Rhaina Cohen

So I think it's more often than we probably think. We don't really know for sure because we don't have any stats on this. But I think regardless of how common it is for people to have these sorts of friendships, they're really worth looking at because they show us how much more we actually can ask of our friendships.

And they also provoke really profound questions, I think, about what it means to have a good life. What are the components of a good life? How do we think about the significance of romantic relationships? And how do we define what family is?

And they also provoke really profound questions, I think, about what it means to have a good life. What are the components of a good life? How do we think about the significance of romantic relationships? And how do we define what family is?

And they also provoke really profound questions, I think, about what it means to have a good life. What are the components of a good life? How do we think about the significance of romantic relationships? And how do we define what family is?

A person that you treat as a platonic partner, we can use that term, is somebody that you are moving through life with in lockstep, that you are making decisions together about where to live, maybe what jobs to take or to not consider, that you are really figuring each other into your future, that you're building a future together.

A person that you treat as a platonic partner, we can use that term, is somebody that you are moving through life with in lockstep, that you are making decisions together about where to live, maybe what jobs to take or to not consider, that you are really figuring each other into your future, that you're building a future together.

A person that you treat as a platonic partner, we can use that term, is somebody that you are moving through life with in lockstep, that you are making decisions together about where to live, maybe what jobs to take or to not consider, that you are really figuring each other into your future, that you're building a future together.

Well, I think necessity is another of invention and that many of the people who I spoke to who have these friendships did have something about their lives that went off track where they couldn't have, or no longer had the kind of nuclear family set up that they had been really raised to aspire to. And they also were lucky enough to find a really deep connection with a friend.

Well, I think necessity is another of invention and that many of the people who I spoke to who have these friendships did have something about their lives that went off track where they couldn't have, or no longer had the kind of nuclear family set up that they had been really raised to aspire to. And they also were lucky enough to find a really deep connection with a friend.

Well, I think necessity is another of invention and that many of the people who I spoke to who have these friendships did have something about their lives that went off track where they couldn't have, or no longer had the kind of nuclear family set up that they had been really raised to aspire to. And they also were lucky enough to find a really deep connection with a friend.

And so they had kind of the space and the open-mindedness to let a friend into their lives in a way that usually, you know, you're supposed to only have a romantic partner do. But just because it often happens in circumstances like, you know,

And so they had kind of the space and the open-mindedness to let a friend into their lives in a way that usually, you know, you're supposed to only have a romantic partner do. But just because it often happens in circumstances like, you know,

And so they had kind of the space and the open-mindedness to let a friend into their lives in a way that usually, you know, you're supposed to only have a romantic partner do. But just because it often happens in circumstances like, you know,

the dissolution of a romantic relationship or people not finding one doesn't mean that it is by necessity a lesser option or a plan B. And what many people who I've interviewed, like, you know, women in their 80s who have been best friends for 50 years, own a home together, you know, have the same primary care doctor, have the same email address is like, you can get companionship in different forms.

the dissolution of a romantic relationship or people not finding one doesn't mean that it is by necessity a lesser option or a plan B. And what many people who I've interviewed, like, you know, women in their 80s who have been best friends for 50 years, own a home together, you know, have the same primary care doctor, have the same email address is like, you can get companionship in different forms.

the dissolution of a romantic relationship or people not finding one doesn't mean that it is by necessity a lesser option or a plan B. And what many people who I've interviewed, like, you know, women in their 80s who have been best friends for 50 years, own a home together, you know, have the same primary care doctor, have the same email address is like, you can get companionship in different forms.

And that often what people are talking about when they say,

And that often what people are talking about when they say,

And that often what people are talking about when they say,

don't want to die alone or i don't want to you know be alone is doesn't really have to do with sort of sex and sparks which we associate with romantic relationships but these other forms of connection intimacy commitment that are possible to find outside of romantic relationships and i'm looking at friendships but certainly siblings are a really great case of this do you find when you talk to people because it would seem it would seem like