Both are so much related to each other. And both are so dissimilar! What
are the differences between friendship and love? Is platonic friendship
possible between persons of opposite sex? Let us try and understand.
What is friendship? Why do we call a person our friend? When do we call
someone a very good friend? If we care for a person, if we are always
ready to help that person and if we share most of our thoughts with a
person, they are our good friends. We can always count upon our good
friends in an emergency. We are always sure that our friend will
understand why we acted in a certain way. We need not explain anything
to our very good friends. The friendship is so deep and the relationship
is so intimate, that most of the things are automatically understood by
our friends.
What about love? In a relationship of deep love, all the sharing that we
discussed above are taken for granted. But love transcends all this.
During love, we are attached with a particular person, while in
friendship, one may have many friends. A loving relationship makes one
so much attached to the other, that one gets pained if his/her beloved
is hurt! Love also involves a physical element. Friendship does not have
that. This is a vital difference. Nature gives us love so that the
specie can go forward. Nature does not give us friendship.
Your heart beats will never increase in anticipation of meeting your
friend. You will not lie awake at night thinking about your friend. You
will not feel totally lost, if you don't meet your friend for a few
days. You will not have dreams in your eyes thinking about your friend.
But in love, you will do all this and much more. Indeed, there is no
comparison between love and friendship.
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