A wavership is a form of relationship where the exact type of relationship changes. For example, one day the relationship might be romantic, the next day it might be queerplatonic, a platonic bond another, and a soft romo relationship another day. Wavership can also be used when the exact nature of a relationship isn't known by the people in the relationship, but they know it's a partnership of some kind.
The nature of the relationship might change for any number of reasons including:
- One or more partners is a system (DID).
- One or more partners is aroflux/aceflux
- One or more partners is greyromantic/sexual, quoiromantic/sexual, or otherwise aro-spec/ace-spec.
- One or more partners has a fluid gender.
- One or more partners is abrosexual.
- One or more partners is disabled/chronically ill and has a varying amount spoons for the relationship.
Someone in a wavership can be called anything, including partner, girl/boyfriend, datemate, etc. Terms specific to waverships include wavermate and waffle. The term used for one's partner might change based on the nature of the relationship at that moment.
Someone interested in having a wavership might call themself fluitic.
History
Wavership was coined on September 17, 2018 by the Tumblr user Wavership[1].