A mixed-orientation marriage is a marriage between partners of differing sexual orientations, one person is heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, or asexual while the other is of a different orientation. The broader term is mixed-orientation relationship and both terms are often shortened to MOM and MOR respectively.
The people involved in such a marriage may or may not be romantically or sexually compatible, for example if the marriage is between a heterosexual person and a homosexual person. If one of the partner is asexual, the marriage may involve romantic love but not sex.
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