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Two people of the same gender: *are very close and emotionally intimate with each other but show no signs of a sexual or romantic relationship*
Some of y’all dumbasses: there’s literally no heterosexual explanation for this
Me: You do know that not every intimate relationship involves sex or romance, right? That people can be very close to each other without being sexually or romantically involved? And that claiming otherwise actively damages real non-sexual, non-romantic relationships by spreading the notion that people can’t be emotionally close without being sexually and romantically involved? You do realize sexual and romantic relationships aren’t the only kinds that are important to people, right?
“Those who cannot conceive Friendship as a substantive love but only as a disguise or elaboration of Eros betray the fact that they have never had a Friend.”
CS Lewis
Same with heterosexual relationships (Oh, I’m not trying to come off as that person who gets offended by the statement above, because it’s so fucking true, I just have seen it done so many times, mainly outside of Tumblr, with straight people). Not everyone who interacts with each other is in a relationship, nor does it mean they have romantic feelings for each other. Can people not have healthy interactions with each other anymore, without people insisting they are secretly together.
Like, goddamn, friendships exist. To some people, friendships are more important than any other relationship, so leave it be.
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