Committed relationship - wikipedia Committed relationship This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( February 2011 ) A committed relationship is an interpersonal relationship based upon a mutually agreed - upon commitment to one another involving love, trust, honesty, openness, or some other agreed - upon behavior. Forms of committed relationships are : close friendship, long - term relationships ( LTR ), engagement, marriage, and civil unions. The term is most commonly used with informal relationships, such as `` going steady, '' but may encompass any relationship where an expressed commitment is involved. Terms related to committed relationship include : monogamy : having a single long - term sexual partner commitment marriage : a non-legal marriage binding two people together with the use of a traditional wedding ring opposed to legal documents marriage : a legal and social binding between two people that stretches beyond the boundaries of a committed relationship. Female - led relationship : committed relationship where the principle partner is the woman and led by the woman ; a matriarchal, female - centric, role - reversed relationship away from the former traditional patriarchal, male - centric relationship sexual infidelity : having a sexual relationship without a commitment to have no other sexual partners sexual fidelity : not having other sexual partners other than one 's committed partner, even temporarily serial monogamy : having a series of monogamous relationships, one after the other open relationship : a commitment to a partner without excluding other romantic or sexual involvement polygamy : having multiple long - term sexual partners polyandry : having multiple long - term male sexual partners polygyny : having multiple long - term female sexual partners polyamory : encompasses a wide range of relationships, including those above : polyamorous relationships may include both committed and casual relationships promiscuity : having casual sexual partners at will ( compare with chastity ) relationship anarchy ( or relationship activism ) : having relationships that do not need to be guided by any predetermined rules or norms, but rather can be developed as an agreement between those involved. 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Question: what does it mean to be committed in a relationship
Answer: an interpersonal relationship based upon a mutually agreed-upon commitment to one another involving love, trust, honesty, openness, or some other agreed-upon behavior