☼ Types of Love

10/16/06

Habang ako'y nag sesearch sa google ng love. I find these information worth reading. Mga Iba't ibang klase ng love, ikaw anong love ang napakita mo na?

• Agape - the term was used by the early Christians (Greek to be specific, as the word is of Greek origin) to refer to an unconditional acceptance, favour and affinity toward a person. It is a love that is based on a decision instead of a feeling.
• Courtly love – a late medieval conventionalized code prescribing certain conduct and emotions for ladies and their lovers
• Cupboard love - a false or exaggerated affection shown in return for some kind of material gain
• Erotic love (eros) – Sexual attraction or desire toward a person
• Familial love – affection brokered through kinship connections, intertwined with concepts of attachment and bonding
• Free love – sexual relations according to choice and unrestricted by marriage
• Philia - used in the New Testament, philia is a sentimental or conditional love. i.e. "I love you, because…"
• Platonic love – a close relationship in which sexual desire is non-existent or has been suppressed or sublimated
• Puppy love – romantic affection that is not "mature" or not "true." The term is often used with negative connotations, insinuating that love between youngsters is less genuine or valuable
• Religious love – devotion to one's deity or theology
• Romantic love – affection characterized by a mix of emotional intimacy and sexual desire
• True love – love without condition, motive or attachment. Loving someone just because they are themselves, not their actions or beliefs in particular. Also referred to as unconditional love.
• Unrequited love – affection and desire not reciprocated or returned
• Lust-love - affection characterized by lust. i.e. The desire to satisfy or gratify oneself.
• Instantaneous love - Love that occours the instant that one person comes in contact with another and feels a deep connection or attraction to the other. Also known as "love at first sight" and refered to commonly in many fairy tales and folk lore and literature.
• Sacrificial love - the act of sacrificing one's life, or something of great importance, solely on the basis of love.