Platonic life-partner

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A Platonic life-partnership is a relationship between two people, regardless of sex, that shares the closeness of a marriage or similar union without a sexual component. Such a situation is a cross between roommates and best friends. Some in this type of relationship find that family members and other friends have a hard time understanding that the relationship is indeed platonic.

An example of platonic life partners would be Jay and Silent Bob. Kevin Smith often referes to the fact that he "fell in hetero love" with Jason Mewes when they were teens. Jay often introduces himself and Silent Bob as "I'm Jay and this is my hetero life mate Silent Bob." In Clerks II Randal tells Dante that he loves him...in a totally hetero way.

See also Boston marriage.

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