Romantic Love
Known and wanted — with the future left open.
Intimacy and passion are both high: you're close, you're drawn to them, and the two reinforce each other in the way that makes this the shape most stories are written about. What hasn't happened is the decision — nothing has been settled about how long this runs. Sometimes that's timing, sometimes it's deliberate, and sometimes it's an answer neither of you has wanted to say out loud. The advantage is that this shape is the least dutiful kind of love there is; nobody is here out of obligation. The exposure is the mirror image: without commitment, the bond is only as durable as the feeling, and feelings are the part nobody controls.
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- NonloveNone of the three components has taken hold yet.
- LikingReal closeness, without the pull or the plan.
- InfatuationAll pull, no knowing, nothing decided.
- Empty LoveThe decision survived; the warmth and the pull didn't.
- Romantic LoveKnown and wanted — with the future left open.You're here
- Companionate LoveDeep closeness that has been decided on.
- Fatuous LoveCommitted fast, on a pull you haven't tested.
- Consummate LoveAll three present — and all three needing upkeep.
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