The Ladies are interesting today as an example of historical romantic friendship (and some would argue lesbianism).

It is probably best described as a romantic friendship.

The two women had an intimate "romantic friendship" that lasted until Kovalevskaya's death.

The relationships can be friendships, romantic, or familial (often other siblings).

I had a curious sort of romantic friendship with their brother who was drowned.

Theirs was a generation prepared to accept romantic friendships between men simply as friendships without sexual significance.

But now I feared I was getting too old for romantic friendships.

An affair is a sexual relationship or a romantic friendship or passionate attachment between two people.

It tells the story of a heroine's "romantic friendships" with a woman and a man.

For some reason, Prudie feels hunchy about your situation and thinks this romantic friendship has possibilities.