men beware

Platonic Plaque – Plainly Platitudinous?

Platonic relationships are probably the best thing to have happened to the gender equation since the painfully sad demise of chivalry. Well, that concept has been dead and buried for a while now. Sigh.

Sometimes, we women come across a relic from the past – a classic movie or novel that displays a fine specimen of a man who lays his heart on a silver platter for his lady love (in great style) and, it strikes a chord (that’s what the teary eyes weep for – something that they long to see but probably never will, i.e. contrary to popular belief, it isn’t the sentimentality and the mush). But for the most part it doesn’t bother us if our guy pals do not hold the door open for us (definitely not applicable to boyfriends though). And it provides an opportunity to study the mind of the sex that baffles us so completely.

And guys are adorable creatures (as long as they don’t look at your new, in vogue haircut and ask if you actually paid for it). They are usually the ‘what you see is what you get’ type. Not very complex. They like something that has been said, and there is a prompt pat on the back and if they do not, then the ‘what the heck’ expression tells the story. But I really do not understand their noises yet. The grunts and the groans are a moss code unto themselves.

I do believe that a relationship is truly platonic only if both people involved find each other attractive but aren’t attracted to each other. Really, what’s the biggie about being platonic with someone you don’t find attractive!

A platonic relationship is awesome because it is based on a lot of mutual respect and genuine affection. And also because, there comes a day in every girl’s life when the parents stop gifting her soft toys, but the guy-friend never will! J! Even if that’s only because it requires little thinking. You guys did not think we knew that, did you?

And you get to compare notes on how to survive the competitive, high-pressure environment of the dating ritual. And if you happen to be friends with the Goddess of Love, you really just thank your stars!!