how can we differenciate between friendship and love?
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I don't know if you strictly need to differentiate the two.\n\n  Love is a process that takes building a history, commonalities, shared intimacies, and mutual respect and support of another. Do you believe that in what I just wrote, that might equate to friendship as well?\n\n  Hopefully when love finally occurs, without being forced, friendship is a large part of the love base, and ongoing attitude.\n\n  Also Love has levels, IE: the love of a parent, sibling, wife, husband, boyfriend girlfriend, even self, and even though it's often irrational and difficult to define, we so often say the word as if we were saying "AND",,, or,,,"UM."\n\n  I see many questions here, asking, "I LOVE, what to do???"\n\n  Or "MY BEST Friend  did,,,,,, what to do?"\n\n  First of all, everyone obviously has different definitions for the word LOVE and it's emotional effects.\nI suggest it may be said that one loves, but it isn't truly instant, or may be it isn't even understood?\n\n  A BEST friend,,,so often said,,, MY closest Friend,,, They did something bad to me."\n\n  I suggest in those questions, that the "friend" truly isn't\n\n  If anyone must say to another, "I Love YOU" They should be prepared to either enjoy it as a process, grow into it, try to understand the concepts, and defining points, and/or prepare for the fact that it may not last eternally, or may be defined and expressed differently by the one we attach the word to.\n\n  My best suggestion would be ,,,DON"T,,, to strictly answer your question.\n\nRev. Steven
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It's like trying to describe the taste of mango. You have to taste it! :-)\n\nLove is giving all of yourself. Friendship still has an element of calculation.\n\nSt. Augustine said it best: "The measure of love is to love without measure."
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friends can become lovers...and lovers can become friends...if you both like each other you should risk it...
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Love, Self Confidence and Friends
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friendship has an important points one of them is the feeling of close relation something like brotherhood but when this feelings turn out to some kind of attraction and love, friendship here is gone and another relation is born ,i see no problem my wife was one of my friends,respect and honesty lead us to share life .
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Very simple. Love between friends has no conditions. That love is a bond that exists no matter who you are, or what you have, or where you live. It means you are allowed to disagree, or argue without ending that friendship. Loving a friend without lying is entering into that bond and unconditional friendship without fear of getting hurt. And, of course, being able to say " I love you, my friend."
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I suppose it would depend on what kind of friendship it is, and what type of Love you are referring to.  Sometimes friendship turns into a Loving relationship, which involves a great deal of intimacy on many levels, and other times it turns to Love without the intimacy.  For example, there is someone that I do Love, and it is my wife.  I also Love my children.  I have a friend whom I Love, and our relationship is more like a counselor type relationship where we counsel one another, and help one another.  The last two have different levels of intimacy, and different types of intimacy than the first one ... yet, I do give Love in each of those scenerios.\n\nWe are called to Love everyone, including out enemies.  So I would think that friendships come from Love, but not necessarily from intimacy.\n\nI hope that helps you.  Good luck.
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LOVE is a serious word and VERY misused today.\n\nIt is normal to have feelings for someone and even strong ones.  It's normal to have friendship love toward someone, but the REASON it does not last is because it is NOT LOVE! \n\nThis is part of your learning time hun.... this is how you 'pick' your future mate.. by weeding out the 'qualities' you don't like/won't tolerate.  It's all good :)  Don't take it so seriously!  :D
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Friendship is better than an affair - it lasts longer....  But friendship is just another kind of love!
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Try to see how he feels about you and make sure you really like him enough to risk the friendship to try to be with him. Do what you feel you have to do. Which is more important to you: the friendship or the love that could come?
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Be yourself,be warm and giving ...Give to the other person what you would like in return. Friendship is a bond .Not one sided . GOOD FRIEND'S takes time and life experiences the glue that truly is called FRIENDSHIP.Being there no matter what... Well that's what it is to me.
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isn't there a chance of combining friendship and love?\ni think you should follow your heart if there isn't any option  for having everybody happy...
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Friendship and love goes 2gether.  You cant have one without the other.
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There are many categories of friends first off.\n\nAcquaintance: Someone that you like and say 'Hi" to.  You will have hundreds of these in a lifetime but it never really goes to the next level of friendship.\n\nFriends: You look more into their character, and if you would trust them in your home.  You can trust them to make good decisions.  their is mutual trust and respect.\n\nGood friends: You feel comfortable lending them something important or of value, you encourage each other to do positive things (go to school, follow rules) and discourage each other from negative choices.  You help keep each other out of trouble plus all the characteristics of a "friend" above.\n\nBest friends: All the above plus: Share many interests, demonstrate honesty and integrity. You highly trust each other and keep each other's best intersts at hand.  You usually only have a handful of these.\n\nRomantic friends: Exceptionally trusted people.  You could trust your life to them.  You know they will always do the right thing.  Love may begin here (I didn't say anythying about sex).  \n\nExclusive/Engaged Romantic couple: All the above categories fit for a long period of time, you both want to make a life long commitment to each other.  You consider this person good enough for your younger brother or sister.  \n\nMarried and sexual romantic partners: Only when a relationship has stood the test of time and trust, does it develop to this level.\n\nHope this helps.
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We can love someone and not always like them...but to Like someone you Love...is vital-because you can't like someone you don't respect..if we didn't like a friend-they wouldn't be a friend for very long..it's that friendship that can keep things together in the tough times...
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Truely speaking some one loving you or not is very personal to them. We cannot change ones decision of loving or not unless it happens from the opposite side.\n\nYou can still try to be dignified and stay in touch as a friend and try to impress. But if you know for sure the opposite person is not at all interested then its cheating on friendship. You can put certain tests. As a girl you can try to keep away from him and if he tries to come in touch, believe me, chances are that he loves you.\n\nIts would be the same for girls, don't you believe?
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Good question. Love and friends comes when you least expect it, or when you are most busiest, and can't have the time to have it. You can't create your life, it creates you with circumstances you find yourself in. Enjoy life, and the rest will fall into place.