#platonic yearning

[tremendously-crazy]

what if the unexplained yearning i feel every day is the result of a love from a past life transcending the boundaries of death, destined to reunite once again some day

[foxgirlpirate]

To pet a girl, on her soft head, oh what a life that would be

[loveless-deer]

I want you to come over to my house, and curl up on the bed with me. I don't want to do anything much, except hold you close, and snuggle up under my blanket with you, and leave kisses all over your face, and feel your presence next to me. I love you. I want you to know just how much I do, but I cannot express it. Not through words. Maybe through actions, but how can I use actions when you're so far away?

We wouldn't even have to talk. I'd be happy with just your breathing; the rise and fall of your chest lulling me into tranquility.

[virginwithasthma]

I experience little romantic and no sexual attraction and because of that, I don't really want "more" from people. I want a devotion, dedication and effort in my friendships that most people (the people I've been with at least) don't really associate with just "being friends". I'm here putting all this effort into my relationships and for a while things work out but only until my friends get into romantic and/or sexual relationships with other people and realize they'd rather spend their time and effort on their partners.

[roachbot]

Hugging is not enough let me into your bloodstream

[demiratdre]

my dream life is starting to turn into this idea of a group of people living together — maybe in a wooded mansion or smth — some of them are just friends , maybe some lovers or QPPs , but we all inherently love and respect each other . bonus points if at least most of us are yanderes or have yan tendencies ,, even MORE bonus points if some of us are alterhumans . oh and obviously i’d be the designated mutt and punching bag ^_^ !!

[theriseofthesea]

I think I’m a bit in love with my friends. They’re all so wonderful and I hope they know that.

[rroru]

You ever like someone so much —not even necessarily romantically— that you start doing things that remind you of them? Laughing like them, maybe changing your vocabulary a bit, listening to the music they like over and over and over?

Feeling love like this … and platonically at that is almost magical. Fuck rose-colored glasses, my vision is their favorite color.

And then feeling this persons warmth, their presence in person is like a form of relief that I can’t even explain. I could make comparisons but.. everything pales in the face of them.

Others may misconstrue this love for romantic love, for sexual love, but I can promise you. For me, it’s not. And the beauty in that is accepting it for what it is.

[chaoticbuggybitchboy]

Not lovers or friends but a secret third thing (band members)

[inlovewithmyhyperfixations]

platonic yearning is so annoying when ur already friends with someone

like yes brain, i know they’re fun to talk to, i know you always want to be around them, we already see them basically every day. can you please shut up now? these are all things I ALREADY KNOW.

I understand that i want to spend more time with them, and i KNOW that i want to understand them on a deeper level or smth like that, which means you can STOP SAYING IT.

this is actually so stupid

i don’t even wanna kiss them or do romantic stuff, it would feel weird

somehow that makes it more annoying??

like

i want to be friends with them

but i’m ALREADY really good friends with them

if that makes sense??

idk

i might be going insane

(this is about ONE person and one person only, and they better not see this) (if you do see this then pls ignore this)

^^^ how will they know if it’s them? they won’t :D

[qpp-townie]

I think part of what people struggle with when hearing a term like Queerplatonic Relationship is that it doesn’t fit into one of the boxes they already have set up for how the world works and so rather than make room for it, they try to shove it where it doesn’t belong or argue that it actually shouldn’t exist.

It is a term trying to convey information. It is not a trick or delusion or oversight on my part.

If I introduce you to someone and say ‘we are in a relationship’ most people (in the US at least) will default to thinking that means a romantic relationship which involved dating and now being a monogamous couple with sex, seeking marriage. Maybe not with that much detail, but that one word CAN carry a lot of implications that some would like to avoid from the start.

So i’d rather say ‘we are in a queer platonic relationship’ because that immediately tells you more information. It is a queer relationship and it is based on more platonic feelings (which doesn’t mean it is entirely platonic, but that’s an important part of it). It also tells you that these people have talked about their relationship and agree on this label, which should just NEVER be up for debate. If someone asks your opinion on a label that’s different, but same way you don’t get to decide who is queer or tell others what their feelings are, we are calling ourselves this for a reason.

But here’s the thing, saying that we are a QPR does not tell you the whole story! Same way saying you are dating, together with, married to, etc. someone, does not give you the full context of a relationship! Someone can say they are married, but later specify it is an asexual romantic relationship. Someone can say they dating and that can mean they are exclusive or seeking other partners. There are similar things qprs “typically” exhibit (but don’t have to), like closeness, living together, and no expectations of having to woo or romance the other person. But it is a broad term meant to encapsulate many types of relationships that fall outside the norm of building a nuclear family and amatonormative (romantic love is the most important kind of love) societal standards (which is not a universal standard for human relations, if there is a word in a different language/culture that fits better then that is of course okay!)

And I hope this can be a lesson about interacting with queer people/ people different from you in general, but rather than saying ‘that sounds like this thing/ that sounds fake/ I don’t want to call it that cause I’m used to this other thing/ i’m used to these boxes and just going to put you in one based on what you said’ just say:

‘cool! I’m not familiar with that, can you explain more?’ or even just ‘okay!’

[loveless-deer]

Do my messages make you giddy in the same way yours do me?

[cecilsrandomeverything]

One day I will be able to pick him up. I am not strong enough yet, but one day, when I see him again, I will be able to lift him up into my arms and everything will be perfect 🩷

[celestiachan]

i need to snuggle someone as we both do our own things on our phones

[autistic-lizard]

I think platonic yearning is extremely underrated that stuffs the shit

[theriseofthesea]

Currently experiencing Yearning Hours™️