Friendship love or Romantic love.... what's the difference???

Question

I'm confused about what I'm feeling... that's why I wanna know....

Answer 1

The difference is that Friendship love you love the friendship that you have with them and nothing else but there friendship. Romantic love is when you love a person so much that you can see being with them for the rest of your lives. You dream of the adventures you will have with them no matter how bad or good they are. You can still love your friend however do you love him enough to wake up beside him everyday.

Answer 2

Romantic love often has a lot of illusion attached to it. We're in love with love, the world is a beautiful haze of excitement and anticipation. It's intoxicating, but if there isn't a solid basis of friendship underneath the tingles and pounding heart, romantic love fizzles and fades. Marriages where friendship is the foundation are the ones that stay happy and last into the golden years. There is no relationship more precious than true friendship, which can be romantic or platonic. The important thing is, if you're "in love", make sure your beloved is also your friend.

Answer 3

Well, first you might want to think about this: can you think of yourself married to that person? This is a good dealbraker: if your answer is "no way!", then probably it's just friends' love. If your answer is "maybe, why not", then you still don't know, but it's a good step in the right direction.
Also, answer yourself this: how much are you willing to give for that person? Think about one thing that you think you'd never give up on. Then ask yourself if you would be willing to give up that thing for that person. (like in my case, I used to be really bossy and my motto was "nobody tells me what to do" ... of course, I was young and stupid, but that's not the point.. sorry, lol. The point is that when I met my husband, I realized that I'd much rather be told what to do than live without him). I don't know if you get what I mean. There are things that you think you would not change for anybody, but then this person comes to form such an important part of your life and you can not be your selfish self anymore and you need to let go of many things. Would you be willing to do that for this person? If your answer is yes, then maybe you do love him in the "romantic" way (and I say "romantic" because a couple's love is much more than that, and that's why I'm posing all these questions on you).
Good luck!!

Answer 4

Sometimes a friendship can be confusing b/c you want to be around the person and be close to them and you migth start thinking you want to be even more intimate with them. If you mean someone of the same gender, unless you feel the same way about other girls, it's prob friendship and not romantic. If you really really feel strong attraction though, maybe you could just do each others hair, or give her a backrub and see if that is enough intimacy for you.

Answer 5

Imagine a big circle, a smaller circle in it and a dot smack in the center.
The dot is you, the smaller circle is Romantic love while the big circle is Friendship love.

Friendship is big because it encompasses all the people you have met and taken the time to make them your friends. This is a very inclusive group as we don't usually reject people as friends because they have a few bad/unacceptable/strange habits/behaviour.

Romantic love is a very exclusive group because it lies very near to you. Only you can pick someone from out of the friendship circle and place that person into the Romantic circle, because you see qualities in that person that you admire/respect/love and want to be with all the time.

Answer 6

ahhh, there is a fine line between friendship and love. However, I cannot answer this question for you. Only you know what you are feeling. Give yourself some time and you'll figure it out on your own. Many times we may confuse a crush or obession or infaution for love also. Its all a mushy mess. Also, how old are you? If you are in your early teens or younger then your emotions may also be getting to you. If you are older, then good luck to you my friend.

Answer 7

Well in friendship the question of an attraction does not exist.Romantic Love ALWAYS primarily contains that feeling.U do care about your friends and love them too..but its another feeling altogether when u want to spend eternity in a person's arms..Thats ROMANTIC LOVE!!

Answer 8

Love isn't really an emotion. It is a set of emotions. Depending on who you are feeling love for, it can comprise of respect, trust, lust, familiarity, indebtitude, common goals and ideas, and many other aspects. Obviously, for your mom, your love will be more respect, familiarity, and perhaps indebtitude. For a lover, it might be more trust, common ideas, and lust. Whatever it is for any person, if you feel enough good things about the person so that there is an attraction of sufficient strength, we call it love. You could think about it as a kind of threshold of emotion.

In any case, you shouldn't worry about what kind of emotion it is any more than you care about the ingredients in ice cream. Just enjoy it and don't worry about what's inside.

Answer 9

I have a close friend whom I love, she and I have been friends for years now, but we do not share a romantic love. My wife has that area of my life. I guess it comes to what do you want with this person? Do you want something as intense as a relationship, or do you just enjoy spending time with them as a friend. You will have to look inside yourself to find this answer, no one can truly give it to you.

Answer 10

We have one word for love and I think the Hebrew language has like 10 (I have no idea, it's just a lot). You need to find out if this person is someone you would like to spend the rest of your life with! Otherwise, you're just messing around and it doesn't matter.

Wow, nondescript, I keep seeing your answers and am less and less impressed.