The Platonic “I Love You.”

Can we recognize and honor it?

This, too, is love. Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash

“How did you get him to say ‘I love you’ when you haven’t even had sex?”

My friend is beside herself.

It was something I hadn’t thought of. I loved him, he loved me. We were not dating. It was a heartfelt statement, but one that was not sexual.