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A review by mesy_mark
The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center by Rhaina Cohen
informative
medium-paced
2.5
So has this author heard of queerplatonic relationships cause she is describing them without using the words? Secondly, I think Ace is mentioned once but to me, the friendships convey an asexual but not aromantic type of relationship. And by default, a little bit of the polyam due to the deep friends may also have romantic partners. I feel like if the author could have opened herself to talking to asexuals she would have found more examples.
The book itself is about the deep friendship that someone has for another. All examples are of two people in this dynamic. All seem to value friendship over their romantic life. Studies show facts over these friendships occur more in older folks due to being thought of as asexual once reaching a certain age while the younger crowd is more questioning on a romantic relationship. I liked how people can explore intimate bonds, choose to raise children, live together (or nearby), etc and sex doesn't have to be that intimate together.
The author read the book and I did get confused at points due to the cast of characters changing for each chapter. I would have liked to have seen dynamics with more than two, There are some legal things discussed like getting married to a friend but that leads me to think about the ace folk.
The book itself is about the deep friendship that someone has for another. All examples are of two people in this dynamic. All seem to value friendship over their romantic life. Studies show facts over these friendships occur more in older folks due to being thought of as asexual once reaching a certain age while the younger crowd is more questioning on a romantic relationship. I liked how people can explore intimate bonds, choose to raise children, live together (or nearby), etc and sex doesn't have to be that intimate together.
The author read the book and I did get confused at points due to the cast of characters changing for each chapter. I would have liked to have seen dynamics with more than two, There are some legal things discussed like getting married to a friend but that leads me to think about the ace folk.