Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Just

-So, are you two guys dating?
-No, we're just friends.

Just friends?Wtf?There is no just friends, there is friends, it doesn't compare to anything else, so you needn't put the adjective "just" before.

Why do we consider friendship a downgrade of dating anyway?

4 comments:

vladimir said...

Friendship is not a downgrade is just seeing things from a different perspective. :)

nobody said...

i guess u use "just friends" when u hope for more and it doesn't come out the way u want. from this pov u can say friendship is a downgrade of dating: u are pleased with what u get - friendship - when u actually what more - dating.

the Sundancer said...

Why are you constantly creeping in my brainzzz? :)

Anonymous said...

@Vladutz: Different is goood...

@ Dana:'Cause I'm an asshole? You know, Arschloch, aber süss. We have to talk more about this, over a beer at my place?

@Puiu: You put the cards right there on the table. I didn't think of it like that before, that you might give this answer out of your inner wishes.

I had always thought of it as a generally accepted answer which describes two people who don't have sex - hence the criticism.