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What are examples of committed relationships which are not romantic and sexual?


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QPR of course is one but are some other examples? I'm thinking there are many practical types of commitments which are a kind of relationship. One example I can think of is a business partner relationship, when people start a company together. Another is a writing group.

Can you think of others?

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i think if it’s something work related like in your example, when people gather to achieve a certain goal and not any emotions based connection then it’s just partnership. others being not sexual and in not necessarily romantic would be just platonic + alterous which can also include romantic and sexual relationships at some extent or be something else. that’s all i could think of 

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2 hours ago, that halo nerd said:

friends are one 

I'm thinking more about relationship where the connection is something explicit. Friendships can be that but usually the commitments are more implied and changes depending on context.

But maybe I'm drawing an imaginary line that doesn't really exist. I'm working through my thoughts by sharing them.

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Mentorships.

Within kink, play partners or dom/sub dynamics are often committed and not necessarily romantic or sexual.

Found family, although that's not usually explicitly acknowledged.

Family in general, really.

Co-parenting. It's usually related to a past or adjacent romantic relationship, but it doesn't require one between the two.

Marriages of convenience, lavender/beard marriages.

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10 hours ago, Holmbo said:

I'm thinking more about relationship where the connection is something explicit. Friendships can be that but usually the commitments are more implied and changes depending on context.

But maybe I'm drawing an imaginary line that doesn't really exist. I'm working through my thoughts by sharing them.

Committed friendships and platonic marriages are both things!

If you're counting a business partnership, I would expand that to other sorts of professional relationships, as well. Including employer/employee, where a contract is signed for an employee to provide a certain level of work in exchange for a certain level of treatment and reimbursement. Including anything like patient and doctor/dentist, where the office generally tracks your health and sends you reminders about followups and you generally stay the patient of the same place unless you move or your insurance changes. Including gym membership and/or a personal trainer, where the client gives their 'loyalty' in exchange for certain equipment access, meal planning, workout trainings, etc. Including landlord/tenant where a landlord is obligated to provide a certain quality of living in exchange for rent and tenancy as agreed to in contract (not committing felonies on property, etc.).

We might say caretaking relationships such as between hospice nurses or in-home caretakers to take care of patients to a certain standard as long as needed or prices can be met. We could extend this to familial care where younger generations pitch in to take care of elders by checking in on them, shopping for them, living with them, even providing healthcare level care, etc., done because of emotional bonds rather than money.

Maybe any sort of accountability group, like sobriety groups, where members protect each other's privacy and regularly meet in order to support a common goal (sobriety). I would say definitely sponsorships in these groups, where the sponsor commits to being available pretty much 24/7 to help keep sponsees sober and on the desired track.

In any sort of competitive sport, I would say there's definitely commitment between coach and player, and in team sports, you can also expand that to be player to player as well. While at the higher levels, some amount of 'team trading' is expected in normalized, I think there's definitely a pressure to stay loyal to the "team that got you there" once you reach a certain level of success, and there's definitely sports where this is very discouraged (thinking martial arts in particular, it can really be tantamount to an insult to switch gyms/coaches, especially if they're a direct rival).

There are certain club memberships where you could argue a commitment, such as fraternities and sororities, where members refer to themselves with familial terms and you have to specifically pledge and devote yourself to one house and those bonds often continue beyond your time in school (sisters and brothers networking for each other and helping other members get jobs just because they are from the same house). In the same vein, you might count certain religion or specific church groups as commitments for very similar reasons.

Some of those are pretty broad, so take or leave what you will.

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