A committed relationship is an interpersonal relationship based upon agreed-upon commitment to one another involving love, trust, honesty, openness, or some other behavior. Forms of committed relationships include close friendship, long-term relationships, engagement, marriage, and civil unions. Non-romantic and/or non-sexual committed relationships Family: a group of people related by consanguinity or affinity Friendship: certain kinds of friendships are committed, such as best friends forever, bromance, blood brother, and womance Love–hate relationship: intense simultaneous or alternating emotions of love and hate, a committed frenemy or sibling rivalry Committed romantic and/or sexual relationships Marriage: a legal, religious, and social binding between two people. Monogamy: having a single long-term romantic and sexual partner Ménage à trois: having a domestic arrangement with three people sharing romantic or sexual relations; typically a traditional marriage along with another committed individual, usually a woman Polygamy: having multiple long-term sexual partners Polyandry: having multiple long-term male sexual partners Polygyny: having multiple long-term female sexual partners Sexual fidelity: not having other sexual partners other than one's committed partner, even temporarily See also Hookup culture: a culture encouraging numerous and sometimes anonymous sexual partners Sexual infidelity: having a sexual relationship without a commitment to have no other sexual partners Serial monogamy: having a series of monogamous relationships, one after the other Open relationship: having a partner without excluding other romantic or sexual involvement Polyamory: encompasses a wide range of relationships; polyamorous relationships may include both committed and casual relationships. Promiscuity: having casual sexual partners at will (compare with chastity) Relationship anarchy: having relationships that develop as an agreement between those involved, rather than according to predetermined rules or norms. Shipping: followers of either real-life people or fictional characters to be in a romantic or sexual relationship References Interpersonal relationships Monogamy