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‘Platonic’ doesn’t mean ‘celibate’. It means ‘pure, idealised, undistorted, uncontaminated, archetypal’. Which is a pretty fitting description of these people’s
by pwdisswordfish4 6y ago
‘Platonic’ doesn’t mean ‘celibate’. It means ‘pure, idealised, undistorted, uncontaminated, archetypal’. Which is a pretty fitting description of these people’s relationships to each other: as co-parents and pretty much nothing else.
- howlgarnish 6y agoThat's the dictionary definition, yes, but when it comes to male-female relationships the term 'platonic' generally means 'not sexual'.
- Spivak 6y agoI think non-romantic is a more accurate description. Friends with benefits is still a platonic relationship.