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'''Nonamory''' is a lifestyle choice that does not include intimate, long term partnerships. One does not need or want a boyfriend, girlfriend, or partner. They do not need or want a [[Queerplatonic Relationship|queerplatonic partner]], or platonic life-partner. One can be nonamorous regardless of romantic orientation, however it is most common among [[aromantic]] and [[Aromantic Spectrum|aro-spec]] people. Among non-aromantic people nonamory can be used to refer to someone who does not want a romantic relationship. Among aromantics it is most commonly used to refer to an aro-spec person who does not desire queerplatonic relationships, or similar long term partnerships. Some nonamorous people also do not desire significant platonic relationships, and may identify as [[aplatonic]].

Nonamorous people may instead decide to focus on friends or family, or they may choose to be solitary. Their life may focus on many fulfilling things such as hobbies, career, friendship, the arts, traveling, spirituality, social activism, learning, or more. They may or may not be sexually active.

Since nonamory is a lifestyle that one can choose an alloromantic person can choose to be nonamorous, similar to how an [[allosexual]] person may choose to be celibate. A nonamorous person feels the same way about romance and life-partnerships as a celibate person feels about sex.

The main nonamorous flag was designed by an anonymous used, submitted to beyond-mogai-pride-flags on January 25, 2019.<ref>https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/182310677230/ive-personally-had-some-problems-with-the</ref> The color meanings are as follows: Indigo represents the integrity nonamorous people show towards themselves in spite of social pressure to enter into [[monogamous]] relationships. Magenta represents compassion and solidarity between members of the nonamorous community as well as other people who struggle against the pressures of a [[Straight|hetero]] and monogamocentric society. It also represents the harmony we can achieve outside of ‘traditional’ long-term partnerships. Amber represents the joy, independence, and confidence nonamorous people harbor, both in non-monogamous relationships and with themselves, as well as solidarity. Turquoise represents the healing and self-sufficiency nonamorous people find as a community despite living in a world that treats them as ‘incomplete’ for not seeking out a monogamous partnership. The letter V was use to represent adventurousness and creativity in how nonamorous people relate to the world, and to represent how nonamory has long been in ‘uncharted waters’ in terms of general awareness and acceptance.