What’s YOUR Love Style?
In most languages, there are many different words that are
used to make it easier to describe “Love”.
However, in our world, we use the same word in many different scenarios. I LOVE my husband. I LOVE the Phillies. I LOVE
my mother. I LOVE my dog. I LOVE
pizza. For the most part (hopefully), we
don’t mean the same thing.
Even in the specific case of “love”, regarding a “mate or a
date”, people mean different things when they say “I love you”.

EROS LOVE. This is the
kind of exciting, romantic love. Think love at first sight. Think pounding
hearts and sexual tension. People with
this style are the romantics, the people who work hard to keep that “special
zing” in their relationships. I think a lot of romance writers and readers can
identify with this.


STORGE LOVE. I call this “best friend love”. Some folks
clearly know that they want to “marry their best friend”. Some have a best
friend for a long time. Then one day, they look at each other and all of a
sudden, kaboom, they are “in love” and everything changes. In this style, people often have very like
interests, complementary careers, and parallel dreams. Marriage, children, and building a life all
happen very naturally, and fidelity is common.
Each partner “likes and respects” each other, and would never cheat on
their “best friend”.



The rich characters in our stories often fit one or more of
these styles. And how about you? What’s
your love style(e)?
Christine Bush is the award winning author of 20 novels and novellas. When she’s not writing (or petting her cats), she can be found having fun with her 12 grandchildren, teaching Psychology at a local college, or working with clients as a Marriage and Family therapist in private practice. She LOVES to hear from readers and fellow writers!
Christine's latest book, a romantic suspense titled “Almost Anonymous” was released in April.
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Christine,
ReplyDeleteExtremely interesting and informative post. Thanks so much!
Thanks, Josie. You're welcome!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this interesting take on the kinds of love.
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