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Formalized
intimate relationships or long term relationships
through law and public ceremony, e.g. marriage and civil union.
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Non-formalized
intimate relationships
or long term relationships such as loving relationships or romantic
relationships with or without living together; the other person is
often called lover, boyfriend or girlfriend (not to be confused with
just a male or female friend), or significant other. If the partners
live together, the relationship may be similar to marriage, and the
other person may be called husband or wife. In Scottish law they are so
regarded by common law after a time. Long term relationships in other
countries are often erroneously called common law marriages, although
they have no special status in law. Mistress is a somewhat old
fashioned term for a female lover of a man who is married to another
woman, or of an unmarried man. She may even be an official mistress (in
French maîtresse en titre); an example is Madame de Pompadour.
- Soulmates,
individuals who are intimately drawn to one another through a favorable
meeting of the minds and who find mutual acceptance and understanding
with one another. Soulmates may feel themselves bonded together for a
lifetime; and, hence, they may be sexual partners but not necessarily.
- Casual relationships,
relationships extending beyond one night stands that exclusively
consist of sexual behavior, the participants of which may be known as
friends with benefits when limited to considering sexual intercourse or
sexual partners in a wider sense.
- Platonic love
is an affectionate relationship into which the sexual element does not
enter, especially in cases where one might easily assume otherwise.
- Friendship,
which consists of mutual love, trust, respect, and unconditional
acceptance, and usually implies the discovery or establishment of
common ground between the individuals involved; see also internet
friendship and pen pal.
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