Romantic Relationship
A Romantic Relationship is an intimate human relationship (a human relationship) with romantic love.
- Context:
- It can (typically) have a Romantic Relationship Start Date.
- It can (typically) have a Romantic Relationship End Date.
- It can range from being a Short-Term Romantic Relationship to being a Long-Term Romantic Relationship.
- It can range from being a Monogamous Romantic Relationship to being a Polyamorous Romantic Relationship.
- It can range from being a Healthy Romantic Relationship (such as a consensual romantic relationship) to being an Unhealthy Romantic Relationship (such as an abusive romantic relationship).
- It can range from being a Sexual Romantic Relationship to being a Nonsexual Romantic Relationship.
- It can involve various Interpersonal Dynamics, such as mutual respect, emotional support, and shared values.
- It can be influenced by Cultural Norms and Personal Expectations.
- It can range from being a Transactional Romantic Relationship (such as a sugar dating relationship) to being an Altruistic Romantic Relationship (such as a companionate romantic relationship).
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- Example(s):
- a Gender Identified-Romantic Relationship, such as:
- Short-Term Romantic Relationships:
- A Summer Romance, often brief and intense.
- Celebrity Hookups, frequently publicized and short-lived.
- Long-Term Romantic Relationships:
- A Marriage lasting several decades.
- de Beauvoir and Sartre Relationship
- de Beauvoir and Green Relationship
. - Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham's Relationship, known for its longevity and stability.
- Monogamous Romantic Relationships:
- A High School Sweetheart relationship, where partners are exclusively involved with each other.
- Barack and Michelle Obama's Relationship, renowned for its monogamous commitment.
- Polyamorous Romantic Relationships:
- A Polyamorous V Relationship, where one person has two partners who are not romantically involved with each other.
- Tilda Swinton's Relationships, known for being openly polyamorous.
- Healthy Romantic Relationships, characterized by mutual respect and open communication, such as:
- Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi's Relationship, often cited for its healthy dynamics.
- Unhealthy Romantic Relationships:
- Relationships involving emotional manipulation or control issues.
- The relationship depicted in the film Revolutionary Road, showcasing unhealthy dynamics.
- Sexual Romantic Relationships:, that stress a strong physical intimacy component.
- John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Relationship, known for its passionate nature.
- Nonsexual Romantic Relationships:
- Relationships focused on emotional and intellectual connections without sexual intimacy.
- Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler's Relationship in literature, often portrayed as deeply emotional but nonsexual.
- Transactional Romantic Relationships:
- Relationships where material or financial benefits play a significant role.
- Sugar Daddy/Sugar Baby Relationships.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Nonverbal Communication, Sexual Attraction, Chivalric Romance, Love Language, Relationship Counseling.
References
2021
- (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_(love) Retrieved:2021-5-7.
- Romance or Romantic love is an emotional feeling of love for, or a strong attraction towards another person, and the courtship behaviors undertaken by an individual to express those overall feelings and resultant emotions.
The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Family Studies states that "Romantic love, based on the model of mutual attraction and on a connection between two people that bonds them as a couple, creates the conditions for overturning the model of family and marriage that it engenders." This indicates that romantic love can be the founding of attraction between two people. This term was primarily used by the "western countries after the 1800s were socialized into, love is the necessary prerequisite for starting an intimate relationship and represents the foundation on which to build the next steps in a family." Alternatively, Collins Dictionary describes romantic love as "an intensity and idealization of a love relationship, in which the other is imbued with extraordinary virtue, beauty, etc., so that the relationship overrides all other considerations, including material ones."
Although the emotions and sensations of romantic love are widely associated with sexual attraction, romantic feelings can exist without expectation of physical consummation and be subsequently expressed. In certain cases, romance could even be just passed down as a normal friendship. Historically, the term romance originates with the medieval ideal of chivalry as set out in the literature of Chivalric romance.
- Romance or Romantic love is an emotional feeling of love for, or a strong attraction towards another person, and the courtship behaviors undertaken by an individual to express those overall feelings and resultant emotions.