Platonic Life Partnerships & Demisexuality with April Lee & Renee Wong

Doing It! with Hannah Witton

Global Media & Entertainment

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Sexuality, Society & Culture

4.8 • 651 Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Hannah is joined by April Lee and Renee Wong, platonic life partners originally from Singapore and now based in LA. April and Renee tell Hannah all about their personal story and what led to them becoming platonic life partners, what a PLP actually is, and how to tell the difference between a best friend, a potential PLP, and a romantic love connection. They talk about getting to handpick things that create security and commitment in their partnership without having to deal with the complex legalities of marriage, why it’s more common for women and queer people to have PLPS, and also their experiences of dating other people while in their PLP. Finally, April and Renee talk about what it’s like navigating such a sexualised world when demisexual, what would happen if one of them were to meet a romantic partner, and why, if they were to have children, they would want to do it with each other.

✨MORE ABOUT APRIL LEE✨

A Singaporean writer and creative producer based in Los Angeles. As a storyteller, I take special interest in exploring the unconventional and taboo, and breaking down stigmas. Cat-whisperer and Game of Thrones enthusiast.
- Psychottie: http://www.psychottie.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aprillexilee
- Psychottie on TikTok: http://www.psychottie.com/

✨MORE ABOUT RENEE WONG✨
An explorer of self and spirituality, and knitter of (only) scarves. April's counterpart who moved across the world to be with her in LA a year ago.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, welcome back to doing it the Sex and Relationships podcast where sex has
0:11.0	never been so nerdy with me, your host, Hannah Witten. I am really excited about this
0:16.3	week's episode, which is all about platonic life partnerships and and Demy Sexuality. My guests are April Lee
0:23.9	and Renee Wong, Platonic Life Partners, both originally from Singapore and now based in LA.
0:29.8	April is a Singaporean writer and creative producer, and Renee is a self-defined explorer of self,
0:36.3	spirituality and knitter of scarves. I really wanted to get
0:40.2	April and Renee on the show because I'd been hearing more and more about Platonic Life Partnerships
0:46.0	or PLPs and with April being one of the main people talking about PLPs online, I knew I had to
0:53.4	have her and Renee on to tell us all about them.
0:57.8	April and Renee told me all about their own personal story and what led them to becoming
1:02.7	Platonic Life Partners. We chatted about what a PLP actually is and how to tell the difference
1:08.6	between a best friend, a potential PLP and a romantic love
1:12.9	connection. We spoke about the need to deprogram the instilled desire of wanting a romantic
1:19.3	partner to be your everything and forever and why it's more common for women and queer people
1:25.9	to have PLPs.
1:34.0	April and Renee told me more about the specific logistics of their PLP and how they've gotten to handpick things that create security and commitment in their partnership, but without having to
1:40.0	deal with the complex legalities of marriage.
1:47.0	We also spoke all about their experiences of dating other people whilst in their PLP and also about their identities as demisexual. We talked about what
1:53.7	it's like navigating such a sexualized world when demisexual and the importance of really
1:58.7	knowing yourself what you want and what you don't want.
2:02.3	April and Renee also spoke about what would happen if they were to meet a romantic partner
2:06.5	they also wanted to share a life with, but why April and Renee know if they were to have
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