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Depending on your partner for life, willing to live and die for that person, isn’ that what partners in romance are about? Well I’m here to tell you that the statement above is correct, however, it’s not always black and white. Not every relationship is the same, not the same intimacy is shared by everyone and as long as both partners are okay with it, it’s their relationship and story to tell.

Parallel partners are the type of partners that might have the general population question their relationship. Intimacy is key in romance and these partner can live without it with no problems. How you may ask? By how they lived way before they were in a relationship, through independence. Independence is key for them because for most of these individuals, there was a point where they were alone and had to climb out of a hole alone. It might be easy for someone to say to grow out of that but not for some. Even in a relationship, they might keep the same feels as when they were alone. They might accept someone in their life romantically but doesn’t mean they are entitled to follow society’s standards of it. Again, it’s not so black and white so let me explain. These individuals don’t need to embrace society’s standards of a relationship. Yes, these partners do care for one another but they don’t necessarily need to prove it every second of their lives. As different as it may sound, to society, they aren’t meant for each other. But that’s the thing, society doesn’t see what happens behind closed doors. They might not need to be next to each other all the time, might not live together, or even see like a couple outside their homes but they share the same believes of love and show it to each other a way that’s indescribable. Lastly, it’s shown that relationships that don’t last are due to a lack of intimacy or a one-sided relationship. With parallel partners, they avoid those problems all together by how they interact with one another.

This may be short as the percentage of couples identify themselves as parallel partners are less than 8% but it was one of those topics in which I’ve known about for quite some time and wanted to learn more about even though it’s quite limited. Like I’ve said, every relationship is different and with that being said, the next types of partners that will be looked at will be rational partners. Hope you enjoyed learning and reading this!