Evaluation:
Published: 15.06.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Platonic Relationships The Impossible Friend', 1.
  • Essays 'Platonic Relationships The Impossible Friend', 2.
  • Essays 'Platonic Relationships The Impossible Friend', 3.
Extract

<Tab/>In modern times the terms "platonic love" and "platonic relationship" have come to mean a relationship between individuals of the opposite sex marked by the absence of romance or sex. (Entertainmates, 2002) Platonic relationships are possible but I believe that there is a critical period in which people can no longer be "just friends."
Physiologically and psychologically humans are hard wired for reproduction and pair bonding, and many factors contribute to attraction. My belief is that when these contributing factors form a certain amalgamation there is no turning ba…

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