What constitutes friendship for you? Does it arise from shared experiences? Shared interests? Shared history? Or is there just an indefinable magic at work when people 'click'?
I sometimes think becoming friends with someone can be likened to falling in love. There is an initial attraction. Something draws you to this new person and you find yourself wanting to know more about them, and to be where they are. You find them funny, intelligent, likeable and your face breaks into a natural smile when they sit next to you. How much like falling for someone does that sound? But you're not falling. You have a partner....or they do. You're too alike....or not alike enough. They're gay and you're straight....it could be anything, but for whatever reason, it's not about the potential for sex. It's about the potential for .... what? What IS it about?
This then begs the question - what can opposite orientation friends really ask of one another? What are the expectations in such a relationship and what are the boundaries? What does it mean to love someone, NOT your lover, as wholeheartedly as you do your friend?
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