Love: Love And Three Types Of Love

Something Called Love We all are familiar with that little girl who grows up waiting for her Prince Charming to sweep her off her feet under the stars. As she imagined, they would dance under the stars dreaming of a forever and always, filled with lust and love, but only in her favorite fairytale. Much like this little girl, we all hope to understand and have the chance to experience what love is. Love itself is a value, one of the essential elements in our lifetime which we have the pleasure of sharing with our family, peers, and special loved one. We experience hardships and moments of happiness with our peers, and we learn from those same people, what qualities we cherish most in our relationships. As these qualities existed in our past

Focusing on the ideal love between two spouses, true love can be found once in a lifetime for some individuals. Theory suggests that it is typical to experience three types of love in our lifetime. The first love we may experience is fantasy love, leading to another love known as impractical love, making the third type of love, our true love. Through these three loves that can be experienced in life, we learn that “love,” allows us to value romance, perseverance, friendship, and happiness.

Think back to the time when you were in middle school infatuated with somebody for the first time. Being older now, you probably look back at that period and laugh, finding it easier to imagine your earlier

Within this love, an intense level of commitment is sought. Though we understand that romance and commitment deriving from perseverance are both important, true love is built upon a foundation of friendship. Love and commitment fall hand and hand when individuals know that even if the physical touch weren't there, they’d still love and fight for one another. Marriage, can be sought by individuals to seal their relationship, though this may not necessarily be a requirement. This love is generally described as the one we never saw coming as individuals realize that their partner is not only their lover, but also their bestfriend. Friendship is something that many fantasy and impractical relationships overlook considering that the individuals are in a relationship for other reasons. “Friendship is a separate dynamic” which allows to individuals to connect on a separate level. Friendship gives people the ability to relate to one another and find more things in common such as interest and values (Potts). Imagine being with someone, who you don't necessarily relate to, therefore making it difficult to understand one another and have the urge to spend time together. I believe that friendship is one of the keys to finding your true love because it allows for people to “keep the spark alive” (Potts).