1. Sympathy. Includes only one component - intimacy. There is spiritual closeness, a feeling of tenderness, affection for a person, but there is no passion and devotion.
2. Obsession. There is passion, but there is no intimacy and commitment. As a rule, passion arises very quickly and passes just as quickly. This is the same love at first sight, which can remain a fleeting passion, or can develop into something more.
3. Empty love. There is mutual commitment, but there is no passion and intimacy. This is love of convenience (not monetary, of course), when a person judiciously, after weighing all the pros and cons, decides to remain faithful to his partner. This type of love is typical for married couples who have lived together for a long time and have lost emotional and physical attraction to each other, but have maintained a warm relationship.
4. Romantic love. Intimacy and passion are characteristic, but there is no devotion. Relationships are similar to sympathy, but in addition to emotional intimacy, there is physical attraction to the partner. This type of love constantly appears as a plot in literature and cinema (both in the classic play Romeo and Juliet and in popular romance novels).
5. Companionate love. A combination of intimacy and commitment. The passion is no longer there or never was. This love binds relatives, friends or spouses when the passion has passed.
6. Meaningless love. An unusual combination of passion and devotion to a partner, but there is no spiritual closeness with him.Such relationships often turn into a hasty marriage, when the couple decides to get married almost on the second date. However, if intimacy does not increase over time, such a marriage ends in divorce.
7. Ideal love. Includes all three components: passion, intimacy, devotion. All couples strive for such a relationship. And it is possible to achieve them, but it is very difficult to maintain them. This kind of love never lasts. This does not mean that the relationship ends in a break, it just loses one of the components, and ideal love is transformed into another variety, for example, companionship or empty love.