Typing about Type

Relationship type is an extremely loose and "dangerous" method of labeling a friendship, in my opinion. Nevertheless, for scientific study, it is a necessary evil to better understand the process behind it all and to differentiate in the future in order to benefit from this "dissection." The projected types of relationships I have come up with are labeled so far as:

• casual/other
• mentor/support
• platonic
• romantic

Now that these have been defined, it will make most sense to spend time on each type to further define what each category of friendship entails.