Platonic love is viewed today as a love between two people wherein the sexual element does not enter, especially in cases where the opportunity to have otherwise arises, or where one might easily assume otherwise. A simple example of platonic relationships is a deep, non-sexual friendship between two heterosexual people of the opposite sexes. I guess this is the accepted notion of “Platonic love” because it’s how Wikipedia describe it, along with the other encyclopedia and dictionary sites. But back when I was in highschool and (perhaps) in college, based on how I understood how other’s understood it through their explanations and use of the word (I hope I didn’t misunderstood them as well as cause some misunderstanding between you and me through this highly uncertain understanding of a, perhaps, misunderstood understanding),…

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