Rhaina Cohen

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

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

I mean, there's no dating app for you to go out and find a platonic partner. So I think it is relatively unusual for someone to say, you know, I'm 25 or 30 or even 50. And like, you know what, what I want to go out and do is find a friend who's going to be my life partner. We just don't really have... a social script for that.

I mean, there's no dating app for you to go out and find a platonic partner. So I think it is relatively unusual for someone to say, you know, I'm 25 or 30 or even 50. And like, you know what, what I want to go out and do is find a friend who's going to be my life partner. We just don't really have... a social script for that.

I mean, there's no dating app for you to go out and find a platonic partner. So I think it is relatively unusual for someone to say, you know, I'm 25 or 30 or even 50. And like, you know what, what I want to go out and do is find a friend who's going to be my life partner. We just don't really have... a social script for that.

I have seen people be extremely intentional, partly because something about their life didn't quite work out. So, you know, one of the people whose stories I find, I think, very, very moving is this man named Art, who met his best friend at a Christian college when they were both

I have seen people be extremely intentional, partly because something about their life didn't quite work out. So, you know, one of the people whose stories I find, I think, very, very moving is this man named Art, who met his best friend at a Christian college when they were both

I have seen people be extremely intentional, partly because something about their life didn't quite work out. So, you know, one of the people whose stories I find, I think, very, very moving is this man named Art, who met his best friend at a Christian college when they were both

training to be youth pastors and, you know, in conservative congregations, art comes to terms with the fact that he's gay and the way that he reconciles his faith, which is so important to him and his sexuality is to become celibate. And he decided that, you know, so he's not going to have a kind of conventional romantic relationship.

training to be youth pastors and, you know, in conservative congregations, art comes to terms with the fact that he's gay and the way that he reconciles his faith, which is so important to him and his sexuality is to become celibate. And he decided that, you know, so he's not going to have a kind of conventional romantic relationship.

training to be youth pastors and, you know, in conservative congregations, art comes to terms with the fact that he's gay and the way that he reconciles his faith, which is so important to him and his sexuality is to become celibate. And he decided that, you know, so he's not going to have a kind of conventional romantic relationship.

And his friend sort of saw how devastating that would be to art and kind of offered to act as family with him. And the two of them, I think, have been kind of astonishingly intentional and open in their conversation about how they want to play a really important role in each other's life as friends. So intentionality can come in, but

And his friend sort of saw how devastating that would be to art and kind of offered to act as family with him. And the two of them, I think, have been kind of astonishingly intentional and open in their conversation about how they want to play a really important role in each other's life as friends. So intentionality can come in, but

And his friend sort of saw how devastating that would be to art and kind of offered to act as family with him. And the two of them, I think, have been kind of astonishingly intentional and open in their conversation about how they want to play a really important role in each other's life as friends. So intentionality can come in, but

you know, again, it's often arising because someone is being forced to be a little bit more creative to get core needs met in their lives.

you know, again, it's often arising because someone is being forced to be a little bit more creative to get core needs met in their lives.

you know, again, it's often arising because someone is being forced to be a little bit more creative to get core needs met in their lives.

And, you know, I think just as often it's like someone needs extra support and a friend is there and is jumping in, which was the case with a woman that I interviewed who saw that her, who like fell in love with her friend's baby after being this kind of birth coach. And the mother needed a lot of help because the child had complex disabilities and

And, you know, I think just as often it's like someone needs extra support and a friend is there and is jumping in, which was the case with a woman that I interviewed who saw that her, who like fell in love with her friend's baby after being this kind of birth coach. And the mother needed a lot of help because the child had complex disabilities and

And, you know, I think just as often it's like someone needs extra support and a friend is there and is jumping in, which was the case with a woman that I interviewed who saw that her, who like fell in love with her friend's baby after being this kind of birth coach. And the mother needed a lot of help because the child had complex disabilities and