What is a significant other?

Do we only have one significant other in our life? Can we have more?

The longer I live the more I learn that love — whether we call it friendship, family, or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light.

—James Baldwin

We need to rely on more than one relationship to sustain us throughout our full, unpredictable lives. We need other significant others.

— Rhaina Cohen

Why Friendship Can Be Just As Meaningful as Romantic Love