Rhaina Cohen

the romantic partner, and that can be a real source of tension. Something has to give. So either the romantic relationship ends or the friendship ends. And that's in the kind of worst case scenario. And I've seen other situations where with the right person, the right romantic partner, it all becomes additive rather than competitive.

I had mentioned these two men who decided to operate as a family, Nick and Art. And Nick is a straight man, has always wanted to get married and have children. And he had a romantic partner who was really suspicious of the friendship. She had a lot of issues with it. They ended up breaking up. Nick was introduced to a woman who herself had what she calls a chosen family, has a really close

I had mentioned these two men who decided to operate as a family, Nick and Art. And Nick is a straight man, has always wanted to get married and have children. And he had a romantic partner who was really suspicious of the friendship. She had a lot of issues with it. They ended up breaking up. Nick was introduced to a woman who herself had what she calls a chosen family, has a really close

I had mentioned these two men who decided to operate as a family, Nick and Art. And Nick is a straight man, has always wanted to get married and have children. And he had a romantic partner who was really suspicious of the friendship. She had a lot of issues with it. They ended up breaking up. Nick was introduced to a woman who herself had what she calls a chosen family, has a really close

friends. And to her, it was a plus that Nick had this close friend in his life, Art, and that all three of them see each other as kind of enhancing both the friendship and the romantic relationship because they can all support each other. They can take the load off of each other.

friends. And to her, it was a plus that Nick had this close friend in his life, Art, and that all three of them see each other as kind of enhancing both the friendship and the romantic relationship because they can all support each other. They can take the load off of each other.

friends. And to her, it was a plus that Nick had this close friend in his life, Art, and that all three of them see each other as kind of enhancing both the friendship and the romantic relationship because they can all support each other. They can take the load off of each other.

Well, as I said, there's no association for platonic partners that I can look to. So I don't totally know what is more or less common. But I can say sort of anecdotally from what I was able to find, it was certainly much easier for me to find women who had these friendships than men, and that men ran into issues that women didn't in the same way.

Well, as I said, there's no association for platonic partners that I can look to. So I don't totally know what is more or less common. But I can say sort of anecdotally from what I was able to find, it was certainly much easier for me to find women who had these friendships than men, and that men ran into issues that women didn't in the same way.

Well, as I said, there's no association for platonic partners that I can look to. So I don't totally know what is more or less common. But I can say sort of anecdotally from what I was able to find, it was certainly much easier for me to find women who had these friendships than men, and that men ran into issues that women didn't in the same way.

So specifically, there is a lot of sort of distrust and rumors around men, around straight men, or if at least one person in the pair was straight.

So specifically, there is a lot of sort of distrust and rumors around men, around straight men, or if at least one person in the pair was straight.

So specifically, there is a lot of sort of distrust and rumors around men, around straight men, or if at least one person in the pair was straight.

So there are a couple of straight men who I followed who they worked in the same lab together as grad students and their PhD, you know, the head of the lab basically gossiped about the two of them and was like, are they, you know, are they romantic partners?

So there are a couple of straight men who I followed who they worked in the same lab together as grad students and their PhD, you know, the head of the lab basically gossiped about the two of them and was like, are they, you know, are they romantic partners?

So there are a couple of straight men who I followed who they worked in the same lab together as grad students and their PhD, you know, the head of the lab basically gossiped about the two of them and was like, are they, you know, are they romantic partners?

The mother of one of them kind of kept trying to ask if they, if the two of them were romantically involved and was trying to be supportive and Um, so those are not things that I hear really in the same way with women.

The mother of one of them kind of kept trying to ask if they, if the two of them were romantically involved and was trying to be supportive and Um, so those are not things that I hear really in the same way with women.

The mother of one of them kind of kept trying to ask if they, if the two of them were romantically involved and was trying to be supportive and Um, so those are not things that I hear really in the same way with women.

I think there's, uh, there's a lot more license for women to be close to one another, um, emotionally and, you know, and, and physically close and to not be, um, suspected of having romantic involvement. Um, and there isn't that kind of disapproval. So, um, it, so it certainly was less common for men. And I think that there's, uh, men are swimming against the tide even more than, than women are.