The difference between love and friendship

Emotional essence

1. Love

• Love is a stronger and more romantic emotion. It contains sexual attraction to the other person, which may manifest as a desire for intimate physical contact between women in romantic relationships, such as gentle hugs, kisses, and other behaviors that carry a strong sense of love. For example, a female couple may walk hand in hand on the street during a date, and this kind of hand holding will make them feel like they are in a state of chaos, with deep affection when their eyes meet.

• Love also has exclusivity. Girls in love may hope to be the most important person in the other person's heart, and may develop jealousy towards intimate interactions with their partner and other girls. For example, when one's girlfriend and other female friends go out alone and have a great time, they may feel a little uncomfortable and hope that their girlfriend will spend these moments with them.

2. Friendship

• Friendship is an emotion built on mutual understanding, respect, trust, and common interests. It is mainly an intimate peer relationship without any sexual attraction. The interaction between female friends is more about sharing the joys and sorrows of life, such as sharing interesting stories from work or pouring out troubles they encounter.

• Friendship is relatively less exclusive. Girls can have many friends and encourage each other to make new friends. For example, a girl would be happy that her friends have met new people in social situations and would expect them to introduce them to her as well.

Behavioral performance

1. Love

• In terms of behavior, girls in love tend to pay more attention to the details of each other's lives. They may carefully prepare gifts for each other, and these gifts often carry deep affection and commemorative significance, such as handmade photo albums that record the wonderful times they spent together.

• They also place each other in an important position in their life planning. For example, when considering major issues such as future residential location and career development, the needs of the other party and their relationship will be fully taken into account. If one party wants to develop in another city, they may give up the opportunity for the other party or come up with a compromise plan together.

2. Friendship

• Female friends may help each other, but this assistance may be more based on specific current affairs. For example, helping to take care of friends when they are sick, or helping to pack things when friends move.

• For life planning, although friends may also refer to each other's opinions, they will not be deeply involved like lovers. For example, when a girl is considering changing jobs, her friends may give some of their own opinions, but the final decision is still in her own hands. Friends do not expect their partner's decision to fully consider their feelings like lovers do.

Emotional depth and persistence

1. Love

• Love is often considered a deep emotional connection. When girls fall in love, they feel a sense of integration with the other person and are willing to change some of their habits and beliefs for them. For example, a girl who originally didn't like sports, but because her girlfriend loves outdoor activities, also started to try activities such as hiking and cycling, and enjoyed the time with her in the process.

• Love is long-lasting in an ideal state, and many female lovers hope to spend their entire lives with each other. This emotion, even in the face of difficulties and challenges, will have a strong desire to maintain the relationship, such as striving to be together even in the face of opposition from both families.

2. Friendship

• The emotional depth of friendship can also be deep, but it is different from the depth of love. It is more of a like-minded friendship, and does not require mutual change in concepts and habits like love does. For example, two female friends, one who enjoys reading quietly and the other who enjoys lively gatherings, can still maintain a good friendship without deliberately demanding that the other person be like them.

• The durability of friendship may vary due to various factors. If there is a significant change in the life trajectory of two people, such as a girl moving to another city after getting married and completely shifting her focus of life, there may be less contact with her original friends, but the memories of friendship still exist. Once there is an opportunity to reconnect, the relationship can still be quickly restored.