It's nice how both "I want to stay with you" and "Maybe someday you'll fall for someone who can return your romantic feelings" were posited, and in a positive way.
Also, regarding QPPs: In reality, yeah, they're not that different from "besties" type relationships. However, the language QPP is used here to define it with regards to societal expectations. If you say you're best friends with someone but you're like really really close with them, people are going to assume you're lying and actually banging, or you're frickin' weird. I'm not aroace myself but this is more or less the practical meaning that I've gleaned. At the base of things, relationships don't necessarily have discrete borders which separate the types - it's based on external expectations for the most part.
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