Hi there! If you donโt mind me asking, what is being aplatonic? Iโve looked it up, but I donโt think Wikipedia is giving me a good idea as to what it is beyond the basic definition :โ)
Aplatonic means having little to no platonic attraction. Just like asexual or aromantic, but i think the thing more people get hung up on is what is platonic attraction.
Platonic attraction is a feeling of seeing someone and wanting to be there friend, for any reason or no reason at all. Just, you want to be friendly with them, chat, do friend things with them. you want to be their friend, and after you are friends, you want to keep being their friend. this is the feeling partially or fully absent for aplatonic people. And that's okay! Platonic attraction is just a feeling like any other.
aplatonic people may choose to have friends, or they may choose not to have friends. There are lots of things others could say about the ways aplatonics tend to interact with others in some way, and may experience things such as missing people less, only interacting with people for a certain activity or event, etc and etc. The amount of aplatonic experiences is as varied as the number of aplatonics. Aplatonic people may be friendship-favorable, or friendship-repulsed, as well.