Life lesson I wish to teach tl;dr
If you want to receive love you must give love. To give love you must first find love within yourself. Love yourself. If you receive hate and give it back, you will only create an endless cycle. Be the change you wish to see in the world.
need someone to come home to from a long workday and collapse into their arms, feeling them pull me close, softly hugging each other while we yap about our day together,,,
the intimacy of sleeping together, but not in a s*xual way. feeling the warmth of their body in a cool room. their hands hugging you tightly. sleepy half-kisses. feeling safe. feeling warm. brushing their hair. closing your eyes again. pulling closer. falling asleep peacefully.
even platonically, i love intensely. intimacy is not reserved for romance. i will always respect peoples boundaries, but i think a lot of people are taken back because they’ve never been loved for the sake of being loved. i don’t want anything. i just really love my friends
“Friends don’t look at their friends that way.”
Skill issue. I look at my friends with nothing but awe. My heart is so full it feels like it might burst, and just being around them makes me light up. I would give my friends the world if I could.
Love your friends with your whole heart. They deserve to know how deeply they’re cherished.
Do y’all ever platonically fall in love with someone? Like, I don’t want to date you, I just want to sit across from you in a coffee shop for hours while you tell me your entire life story. I want to know all your little quirks, listen to your favorite playlists, exchange handwritten letters, get matching friendship bracelets, and be the person you can always ramble to. There’s something so beautiful about loving someone deeply without wanting anything more than their presence.
Have you ever been so incredibly fond of someone that you don’t even want anything romantic from them, you just love who they are? You could listen to them talk for hours, learn every little quirk they have, celebrate what makes them unique, and be there to hold them when they’re hurting. There’s something beautiful about caring for someone so deeply with no desire to possess them, only to know them.
@chazzie_bl@silv_ex No you’re right thats why it’s weird but its the “someone you’ve known since you were a child” part thats often why people *enjoy* incest taboo. So the OP is right, there are ways to have that particular aspect of incest through non-incest relationships.