One of the things that became clear as we were talking, though I have long been aware of something like this… is that a relationship is ‘an additional body’ that exists ‘in the between’ of physical bodies. An emotional, spiritual, intellectual, philosophical… and sometimes physical (i.e. dancing together) or sometimes commercial (i.e. ‘jobs’)… »vehicle… or better yet »animal (though sometimes: machine)… that each participant experiences, contributes to, suffers or enjoys… according to the purposes and nature(s) of their involvement…