Eros is romantic, passionate, love—what Tennov labeled limerence. In this type of relationship, love is life's most important thing. Lee said a search for physical beauty or an ideal type also typifies this type of love.
Ludus is a game-playing or uncommitted love. Lying is part of the game. A person who pursues ludic love may have many conquests but remains uncommitted.
Storge (STORE-gay) is a slow developing, friendship-based loved. People with this type of relationship like to participate in activities together. Often storge results in a long-term relationship in which sex might not be very intense or passionate.
Pragma is a pragmatic, practical, mutually beneficial relationship. It may be somewhat unromantic. A person who leans toward this type of relationship may look for a partner at work or where the person is spending time. Sex is likely to be seen as a technical matter needed for producing children, if they are desired.
Mania is an obsessive or possessive love, jealous and extreme. A person in love this way is likely to do something crazy or silly, such as stalking. The movie Fatal Attraction was about this type.
Agape (a-GOP-aye) is a gentle, caring, giving type of love, brotherly love, not concerned with the self. It is relatively rare. Mother Theresa showed this kind of love for impoverished people.
Assignments, homeworks, presentations. I know, they suck big times. That is one thing no college/uni student will ever deny. But sometimes those work kinda interest me you know. If not for IHC's short essay homework, I wouldn't have known that there are such kinds of love. And talking about ludus love, I wouldn't even regard it as love. I mean, if it's uncommitted, then it wouldn't be love. Different POVs for different people. *POV stand for point of view in this case.
Yes, different people, different POVs, different angles of perspective. Call me mature or old-fashioned or anything you like, but to me, love has a much more essential meaning. I mean, liking someone and loving someone is totally different you see. It's complex, sophisticated, ambiguous.
I uhh, I don't think I would say "I love you" without really meaning it. To friends, I do love them. And so I can say it. To family, it's harder for me to say it verbally since we're so close and, well, idk, I just don't have the habit of saying it. But deep down, I do love them. But if it's for someone special, it really takes me lotsa time to say it and really mean it. It's not easy.
You know why I like Blair and Chuck? It's because they really mean it when they say "I love you" and both of them couldn't make themselves say it to each other in the first place because it's just too difficult! And it has risks, risks that will break your heart into million pieces.
I'll say it only when I'm ready to say it.
Umm, I guess for my homework, I would choose storge and agape love. =D
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