After a while, the partnership moves to another level! Have you and your partner already managed to experience the highest level of love that exists?
Philosophers and scientists have been trying to figure out for centuries what is love. Accordingly, there are many theories, but this time we will rely on Sternberg's 3-component theory of love, which includes emotional intimacy, passion and commitment. Thanks to him, today we know 7 types of love... and as he says, few people feel the last one.
7 types of love:
1. Falling in love
This is the period when the partners do not yet know each other well, but feel mutual attraction. In such a relationship, two people often have no idea if they even have anything in common, but they stay together anyway.
According to the psychologist, this infatuation can eventually turn into something more perfect, but this does not always happen. Many couples do not go beyond this type of love.
2. Sympathy
In such relationships, you can always be who you are. In this type of love, people are usually united by common interests, views on life and a sense of understanding. Psychologists believe that such intimacy without passion and commitment is likely to end in friendship rather than true love.
3. Empty love
Couples who experience this type of love are committed, but without intimacy or passion. Usually, this kind of relationship comes after a bigger, passionate love, and sometimes it's the other way around: people who experience empty love can change, which adds passion to their emotions.
4. Prudent love
This type of love involves devotion and passion and is familiar to many couples. This is the love that occurs when two people are really attracted to each other and are willing to follow certain traditions, such as a big wedding, exchanging vows, sharing household chores, but lack real intimacy. Psychologists believe that such couples can live together for a long time, but their happiness is relative. In fact, they do not perceive their partner as a friend.
5. Romantic love
This type of love involves passion and intimacy. In this case, people are attracted to each other and feel relaxed around each other, but are still not ready for a serious relationship. Such relationships often do not reach the stage of cohabitation or marriage.
6. Sociability
This love consists of commitment and intimacy. Such relationships are stronger than ordinary friendship and there is a real bond between the two partners. However, it is rather a pure agreement, as this relationship lacks passion. Psychologists say that such a relationship can grow into a marriage after many years.
7. Perfected love
This love consists of all 3 components: passion, emotional intimacy and commitment. Of course, the levels of this are not always the same, but it is important that they are there. We rarely see this type of relationship, but when people manage to build it, they truly love each other. Such couples will live a long life together and enjoy their marriage.
Psychologists are convinced that a person through life experiences different types of love. Sometimes that happens with the same partner: they converge and move a level higher. Another time this happens with some other person. Your relationship may not fit one of these 7 types of love, but is somewhere in the middle.
This typology will help you determine what kind of relationship you are currently in and whether it is worth continuing. If with a partner let's talk, you may eventually be able to transform your love into the kind of love that both of you will be happy with.
