Family member Friend or Companion Life partner/Partner Spouse Mistress Soulmate Significant other Sexual partner Relationship management Bride price – Dower – Dowry – Brideservice – Love contract – Relationship intervention Family therapy – Relationship counseling – Relationship development Terms for people who want to develop their relationships include: People skills – Communications training – Emotional intelligence – Emotional literacy – Social intelligence – Social skills – Socionics Lacking an intimate relationship Spinster – Celibate – Romance and intimacy Courtship – Romance – Pet names Interpersonal communication Face-to-face Love letter Telephone Internet romance Romanticism Poetry Drawing Painting Dating Cooking Couple dancing Movies Stargazing Serenade Intimacy – Physical intimacy Touching Erogenous zones Cuddling Arm around shoulder Arms around abdomen Head on shoulder Head on lap Hugging Eye contact Holding hands Kissing Nuzzling Emotional intimacy Love Acceptance Jealousy Empathy Sympathy Longing Other Emotional contagion – tendency to catch and feel emotions that are similar to and influenced by those of others. Casual relationship – sexual relationship without the extra commitments of a more formal romantic relationship. Relational disorder – mental disorder attributable to a relationship rather than to any one individual in the relationship. Emotional tyranny – Equal power relationship – Fear of commitment – Friend zone – Internet relationship – Quality time – Reciprocal liking – Respect – Sexual capital – Term of endearment – Roommate – Interpersonal attraction – Broken heart – Long-distance relationship – Marriage – a socially binding commitment to a partner Female-led relationship – romantic commitment where the woman is the lead and/or principle partner; often referred to as an FLR Sexual infidelity – having a sexual relationship outside of a relationship that includes a commitment to have no other sexual partners Sexual fidelity – not having other sexual partners other than one's committed partner, even temporarily Serial monogamy – having a series of monogamous relationships, one after the other Polyamory – encompasses a wide range of relationships, including those above: polyamorous relationships may include both committed and casual relationships Relationship anarchy – a theory that questions the idea of love as a special, limited feeling that is only real if it is restricted to two people only, at any given moment. Sexual promiscuity – having casual sexual partners at will (compare with chastity) Affection – Casual dating – Kiss – Kissing traditions – Emotional intimacy – Female bonding – Life partner – Limbic resonance – MHC in