I (18m) have very little experience that I remember about with platonic friendship with females. I had friendships with girls as a young lad back when all that mattered for friendship was being nice. Middle school being the weird time that it is, I "forgot" how to socialize with people, not just females, so I pretty much only socialized with my childhood friends and a handful of others. 

Now onto the reason for this post. I have this friend, her name can be Katie(17f) for he sake of anonymity, and she is the only girl that I talk to regularly. We have been friends for just over a year, and I hang out with her like 3 times a week, but I think our relationship is kind of strange. Thinking about our relationship, some things don't feel "normal". For example, we hug way more than I feel is acceptable for a normal platonic relationship, which I justify by thinking that I would have to stop hugging her as I do now were I to have a romantic girlfriend. Its not just the hugging that confuses me, I guess I feel our relationship is way more "physical" and intimate than I assume is normal. 

My question is, how should a regular platonic friendship be?
user
I have a platonic friendship with a girl that I think is way more physical than I would expect. How can I feel like its normal?
assistant
I (18m) have very little experience that I remember about with platonic friendship with females. I had friendships with girls as a young lad back when all that mattered for friendship was being nice. Middle school being the weird time that it is, I "forgot" how to socialize with people, not just females, so I pretty much only socialized with my childhood friends and a handful of others. 

Now onto the reason for this post. I have this friend, her name can be Katie(17f) for he sake of anonymity, and she is the only girl that I talk to regularly. We have been friends for just over a year, and I hang out with her like 3 times a week, but I think our relationship is kind of strange. Thinking about our relationship, some things don't feel "normal". For example, we hug way more than I feel is acceptable for a normal platonic relationship, which I justify by thinking that I would have to stop hugging her as I do now were I to have a romantic girlfriend. Its not just the hugging that confuses me, I guess I feel our relationship is way more "physical" and intimate than I assume is normal. 

My question is, how should a regular platonic friendship be?
user
I have feelings for a girl I have been friends with for a year, but I don't think a normal platonic friendship would be the appropriate type of
assistant