How Do You Make A Platonic Relationship Work?
• Be open to the possibilities of tension. Unless you or your platonic friend are gay, there is always the possibility of sparks with someone of the opposite sex who thinks and feels like you do. It’s nature’s way of getting us together and it tends to run in overdrive for some more than others. • Create clear ground rules. Avoid getting into the “friends first” difficulty. If you both agreed that having a relationship was off the cards for such reasons as married status, work or study pressures, distance, religion, etc., the “potential” for a romantic affiliation hangs there unspoken. It is much better to make it clear that you have a friendship that matters, in which both of you care for one another in a sibling-like manner by watching out for one another and spending time together but that friendship is all it remains. • Trust yourselves. All the “possibilities” aside, have trust in your decision. Nature and societal pressures are not determinants of you, your friend, or your choice
