Are You In Love, In Love or In Love?
“KMK, do you even learn to do redundancy check when you write?” If you are referring to the title, you’ll see why in a few minutes of reading my explanations below. In reality, there are some relationships those never go beyond the attraction stage, and there are some that deepen to friendship and lead to true love. Social psychologists have described three types of love: Romantic love, Affectionate love, and Consummate love.
Romantic love: It is also known as passionate love. It often prevails in the early part of a love relationship and has strong works of sexuality and obsession (Hendrick & Hendrick, 2004; Metts, 2004). It is the type of love referred to when we say we are in love with someone. What triggers this type love? Sexual desires are the main factors in leading us into romantic love and the main reason why we get married. Complex emotions are involved: fear, sexual desire, anger, jealousy, and joy, etc…
Affectionate love: It is also known as companionate love. It is the type of love that occurs when someone has deep caring affection for a person and wants him/her to be near for comfort. Affectionate love is what romantic love turns into once love matures (Berschield & Reis, 1998). The excitement sin exploring the novelty of another person as in romantic love has decreased and is now replaced by familiarity. Lovers at this stage either have deeply caring relationships or a distressed one full of loneliness, boredom, disappointment, hostility, etc…
Consummate love: It is the strongest, fullest stage of love consisting of passion, intimacy, and commitment (Robert J. Sternberg, 1998): Passion – physical and sexual attraction to another; Intimacy – emotional feelings of sharing, caring, closeness, and warmth; Commitment – concrete view of the relationship and intension to maintain it regardless of situations.
So are you in love, in love or in love? 
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