Exactly! The way I feel about my best friend and the way I feel about my spouse are very different. I enjoy spending time with my friend but I don’t feel the need to be with her all the time. I can’t imagine not seeing or sharing something with my spouse every day. September 18, 2020 at 12:00AM

I’ve been listening to the podcast A-OK (thanks to a suggestion from someone else in this sub!) and one of the guests was talking about how they differentiate between romantic and platonic attraction. They said with a friend they just want to spend some time with them but then go off their separate ways. With a crush/romantic partner, they never wanted to be apart from them. That definition made the most sense to me so hopefully it will help you! September 17, 2020 at 11:58PM

I think Jack from Nightmare Before Christmas . It's something I thought about lately. He's not into Sally. Sally is into him. He likes Sally. Sally treats him kindly whereas everyone else fawns over him; they want his attention, and she just wants him to be... what? Safe and well? Like when she goes and brings him dinner, she doesn't stick around, she knows he is obsessed and probably isn't eating well, but she doesn't butt in. Sally is romantically interested in Jack. Jack is not romantically interested in Sally. When everything falls apart, he realises that Sally was the one who spoke to him rationally and warned him BEFORE everything hit the fan, then, when he goes to fix his mistakes, he finds Sally has already tried to fix them, and yet she doesn't want to use this to pressure him to pay attention to her after everything is all well again (except for Oogie), she lets everyone else fawn over him. Jack finds her after and says; "~My dearest friend, If...

One of my friends had 0 sex ed and was always told growing up that she wasn't allowed to kiss anyone until her wedding. At the age of 20 she still believed people got pregnant through kissing and one of our other friends had to give her "the talk." Edit: spelling September 17, 2020 at 11:56PM

Just double checked I did. I'm just a little dumb and tapped the text auto fill😖whoops September 17, 2020 at 11:54PM

I do hope you wrote aromaNtic in your replacements September 17, 2020 at 11:51PM

Never thought of that personally but I just figured it out on iPhone. Just go the Keyboard then Text Replacements and type in Aromantic! Boom!💥 Edit: I'm dumb and trusted auto fill September 17, 2020 at 11:50PM