Relationships are funny things. The participants have such different interpretations of what's going on.
A man and woman can spend the night together regularly and one of them (usually the man) can think it was just a sexual thing - a "friendship with benefits" - while the other thinks it's true love.
The case of Ian Thorpe and Amanda Beard is a case in point. Fighting off persistent rumours that he is gay, the Australian swimmer's agents have pointed to an interview in which he cited a heterosexual romance with American swimmer Beard. She says that no such relationship occurred; that they were merely friends.
This is bad news for Thorpe and I can't help feeling sorry for him. I couldn't care less about his sexuality. And I think most other Aussies feel the same way.
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