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Some Friendships are Meant for Life
And sexual orientation does not matter
Lately, I have come across a bunch of articles and opinion pieces on friendships with people of the opposite sex. Is it possible to have platonic friendships or is there always a hidden agenda?
I went to an all-girls school from Kindergarten to Grade 12, and like that was not enough, I went to an all-girls college for my undergraduate years. The choice to go all-girls had more to do with getting a higher-quality education than staying away from boys.
My interaction with boys was primarily in the tennis academy that I attended after school. Aside from the usual crushes in my teenage years, some of my closest friends from very early on were boys.
I always found it so much easier to connect with boys, at least the ones that I connected with at a deeper intellectual and emotional level. This did not include the poor souls that professed their love on the first day we spoke.
A common theme that ran across all my male friends was that all of them were at least 3–4 years older than me in age.
One friend who was the same age as me said I was his teenage crush at age 12. He ended up being one of the closest friends I’ve ever had. We were so close that I called it “friendship love.” I was never…
