A romantic gray area where you’re more than friends but not officially dating. Named after Pluto’s “almost a planet” status — close enough to count, but never quite official.
First coined by author Deepti Jethani in 2025.
We hang out every weekend, text all day, and even met each other’s families, but he says we’re not dating. I guess we’re in a PlutonicRelationship.
me: "parker and I are in a platonic relationship"
person: "so...... you're friends?"
me: "no we're in a relationship, it's the same as a "normal" romantic relationship, just with fewer feelings. Our attraction is somewhere in between friendship feelings and love feelings."
Another term for a platonic relationship is a queerplatonic relationship.
Random dude: This woman and I are in a platonic relationship.
Plato: And what does platonic mean?
Random dude: It means we don't have sex.
Plato: What the fuck?
A Queer Platonic Relationship or a QPR is a relationship that is neither inherently sexual, romantic or platonic, and was created by and for A-spec people (those with nonexisting to limited sexual/romantic attraction). Allosexuals/Alloromantics may also participate.
One in a QPR may do the following ;
- Kiss/ Not Kiss
-Hold hands/ Never hold hands
- Cuddle/ not cuddle
- Have kids/ Not have kids
- Live together/ Live seperatly
- marry/ not marry
- fuck/ not fuck
Baisically a list of checkboxes and custom made.
Quinn ; Why is she holding her hand? Is she gay?
Alice ; No they are just partners and signficant others.
Quinn ; Isn't that the same thing?
Alice ; No those terms can either refer to a romanticrelationship or someone your in a Queer Platonic Relationship with.