But in a long-term committed relationship, talking about intimacy is more difficult.
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Much of civilization is based on the principle that children are best socialized in a home by two biological parents in a committed relationship.
To qualify, the service member and his or her partner must sign a "declaration of domestic partnership" attesting to the exclusive and committed relationship.
Nowadays, we have - just behind a password typically handed to us on committed relationship silver platters - access to our better halves' entire social world.
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Though I know far too many a person who could easily be defined as any of those things and have somehow managed to finagle their way into a long-term committed relationship.
Specifically, Leahy had proposed recognizing same-sex marriages in which one spouse is an American, and allowing U.S. citizens to sponsor foreign-born same-sex partners for green cards given proof of a committed relationship.
"We're in a loving, committed, happy relationship, " she said.
Reaction from Poland and the Czech Republic was cautious, with leaders saying they were assured that the United States remained committed to a strong relationship and their security.
But this is something that -- obviously, as I said earlier, we have a very strong relationship and are committed to their defense.
You are going to have to find someone who is also committed to a lifestyle and relationship (and possibly even an eventual family) that is anything but traditional.
In this new relationship, UNESCO and Airbus are committed to working together to make connections between industry and academia that promote the importance of engineering for sustainable development, encourage young people to pursue careers in STEM disciplines, and cultivate innovative solutions as a result of international, multidisciplinary teamwork.
"The object of California's establishment of the legal relationship of domestic partnership is to grant committed same-sex couples rights equivalent to those accorded a married couple. but Proposition 8, by depriving same-sex couples of the right to marry, denies them the dignity, respect, and stature accorded similarly situated opposite-sex couples under state law, " the court brief said.
You never know, if President Hollande and Chancellor Merkel are committed to making it work, the Franco-German relationship might actually do better with a less theatrical character running France.
We've got a constructive economic relationship with China, and whenever possible, we are committed to working with them to addressing our concerns.
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Mr Cameron has said he wants the UK to remain in the 27-member union playing a "committed and active" role but argued that the basis of its relationship must change.
"We have committed ourselves to normalising relations between Zimbabwe and those countries which disengaged their relationship and this is primarily the EU, the United Kingdom, the United States and the white Commonwealth countries, " he said.
And we are committed to continuing to work very hard to try to strengthen the bilateral relationship so that we can promote progress that will be good not only for this country but for the region and for the international community.
"CIE is committed to working in equal partnership with our colleagues from education ministries around the world, a relationship that forms the backbone of our reputation and work in global education provision and assessment, " he said.
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They also agreed that the U.S. and Pakistan have worked hard to build an atmosphere of trust and cooperation, and committed to ongoing efforts to build a stronger, strategic, and more collaborative U.S.-Pakistan relationship.
So I think that the new president of Iran seems to be committed to not only lifting the economic and social conditions of his people, but also having a more regular relationship with the rest of the world, in accordance with international law and basically just conditions of good partnership.
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