why have a platonic friendship when we can have a sexual relationship? Why talk when we can touch? Why hit the gym when we can just hit the bed? Much more fun and much more (re)productive!
To a man, a platonic relationship with an attractive woman simply represents a failure, an everlasting reminder of the one that could not be seduced. A stepping stone you might say, to future success.
May there never be another platonic friend. If we must be friends, let us be friends with benefits!
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