here are mine… kissing (forehead, cheek, etc): yes kissing (mouth): yes hand holding: yescuddling: yeshugging: yesother affectionate touching: yeshugging in public: yescuddling in public: nokissing (forehead, cheek, etc) in public: yeskissing (mouth) in public: no hand holding in public: yesother affectionate touch in public: maybeeye gazing: no crying on: yes being cried on:  yesmassage (giving): yesmassage (receiving): yeshair brushing (giving): yeshair brushing (receiving): yesnail painting (giving): yesnail painting (receiving): yesshaving (giving): no shaving (receiving): no bathing together (with bathing suits): …

what if you followed through on that pact and actually married your best friend, not because of a ticking clock or because you actually fell in love, but because you realized that they would be the best person to grow old and raise a family with, even though you had no romantic or sexual feelings towards them at all? “platonic marriages are when people that are friends who are not sexually involved decide to make a commitment in marriage for …

english language & usage stack exchange is a question and answer site for linguists, etymologists, and serious english language enthusiasts. i am looking for a word to describe a relationship that is romantic as opposed to platonic or familial, and a relationship is mutual as opposed to a crush, but that does not involve physical interaction that is sexual in nature. a romantic relationship of pen pals, or over the internet). for example, such a relationship might involve holding hands …

for diotima and plato generally, the most correct use of love of human beings is to direct one’s mind to love of divinity. the ladder of love is a metaphor that relates each step toward being as consecutive rungs of a ladder. [3] the ladder starts with carnal attraction of body for body, progressing to a love for body and soul.

[7] the first use of the modern sense of platonic love is considered to be by ficino in one …