#qpr

[aroacespacerock]

All ships are better when you make them weird and aromantic about it I fear

[the-nugget-squad]

⋆｡‧˚ʚ I want a mate ɞ˚‧｡⋆

[monlovesblue]

i dont care if its romantic or platonic, i just want some sort of relationship where i feel that someone really cares about and prioritizes me, and we can be nonsexually intimate.

Friendship in this society is so devalued, there's always a limit to how close you can be to your friends and how strongly you're allowed to feel for them. My friends are so important to me but whenever I start expecting to be just as important to them, I'm pushed away and told I'm overbearing or too much.

Would me caring about you be okay if we were in a romantic relationship?? I've only had one brief relationship in the past, so I don't know if the same thing would happen there too-- would I eventually care too much about this person, with it only being returned to an extent?

I crave love and I don't care what form it comes in, I barely even know if I really have a romantic attraction or if I just get really attached to certain people. Be it a best friend I could hug and kiss, or a romantic relationship that doesn't require me to have sex, there seems to be no socially acceptable way to have my emotional needs met, no in between section where we care about each other deeply and want to respect each other's boundaries while still being very close.

Just let me love the way I love, is that so hard??

[the-good-witch-star]

I want a queerplatonic relationship so bad.

I want someone who I hold hands with as we walk around the streets. I want someone who, on valentines Day, takes me to some restaurant where we laugh at all the stupid valentines things and are instead celebrating draculauras birthday (I'm a monster high fan)

I want someone who will have film nights, and we'll cuddle. Someone who don't mind me trying to take a nap on them (I'm sleepy like constantly) . I want someone who will know me well enough to, on my bad days, they'll know what food I want and what shows I want to watch. And I wanna know exactly what to do on their bad days, too. I want to help them as much as they help me.

I want someone who loves me and cares for me. Idc if they've got a romantic partner already. I just want someone to care about me like this.

[qprconcepts]

Qpr who don't know where they're going to be in the future, but they hope beyond hope that they'll be together.

-🌻☁️

<3

[lgbtqtext]

[sysiheart]

I love that I am this but also I just talked with my qpr pair about how I was so scared at first that I send them every possible signal ever lmao

Me: i dont want to date anyone

Also me: If I WOULD date someone it would be you

Leino:

Me: *I fucking nailed it*

Before I knew I was aroace i decided to have a crush on this one dude in my school (you know. Like how having crush works)

And it was hilarious cause:

1. I was like lowkey going for it. Like if we had the same lesson and had to do something in pairs I would just "hey wanna work with me?" ect. Nothing crazy (as in never went on a date, never gave him my phone number ect) but I was like "yeah im going to get him". I was like "lmao idk what people are talking about this is easy"

2. I would RIGHT AWAY start talking to my friends about him. I was like "my time has come i have felt the Great Love"

3. BUT I could not. For the life of me. Learn his fucking name. It is actually so funny cause my friends would learn it BUT I COULDNT AND I AM THE ONE WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN LOVE HERE

4. I took the first chance to abort the whole mission LMAO. Like the first time something bit eh happened (we had the same class, I asked him where the lesson was and probably because he was in front of his friends or something he pretended he didnt know we had the same class even tho he totally did) I was like "aaaand its over yeah thats it TOO BAD THAT HAPPENED NOW I CANT DO ROMANCE" like girl i dont think thats the real reason here

5. And RIGHT AWAY AFTER THIS

I HAD NO LIKE "i am sad that it didnt work out :(" FEELINGS

I LITERALLY JUST

"so anyway--"

[cryptar]

don't make me tap the sign again.

[undead-tboy-swag]

if your weird enough with the homies you can break all boundaries of platonic/romantic love and make a third, more evil thing

[twinklerei]

The point of queerplatonic relationships is literally having relationships out of the common, that go against what is expected in a normal friendship or in a romantic relationship, its about breaking those society imposed rules, so guys, there is no correct way to have a qpr, or some kind of definition, you can do and have whatever you and your partner/s want always if you feel happy and comfortable!

[midnightcrisisstuff]

actually no, we're not "dating". we're bound together for infinity. like the stars. so, fuck you, actually.

[tremendously-crazy]

"Do you want a boyfriend/girlfriend?" no i want a best friend/roommate/soulmate that I can go on silly adventures with and hang out with and have deep intellectual discussions with and we can be life partners without any of the romance stuff

[potatowithinternet]

Hey gang, what if we didn't talk about relationships like they were hierarchies

[x-hotrose-x]

as a person who is in a QPR, I love this post so much. Made me so happy as well

Another for the Christian aces...

If anyone, especially a Christian, ever tries to tell you that QPRs are illegitimate or that platonic love is less than romantic love, remind them of David and Jonathan:

1 Samuel 18:1-4 “…the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul… Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul…”

2 Samuel 1:26 “I (David) am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant have you been to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.”

1 Samuel 20:4,17 “Then Jonathan said to David, ‘Whatever you say, I will do for you’…(proceeds to plan to betray his father in order to save David’s life then they make a pact to protect each other’s families forever)…And Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul.”

Jonathan and David are the model friendship in the Bible. Even after Jon dies, David raises Jon’s son as his own in honor of their commitment. Who can look at this type of devotion and still say it’s somehow “less meaningful” than romance?

Note: many ppl interpret this as a same sex relationship; I think viewing it as a qpr is an equally valid reading

Tl;dr: The Bible shows no preference for romantic/sexual love and blesses platonic relationships. Enjoy your qprs in peace, friends 😌

[runwiththerain]

more people need to be aware of the term alterous attraction (a desire for a close emotional connection with someone, but it's not completely romantic or platonic) and use it instead of calling everything a qpr. because by calling everything a qpr you are turning that term into a label instead of what it actually is - an umbrella term for many non conventional types of relationships.