What is a role relationship and how does it differ from relationships with friends, family, and romantic partners?

What will be an ideal response?


A role relationship is a relationship that exists only in the context of the roles the individuals play for one another (e.g., doctor/patient, clerk/customer). Role relationships differ from friend, family, and romantic relationships because they only revolve around a specific context and activity and do not continue beyond that context. For example, one might see the same checkout clerk at the grocery store every week, but his/her relationship with the clerk only exists in the interaction of buying groceries at the grocery store.

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