romantic friendship
Deep platonic bond
Romantic friendship describes an intense, emotionally intimate bond between friends that includes affection, devotion, and expressions of love without necessarily involving sexual attraction or activity.
The term often appears in historical contexts, describing close same-sex friendships in eras when such passionate attachments were socially acceptable: Victorian women often formed romantic friendships that included love letters and shared beds.
Today it may describe relationships that blur the line between friendship and romance.
- platonic loveEmotional bond sans desire
- trustConfidence in another
- soul matesIdeal romantic partners
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
Emily Dickinson · love · coded language · comfort · sapphic love · intimacy · companionship · love letters · emotional · bonding · kindred spirits · two hearts · connection · attachment · touch · holding hands · forbidden love · homoerotic subtext
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romantic friendshipcasual acquaintance
love affair · one-night stand · marriage · business relationship · friends with benefits
romantic friendshipcasual acquaintance
nodding acquaintance · emotional distance · fair-weather friend
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