The 7 Types of Romantic Love

antonymical love is the best ! Opposite attract, yin yang wisdom.

people! it's only negative if you see it that way. This is about love right? why would this be purposely made out to be negative. Sometimes people need saving, sometimes we need saving. other times we need something new . why not fall in love with someone who is completely different but has those key things in common, or play it safe with someone who understands you through doing the same thing.

I tried to give up on love but this woman found me and saved me

we have been together 17 years. how, i don't know how...but 17 years later we are still here, together and still in love. we have fit every one of those descriptions over the years. what does that say?

I don't think you can classify love in 7 types. There are infinite types of love in various amounts and combinations. Why waste your time trying classify it and do what feels right to you.

i gues im in a 1,6, and 7 love. of course the guy is out there hanging with other people.

mine is the 3rd one...so pathetic!

Every person that you love, you will love in a different way and for different reasons(some good and some not so good) and sometimes for no real definable reason at all. Categorizing and over-analyzing the reason why you love someone is a sure fire way to end up love-less.

i fell in love with a chinese girl...but i don't know which type it is?

Love is unique in every relationship. I DONT Believe that there are 7 kinds.

I like what 'The Mims' posted about entering into a relationship as oppose to 'falling' in love, I agree that 'falling' indicates a lack of control and that people who state they've "fallen in love" for the most part state that "love is blind", maybe being blinded was what caused them to fall...For all those who posted that this article seems negative, well that's because it is...the 7 types of love mentioned above, are "Romantic" types of love, which if you look up the definition of Romance (from which 'Romantic' derives) you'll find that its nothing but indulging in fanciful thinking, a daydreaming of sorts, words synonomous with 'Romance' are fictional story, falsehood, fable, allure to name a few...Love is suppose to build you up, make you a better person, not blind you or make you fall, in Romantic Love Affairs, each individual mistakenly desires that the love inside of their significant other become their own believing that this love will complete them...that's not the way love works, there's aren't any different types of love, just different stages of love, and as your love grows and matures, you will find that your being and your relationship also grows and matures, growing and maturing in love will transform not only you and your partner but, at least I believe, the world around you...

well well well,,,,,and i thought LOVE was BLIND!!!!

I think that my current love and I are so similiar in so many ways, but also so different. He and I are both hard workers, we love our families. We enjoy a lot of the same things. We are very new in our relationship so there are many things that we don't know about one another. So, I can't fit him into any of those categories at this time. But one thing I can say is that I like being with him and he is a lot of fun to hang out with. And that is simple and enough for me. I'm not looking for a husband, so I guess this is relevant to your post. By the way I liked your post.

Well!!!! i am a bihavioristic and i think each person may experience different kinds of these with different guys or people. Love could never be framed and i cant fit myself to ny particular type of above

Mandi. i can relate to what you are saying. like during those times whent you had those feelings, i know you had to feel like....i wonder why were moments werw suppose to happen didnt?

Great comment, Irene! There are many different types of love (perhaps even more than the 7 listed in the article), and while it's interesting to think about, love is a feeling that is best when felt and not analyzed.

Yeah...Love is love, and hopefully, like when 2 people want to settle down, it's unconditional, and a Feeling.
Sure, those Can be categories of Unhealthy love.
But, for example, i love the person i am with, and that is a beautiful, and ehem, Healthy feeling. i do not feel love for him b/c im a dependent person, with low self-esteem, etc.. Then love wouldn't be so much fun, and so nice, that so people search for it or live with it!!Lol.But it's deeper than that...
it's a very delicate matter to give "love" words to describe it, but if someone is going to write an article about it, and post it, Please do some research? I.e. psychology books/articles, and perhaps a Dictionary?

I like your comment anonymiss!!

Self-Loathing love kind of hits a nerve for me. My boyfriend, although I love him, treats me very badly sometimes. He's never raised a fist but he's ripped my coat, broke my phone, and he puts me down everyday nearly. He tells me no other past boyfriend stayed with me because I am a terrible person and that I'm childish, immature, and selfish. I hate it because sometimes he's my best friend and closer than any other past bf I've ever had. He acts like I'm a nagging, rude gf and that maybe he is miserable and if all this is true why does he stay with me? It hurts and I cry nearly every day because if he promises to do something and doesn't come through and I get angry he says I just want him to do everything I want him to do and it has to be my way or the highway. If anyone has been in this situation please let me know how to get through this and if I should just give up (I've broken up several times but I always beg him back although he does nothing for me. I make more money and work full time and do all the house hold chores) miraclebabv_86@yahoo.com. Any help please

was there no love that the author could think of that was positive? geez, why do magazines give you advice on how to find love then tell you love is crap?

I didn't see unconditional love? I also noticed that after each when we fall in love there was also "or something like it" in parentheses. So is it "Love" or is it "something like it"? If you can answer that question none of the rest matters.