Romantic friendship
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The term romantic friendship refers to a very close but non-sexual relationship between friends, often involving a degree of physical closeness beyond that common in modern Western societies, for example holding hands, cuddling, sharing a bed, as well as open expressions of love for one another.
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See also
- Asexuality
- Casual relationship
- Courtly love
- Dating
- Emotional affair
- Love
- Non-westernized concepts of male sexuality
- Platonic love
- Romantic love
- Same-sex relationship
- Bromance
- Homosociality
- Yuri
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