As you can see, there are several types of Boston marriages: business partnership, artistic collaboration, and sometimes it is a friendship nurtured with all the care that we usually squander on our mates — a friendship as it could be if we made it the center of our lives (and that's what romantic friendship also means). It is completely up to you to decide which one you want. In my opinion, Boston marriage combined with romantic friendship is the most intimate thing of all.... and that would be the rarest and most precious kind of Friendship!
Notice I left out the lesbians. Yes, I'm very aware and do recognize these women have loving and affectionate relationships (which is very real), but it's also sexual. That is why they belong in lesbian relationships, not in Boston marriages. Please remember that this social institution is supposed to be nonsexual (and the majority of them are). There is no reason for lesbians to hide behind Boston marriages, and they shouldn't. Our society today has become very accepting of lesbians, even allowing same-sex gay marriages, and that is where they belong. I totally respect it as well.
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