@Victor_Emmanuel @SuperLutheran >I have a transactional relationship with my boss “I work for you and you give me money”. I could quit or he could fire me
You may. Try not showing up to work when you have a contract. Or firing someone in a Right to Work state. Are those employer relationships somehow not transactional?
>I did not have a transactional relationship with my parents “I obey you and you take care of me”. I could not quit being their son and they could not kick me out (without being terrible parents).
Only insofar as as the blood relationship goes.
Insofar as the actual filial/paternal responsibility goes... it's absolutely transactional? I don't know what definition of transaction you and Super are using, but relationships where both sides have obligations predicated on the otherside fulfilling their obligations meets the definition in the dictionary...