Another exceptional piece of writing, Ronald, that is truly affecting! Your ability to express the distinction between 'love' and 'just friendship' is truly remarkable. I have no doubt that it will resonate with many.

Personally, I would add that both love and friendship can sometimes be enriched by acknowledging the physical attraction that occasionally accompanies the various degrees and manifestations of love.

It seems to me curious that most cultures and particularly most religions frown upon more than one such relationship at a time, indeed upon more than one such in a lifetime. And of course in the case of same-sex relationships there may be utter condemnation leading to everlasting physical torture in the firepits of hell.