# Best platonic/unconsummated love affairs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 14, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-platonic-unconsummated-love-affairs/360683 "2006-06-14T14:41:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-platonic-unconsummated-love-affairs/360683/41 "2006-06-14T19:33:28Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] Richard Burton and Deborah Kerr in _Night of the Iguana_. [/QUOTE] And Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner in The King and I. Ooooh, hot hot hot. Miss Kitty and Marshal Dillon in Gunsmoke Alan Ladd and Jean Arthur in Shane ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-platonic-unconsummated-love-affairs/360683/42 "2006-06-14T19:36:40Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] I doubt that Sherlock Holmes ever got it on with Irene Adler. I bet Holmes would have been great in bed (although undoubtedly he would have smoked afterwards). [/QUOTE] Irene Adler. Ha! Holmes and _Watson_ were the couple in that series! Ernie and Bert. Norm and Cliffie. Fred and Barney. Wilma and Betty. Edina and Patsy. Laverne and Shirley. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-platonic-unconsummated-love-affairs/360683/43 "2006-06-14T19:43:26Z")
[QUOTE=The Punkyova] Li Mu Bai and Yu Shu Lien from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. No question. They love each other, they respect each other, they live their lives at a very high moral standard, and he dies telling her he loves her, rather than going to Buddhist heaven. Nothing else comes close. [/QUOTE] This gets my vote. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-platonic-unconsummated-love-affairs/360683/44 "2006-06-14T20:17:10Z")
Uh, surely it’s Romeo & Juliet. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-platonic-unconsummated-love-affairs/360683/45 "2006-06-14T20:25:30Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] I’m going to say this one more time: FRODO AND SAM WERE NOT IN LOVE!!! Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Sam was in love with Rosie Cotton. RO-SIE COT-TON. [/QUOTE] I have to disagree. It is very strongly shown (quite clearly in the film version) that Sam and Frodo had a very deep platonic love for each other. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-platonic-unconsummated-love-affairs/360683/46 "2006-06-14T20:25:49Z")
[QUOTE=Shalmanese] Uh, surely it’s Romeo & Juliet. [/QUOTE] Didn’t they consumate? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-platonic-unconsummated-love-affairs/360683/47 "2006-06-14T20:27:15Z")
[QUOTE=Shalmanese] Uh, surely it’s Romeo & Juliet. [/QUOTE] 😕😕 “Unconsummated?” _R & J?_ Those two got married, spent the night together, and humped like weasels before Romeo split for Padua. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-platonic-unconsummated-love-affairs/360683/48 "2006-06-14T20:27:18Z")
If they didn’t, I’m remembering it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-platonic-unconsummated-love-affairs/360683/49 "2006-06-14T20:31:09Z")
[QUOTE=DianaG] If they didn’t, I’m remembering it wrong. [/QUOTE] Which was of course in response to **Rocketeer**. Note to self: type faster! ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-platonic-unconsummated-love-affairs/360683/50 "2006-06-14T20:40:29Z")
I see we’ve moved from unrequited love to straight-up slash pairings. So to keep with the spirit: Murtaugh & Riggs (Lethal Weapon) Clarice Starling & Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs…sorry, Hannibal don’t count.) Jack Crawford & Hannibal Lecter (Manhunter/Red Dragon) Capt. John Miller & Pvt. James Francis Ryan Vince & Jules (Pulp Fiction) Mr. Pink, Mr. Blonde, Mr. White, Mr. Blue & Mr. Brown in a circle with Nice Guy Eddie as the “pinion head” (Reservoir Dogs) Marge Simpson & Moe the bartender Marge Simpson & Ned Flanders Marge Simpson & Barney the drunk (and so on…) Ron Weasley & Hermione Granger (so far) Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn Jack, Ralph & Piggy from Lord of the Flies uhh…maybe I should stop now. 🆒 [QUOTE=Mahaloth] J.D. and Turk. [/QUOTE] Who? ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-platonic-unconsummated-love-affairs/360683/51 "2006-06-14T20:54:24Z")
Archie and Veronica. She was just using him, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-platonic-unconsummated-love-affairs/360683/52 "2006-06-14T21:40:25Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] I have to disagree. It is very strongly shown (quite clearly in the film version) that Sam and Frodo had a very deep platonic love for each other. [/QUOTE] We Rhymers don’t acknowledge the existence of that film, for, if it had existed, it would surely have sucked eggs. ;j Those of you who insist on referring to it are clearly madmen. Madwomen. Madpersons. Whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-platonic-unconsummated-love-affairs/360683/53 "2006-06-14T21:44:43Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] We Rhymers don’t acknowledge the existence of that film, for, if it had existed, it would surely have sucked eggs. ;j Those of you who insist on referring to it are clearly madmen. Madwomen. Madpersons. Whatever. [/QUOTE] We prefer Mentally Atypical Persons. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sleep\_Deprivation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Sleep\_Deprivation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleep_Deprivation)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-platonic-unconsummated-love-affairs/360683/54 "2006-06-15T05:57:07Z")
A strictly platonic one: Eric (the narrator) and Katz in _All Quiet on the Western Front_. The scene where they’re roasting the goose… ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-platonic-unconsummated-love-affairs/360683/55 "2006-06-15T07:03:01Z")
[QUOTE=Honey] Perry Mason and Della Street. [/QUOTE] In the books they’re more of a couple. He even kinda proposed once, but she turned him down because she didn’t want to be stuck at home while he was out solving cases. Figured they’d be closer the way it was. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-platonic-unconsummated-love-affairs/360683/56 "2006-06-15T08:40:02Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] Well, of course I noticed the thread title. I’m the OPer. [/QUOTE] pwn3d! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-platonic-unconsummated-love-affairs/360683/57 "2006-06-15T12:21:24Z")
Rick & Sam from Casablanca ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-platonic-unconsummated-love-affairs/360683/58 "2006-06-15T12:39:39Z")
[QUOTE=Clockwork And Candy] Frodo and Sam from **The Lord of the Rings** [/QUOTE] Slash is nice, but let’s not confuse it with the work it is based on. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-platonic-unconsummated-love-affairs/360683/59 "2006-06-15T12:42:30Z")
[QUOTE=DianaG] But what about Angel and Wesley? I’d say Angel and Spike, but apparently they were intimate, that one time. [/QUOTE] Once again, slash is nice, but … 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-platonic-unconsummated-love-affairs/360683/60 "2006-06-15T12:44:51Z")
[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman] Irene Adler. Ha! Holmes and _Watson_ were the couple in that series! Ernie and Bert. Norm and Cliffie. Fred and Barney. Wilma and Betty. Edina and Patsy. Laverne and Shirley. [/QUOTE] What’s this? Slash slush? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-platonic-unconsummated-love-affairs/360683.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-platonic-unconsummated-love-affairs/360683.md?page=4)