Can Heterosexual Guys Love Each Other?

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yes I have a really good friend I have known since I was 13,in fact his mother went tohigh school with my Mom.Anyway we graduated together,hung out with our girlfriends together,he was even in my wedding 10 years ago.This past Summer he got married,and I hugged him,and told I loved him.It was no big thing to us,because we always have seen each other like brothers more than friends.
 

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I've told heterosexual male friends and family members before that I loved them and had that sentiment returned. Hugs were sometimes involved.

Thank G-d that younger men are seeing the light. OK, I know I'm only 9 years older than you, but there is somewhat of a shift in attitudes that I've noticed in guys even only 10 years younger than me.

English is such a poor language when it comes to love. We only have one word "love." I like Greek better in this regard:

1) Eros = Sexual love/attraction
2) Storge = Familial love
3) Philia = "Brotherly" love or "kinship"
4) Agape = Unconditional love for others in spite of their character flaws and weaknesses

I would think that heterosexual males would experience 1, 2, and 4 amongst each other. Eros, would make you gay, bisexual, or at least bi-curious, I would think.
 

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Realising i was most likley gay also meant realising there is a world of difference between 'having love' for someone and 'being in love' with someone.

I actually feel this is a complex and very mature distinction and one sadly, i feel the majority of men are unable to make.

Dispite it being the 21stC, Hetro men are deep down terrified of being labled as Homo, and as such i think the Hetro male world has suffered.

Morcum and Wise used to share a bed, the two guys from Shawn of the Dead and Hot Fuzz used to sleep in the same bed for years and there was nothing remotely Homo or gay about it.

I find it sad the expressing male to male Hetro love is such a rare thing nowadays.

:-(
 

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Yes!!

I got a couple of friends that I know all my life! They are like my brothers and I call them brother. I go to their apartmens on holidays and we try to hang all the time. When they call, I get happy as I would,if my sister called. I love them in a Kinship way.