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Five Types Of Relationships – Find Out Which Type Yours Is

While some might say there are as many types of love as there are couples,
it’s also true that long-term romantic relationships tend to fall into
certain categories.

According to Robert Sternberg, who developed the Triangular Theory of
Love, there are exactly seven of those categories. Here we’ll take a look
at the five types most would consider love. Any of them sound familiar?

Romantic Love

This is what Hollywood wants us to think love is. The foundation is
passion, that giddy, swept-of-your-feet feeling. Along with that, there’s
often a sense of emotional closeness so strong you feel one with your
partner. The problem with this type of love is that there’s no commitment.
Once the excitement wears off and the day-to-day routine sets in, this
love can fizzle fast. There are better types of relationships out there.

Fatuous Love

This is Vegas drive-through-chapel love. Love that makes you think you
should spend a lifetime together after you’ve only known each other a
week. As with the romantic variety, there’s plenty of passion, but there’s
also a sense of commitment (hence the insta-wedding).

What’s lacking, though, is intimacy. The two people involved hardly know
each other. It leads to questions like “What do you mean you ‘forgot’ to
finalize your divorce?!”

Companionate Love

This is the elderly couple walking hand in hand through the park. It’s
also the ornery old pair who always seems to have regular spats, yet
wouldn’t dream of leaving each other. Even after the passion has died
down, the closeness and commitment are stronger than ever. Of course,
that’s not to imply that all older couples lack passion or that this love
is reserved only for the elderly.

Empty Love

Of all types of relationships, this one is hardest to call ‘love.’ It’s
really more a type of respect held up by moral values. It’s the kind of
thing that happens when a married couple no longer feels much of anything
for each other, but stays together for the kids, for financial reasons, or
just out of sheer momentum. Often both partners still feel genuine regard
and respect for one another, but neither emotional intimacy nor sexual
passion are anywhere to be found.

Consummate Love

Here we’ve hit the mother lode. This is the love most of us dream of
finding some day. It’[s everything all rolled into one: deep emotional
intimacy, toe-curling passion, and rock-solid commitment. People who share
this type of love often consider their partner their best friend or the
‘one thing’ they can count on. Naturally, this relationship’s bound to hit
a few storms along the way, but this type of couple has everything they
need to weather those storms without sustaining any serious damage.

So which one sounds like you? Are you high on romantic love, settled into
a comfortable companionship or, just maybe, you’re one of the lucky
couples who’ve found true consummate love. In any case, keep in mind that
not every relationship is going to fit into one of these categories and
most types of relationships will fall into more than one.

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