Various Kinds of Love
Intimacy, passion, and commitment were Sternberg’s three definitions of love (work to maintain the relations). Intimacy, for instance, is referred to as like, whereas passion, on the other hand, is referred to as obsession. Closeness and commitment combine to create companionate love, whereas intimacy and passion create romantic love.
Sternberg claims that consummate love, which combines closeness, passion, and commitment, is the ultimate kind of romantic love. Sternberg also mentioned that each person in a relationship might have their own unique blend of the components and that different relationships might lack particular components.
Respect: Why It’s Important
Researchers discovered that respect for one’s partner was most strongly associated with relationship pleasure, even stronger than feelings of love when they looked at the correlations between measures of respect, liking, and loving. It indicates that respect for one another is essential for happy relationships, including marriage.
Unhappy Relationships
In unsatisfactory relationships, we may have negative thoughts and deliberately decide that our partners are not good or right for us, but we may also act positively, choose to stay in those relationships, have positive emotions, and still love our partners.
Marriage may be followed by love, but not always.
In many cultures, the lack of love may not be a reason to reject marriage, just as love may not be a reason to be married. After marriage, research shows no differences between people in choice marriages or arranged marriages in terms of sentiments of love, commitment, or marital satisfaction. Marriage may not always result from love, nor may it always be adequate.
