Committed relationship explained

A committed relationship is an interpersonal relationship based upon agreed-upon commitment to one another involving love, trust, honesty, openness, or some other behavior. Forms of committed relationships include close friendship, long-term relationships, engagement, marriage, and civil unions.

Non-romantic and/or non-sexual committed relationships

• Family: a group of people related by consanguinity or affinity
• Friendship: certain kinds of friendships are committed, such as best friends forever, bromance, blood brother, and womance

Committed romantic and/or sexual relationships

• Marriage: a legal, religious, and social binding between people.^[1]
• Monogamy: having a single long-term romantic and sexual partner
  • Ménage à trois: having a domestic arrangement with three people sharing romantic or sexual relations; typically a traditional marriage along with another committed individual, usually a woman^[2]
• Polyamory: encompasses a wide range of relationships; polyamorous relationships may include both committed and casual relationships.
• Group marriage: marital arrangement where three or more adults enter into marriage
• Sexual fidelity: not having other sexual partners other than one's committed partner, even temporarily

See also

• Hookup culture: a culture encouraging numerous and sometimes anonymous sexual partners
• Sexual infidelity: having a sexual relationship without a commitment to have no other sexual partners
• Serial monogamy: having a series of monogamous relationships, one after the other
• Open relationship: having a partner without excluding other romantic or sexual involvement
• Open marriage: marital arrangement where partners agree that each may engage in extramarital sexual or romantic relationships
• Polygamy: having multiple married partners
  • Polyandry: having multiple married male partners
  • Polygyny: having multiple married female partners
• Promiscuity: having casual sexual partners at will (compare with chastity)
• Relationship anarchy: having relationships that develop as an agreement between those involved, rather than according to predetermined rules or norms.
• Shipping: followers of either real-life people or fictional characters to be in a romantic or sexual relationship
• Love–hate relationship: intense simultaneous or alternating emotions of love and hate, a committed frenemy or sibling rivalry

Notes and References

1. Book: Haviland . William A. . Prins . Harald E.L. . McBride . Bunny . Walrath . Dana . 2011 . Cultural Anthropology: The Human Challenge . Cengage Learning . 978-0495811787 . 13th.
2. Web site: Debruge . Peter . Film Review: 'Professor Marston and the Wonder Women' . Yahoo . October 13, 2017 . March 9, 2022.