An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that’s obsessed …
The story is different elsewhere. Historical reports from cultures in Guatemala, Samoa, and Melanesia describe how these close, nonsexual relationships were acknowledged. Sometimes honored with ceremonies such as ring exchanges, these relationships were considered a middle ground between friendship and romance and were often simply called "romantic friendship"
— Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen (Page 117)