Vocabulary of Affection
Apr. 25th, 2012 02:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
We don't really have a lexicon for asexual relationships yet. More words would be helpful. Lifefriend, maybe; a suggestion of permanence and affection that doesn't carry the same assumption of sex. Squishmate, perhaps; drawing on the asexual term 'squish' for a nonsexual kind of crush.