real love friendship
it’s a narrative we’ve seen played out time and time again, spanning the dukes of shakespeare to the hugh grants of richard curtis. a further study carried out by the same professors asked 167 couples how long they’d known one another before becoming romantically involved and whether they were friends first. so it makes sense that some of us are inclined to fraternise with friendship when both parties are of the same sexual orientation. “the purity of an initial friendship …