it's strange - i never realized how dark the night really is. when i was younger, i just took it for granted that when the sun goes down, it gets black outside. as a child, i lived in the country - far away from the light cast from the street lamps. at night, it was dark. it was comforting in a way to know that we were so far removed from the evils and dangers of society. the most dangerous thing hiding out there was the crickets chirping or the occasional skunk snuffling for some grubs to eat.
it was quite different for me then, when i moved into town and had a single street light right outside of my window. even with the blinds shut, the light filtered through. it never seemed like it was truly night, but i adjusted. and as i moved here and there, from the small town, to the small city to the bigger city (well, i guess this is kind of a big city seeing as it is in the top five in north america or something like that, in terms of population of course)
now it seems that everything's turned around. i find it somewhat comforting that the whole city glows at night - that i can see where people are and decipher whether or not they're threatening. i go back to the country every now and then to spend the night, and when i peer into the darkness ... it's all changed. it scares me. well, that's not exactly correct. it's not the dark that scares me so much - it's what might be hiding within it. it's weird how our perceptions change.
p.s. question of the week - if one part of a girl-guy friendship is attracted to the other, can they ever have a truly platonic relationship? is it too much to desire a truly platonic relationship? or is that just an oxy moron, a figment of our imaginations?
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Answer of the week: Sure! I've been attracted to female friends before (and vice versa) and after a while it just goes away. You just have to make it clear that nothing will happen and, if you can get over that hump, then it's all good.
Although my mum strongly thinks otherwise (I've been given so many lectures in the past because most of my CLOSE friends are guys), I think you can. As jesse and rob said they were attracted to girls who were just friends before, likewise I've been attracted to a guy friend of mine before.
It was when we've become good friends though, so I never found it awkward because I didn't yearned for more. The friendship I had with him was precious to me, purely on a friendship level. However had he liked me back then,I guess you could say it would have been a bonus.
But yeah, we remained good friends even 'til now so for me, a truly platonic relationship is as real as it gets.
Of course, it depends on what the person is looking for; if he or she wanted their *relationship* to be more than friends instead of just liking the other person more than a friend, then I think it will be hard to sustain a good friendship >.<
Guys and girls cant be friends. When you think they are, its just an illusion!
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