Hello Sleepy, I'm pleased you have found the thread.
We can be drawn and attracted towards someone, but this doesn't necessarily mean that it's a physical attraction, may be they have the ability to have a discussion on many topics, inspiring you to feel bonded with them, because to like a person involves a number of different issues that connect you both, whereas being intimate may be the last thing on your mind.
Platonic love is a type of love that is not sexual or romantic and can occur in a friendship that's been going on for years, however. there can still be some physical attraction to them, this doesn't mean that you want to be intimate, but is important for us to know that we have friends with who we can just have a talk or go and have some coffee together.
Out of a group of friends we associate with, normally there are one or two people we feel more connected with and feel closer to, rather than the rest within the group, which may only consist of 3 or 4 people.
When we have been hurt in previous relationships, we are dubious about wanting to form any connections with another person, simply because we're frightened the end result will be the same, but we need to realise that beginning a new friendship there will be small hiccups along the way, which at first can be ignored or you both have a laugh, don't let this stop you from wanting to meet with another person, no person in the world are exactly the same, so there will be differences in how you think, that's what may draw you both together and begin to love somebody.
Best wishes.
Geoff.
