Slight (extremely random) tangent, but the platonic “I love you” needs to be more normalized
It hasn’t even really occurred to me before, but it’s kinda unfair how stigmatized(?) it is
like, why is it weird to tell my friends I love them. i do love them, as intimately as I can.
Why is it awkward for me to tell them that. why do I react like it’s weird when they accidentally tell me “love you” when we’re saying bye to each other
why do “I love you”s have to be inherently romantic? Why can’t it be accepted that I love these people deeply but platonically, and only platonically