The following is taken straight from a recording a friend of mine made of me over a year ago while i was busy ranting while hyped up on caffine. To this day i insist it is one of the wisest things to ever spew out of my brain:
"Guy love is the purest form of love on this planet, on the face of the earth, and i will tell you why! when you love another man, and your a man, and your NOT GAY,this is important, you CANT be gay!But when you love another man, and you have this bond you share, this eternal bond of friendship, there's nothing that pollutes it! It's not like when your best friends with a girl and in the back of your mind your always thinking "Oh man, she's so hot!" There's no lustful intentions, its not MARRED by physical attraction!It is pure love an adoration for another persons SOUL! and that's why guy love is so powerful, because you love a PERSON for a PERSON!"
I stand by this statement, let me break it down for you, so you can bask in all it's wisdom.
FACT: There is no stronger binding force is this world or the next then that of brotherhood. Why is this you ask? because there are no women allowed. Sorry ladies, but here are the facts.
You are cruel, shrewd, heartless creatures, your just as likely rip out your best friends throat as you are to throw them a surprise birthday party. HELL i've seen both happen in one day. You harbor grudges not just for days, but months or years. Sure, your less than likely to result to physical violence, but you excell in mental and emotional warfare. Back in kindergarten you'd sit back and pretend to be innocent angels while blamming everything that goes wrong on the two rowdy boys rough housing in the corner, but it is you and your savage assault on the human mind that leads your classmates to eating dissorders, depression, and suicide. You leave scars on your victims that last for a lifetime.
Let's take a look at men on the other hand. Sure we are quick to anger at times, sure we might be rough around the edges, and prone to throwing a punch or two in the heat of the moment, but! minutes after punching my best friend, we could be headed out to catch a movie like nothing ever happend. WE are a forgiving sex, aware of our weaknesses, YOU ladies, are not.
YOU CAN'T BE GAY: I throw this in here not because I harbor a fear of the homosexual, but because what makes guy love powerful is the lack of physical attraction. Physical attraction, though important in a romantic relationship, has been the key to the destruction of many cross gender friendships. Once you get past a certain point in a cross gender friendship, someone is going to step over the line by making a move toward the romantic, and then the friendship tanks! True guy love is protected by such follies by a lack of physical attraction.
Sexual tension can also blind a person, resulting in keeping a girl around far longer then she needs to be there, how many times has a close friend kept a comeplete WENCH around because she's well put together? This never happens in a bromance, if the guys a dick, you toss him! Your not obligated to keep him around a little longer because he's good looking.
But most importantly, when you remove the physical attraction from the mix, you find that you can fully appreciate the individual, for who and what they are. You enjoy their company, and foster a friendship that will outlast most marriages.
THATS WHY GUY LOVE IS SO POWERFUL! get it now? it is FRIENDSHIP pure, the jealousy, the hate, the sexual tension, and all other factors that drag down a relationship have been sucked out with the metaphorical turkey bastor, leaving only the lean meat behind. Can it get any better than this? i think not.
