Here's another question

[cosmolinguist]

Is the difference between platonic love and romantic love a matter of kind or just of degree?

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Voila! My very own Venn...

[kalieris.livejournal.com]

From the lovely folks at www.venndiagram.com, who actually have an online Venn generator.

Here's the visual aid for my previous comment: OH... the Venny Goodness (http://www.venndiagram.com/detail.lasso?id=1129986319.gif)

Helga

Re: Voila! My very own Venn...

[comradexavier.livejournal.com]

Umm, I think your Venn diagram, although colorful, isn't accurate. For example, your "Guys I'd sleep with," and "Guys I wouldn't sleep with," circles intersect, producing what logically seems should be "Guys I would and also would not sleep with," but which combination you've labeled, "Guys I wouldn't fall in love with but like as friends."

I've taken the liberty to construct what I believe to be a more accurate representation:

You can damn my love of logic and my hours of free time, if you like.

Re: Voila! My very own Venn...

[textivore.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure "would fall in love with" is a subset of "would sleep with." I've fallen in love with people I wasn't ready to consumate with, and might never have been. And, of course, for some people, "in love with" MUST preceed "sleep with."

Re: Voila! My very own Venn...

[comradexavier.livejournal.com]

I didn't mean to imply that this graph holds true for all people; just that it's a better representation of kalieris's comment above.

You're free to organize your graph however you like. :-)

Re: Voila! My very own Venn...

[kalieris.livejournal.com]

As Comradexavier said, this just represents my own oddities, and isn't intended to illustrate anyone else's. : ) In my case, I can't have a romantic relationship that doesn't include sex of some kind (the whole "intercourse isn't the only satisfying form of sex" discussion is for another day). Notice I said a *romantic* relationship - I can certainly be very close to someone with whom I'm not sexually intimate, but I don't classify that as a romantic relationship.

Also, I can (quite easily) have romantic feelings for someone I haven't slept with yet or can't sleep with because of the circumstances, so perhaps "in love with" wasn't the most accurate way to put it. "In a romantic relationship with" is probably better, since it implies something that doesn't just exist in my own head.

Helga

Re: Voila! My very own Venn...

[kalieris.livejournal.com]

I will not damn a thing (except perhaps my lack of caffeination and tendency to be slapdash) - yours is in fact much more accurate. Thank you for putting that together!

Helga