Hi friends I'm Niharika and welcome back to
a new lesson. Well in tod ay's lesson we are
going to look at some phrases that would help
you to describe relationships. Now in life
we end up meeting a lot of new people and
we tend to build relationships. Now at times
the relationships are really good and then
there are really bad relationships as well.
So how do you talk about it? How do you describe
it? That's what we are going to learn today.
Now here I'm not just talking about romantic
relationships but relationships with your
friends, with your co workers or boyfriend,
girlfriend, husband, wife or even your family.
So come on let's dive into some phrases that
would help you to talk about your relationship
with someone.
The very first one that I have for you is
best of friends. Now when you are best of
friends with someone, it means that you are
very close to that person and extremely friendly
with that person. So you are close and you
are very friendly. So I have a friend of mine,
with whom I share an absolutely fantastic
relationship because we are very close to
each other. We share our feelings, we share
our secrets and everything and of course we
are extremely friendly. So, I am best of friends
with her. If you so friendly and so close
to someone, then use this phrase to describe
this relationship.
The next phrase that I have for you is not
on speaking terms. Now you know in life, we
meet people with whom we had a good relationship
but now because of some issue, you had a fight,
you had an argument and you do not see that
person anymore. Like you don't talk to that
person anymore because may be you fought about
something. You are angry; you are upset with
that person. So you are not on speaking terms
with that person. So when you are angry or
you're upset, then the best phrase to describe
your relationship is that you are not on speaking
terms. So like I used to be best of friends
with John, but now because of some issue,
we are not on speaking terms. Okay, so that's
how I describe my relationship with John,
fine.
Let’s have a look at another phrase which
is friends with benefits. Now what do you
think this means. Now friends with benefits
are actually two friends who are into a sexual
relationship but without any emotional bonding.
So it's just you know they are sleeping around
but they do not have any emotional attachment.
They are not committed to each other. It's
just for fun, that they are friends. Okay,
so fiends with benefits are two people. So
two people in a sexual relationship without
being emotionally attached. Remember the movie
friends with benefits; well that's what this
phrase is all about.
Let's have a look at another term which is
inseparable. yes, there are people who are
absolutely inseparable. Like it's just impossible
to separate them. They spend all their time
together because they are very friendly. They
are very close and like spending time with
each other. So like for example, I have these
two friends of mine, and every weekend I see
them hanging out with each other and they
are absolutely inseparable. So it means they
are very close to each other and extremely
friendly, right.
Let's have a look at another term which is
intimate. Now intimate is when you are intimate
with someone or you have an intimate relationship
with someone, it means the relationship is
very personal. Especially again you have a
sexual relationship as well and you are very
fond of that person. So it's a very personal
relationship. For example, Patricia has a
very intimate relationship with her friend
John. Okay, so that's how you can use the
term to describe a relationship.
Another one, platonic. Well this relationship
is purely platonic. So platonic actually means
a relationship where there is a lot of affection,
okay a lot of care for each other. But again,
there is no sexual bonding okay. It's purely
friendly relationship. So absolutely a platonic
relationship. It is a very affectionate 
and caring relationship okay.
Then we have Bromantic. Look at them, they
have an absolutely Bromantic relationship.
So what do you think this word really means?
Well you may have also come across the word
bromance. Now both of these terms are slang
terms and Bromantic or bromance is actually
a very close relationship between 2 men. Between
two straight men, okay. There's no attraction,
physical attraction towards each other, it's
just friendship. So Bromantic or bromance
is a very close friendly relationship between
two straight men. Yeah, well there are men
who can be best of friends as well, right.
So either you can use the term best of friends
or you can say, they have such a Bromantic
relationship, alright.
And then we have illicit. Now an illicit relationship
is a relationship that someone has which is
not acceptable by the law or by the society
or by the people. Uh, like for example, someone
who has a relationship with a married man,
the woman is single but she is dating a married
man. Well definitely it's not going to be
appreciated by the society or even by the
law. So it's a very illicit relationship.
So that's how you describe this relationship
which is not acceptable by the people. Okay
a relationship which is not acceptable by
the people, by the law or by the society.
Alright, that's an illicit relationship.
And then we have, it's complicated, yes well
the face book relationship status. Many people
have updated it as complicated. So what is,
it's complicated. What is this status? What
does it really mean? Well you know there are
times when you are into a relationship with
someone but probably it's not a great relationship.
Maybe it's long distance> may be you fight
too much with that person and it's not always
very rosy. Okay, it's complicated. You can't
really give a perfect term like, you can't
really say that we are best of friends or
we are inseparable or we have an intimate
relationship. You just don't know, you are
way too confused about this relationship.
So a perfect term to describe this kind of
a relationship is, it's complicated. So if
someone says, hey what's going on between
you and Patricia and you really don’t know,
you are confused. maybe you don;t get along
with her. but you are still dating her. So
you will say don't even ask, it's complicated.
Okay, so that's how you can use this term.
And then the last term that I have for you
to describe a relationship is a one way relationship.
So a one way relationship is again between
two people but wherein only one person is
putting all the efforts to make that relationship
work and the partner or the second person
in that relationship is least bothered. He
or she is least concerned about this relationship,
then this kind of a relationship can be described
as a one way relationship. Like I have a very
close friend of mine who really takes in all
the efforts to make her relationship stronger,
to work it out with her partner. But then
the partner seems to be not interested. So
it's definitely a one way relationship, where
only one person puts in efforts and the second
person is least concerned about it. Okay,
so these are some 10 phrases that you can
use to describe your relationship. Let me
also know if you are best of friend with someone
or if you have an intimate relationship or
even an illicit affair. I’ll be back with
a new lesson, till then you take care and
have a great day.
