For anybody looking for something to write about...

[littlelotte]

I had a random person IM me on AIM. They asked me the following question, and I would really actually like to see my f'list answers to it:

What makes a relationship a relationship, besides sex? How is it different from a friendship?

I was asleep when the IM came, so I never responded, but once I'm finished with my current streak of "stuff to get done ASAP for work" I'll probably piece my own answer together.

Comments

[vox-diabolica.livejournal.com]

You'd feel guilty if you slept with somebody else.

It's why polyamorous relationships aren't really relationships.

[(Anonymous)]

You know, "you know" souds like high school kids or grand da.
STOP using it!!!!

PS You can still use it here at LJ.

[physicsduck.livejournal.com]

Emotional Investment, and Intimacy.

[spherulitic.livejournal.com]

I don't think there is a difference, except the magnitude of the present of the person in your life. It's the same sort of thing, just a matter of intensity.