Why Love Is Important In A Relationship

INTRODUCTION
AGE: Both 20.
OCCUPATION: Both students.
NAME: Eileen and Tonny.

QUESTIONAIRE
Ideal
1) What do you all think is needed for a long and happy relationship?
F) Trust, freedom, fairness, cannot lie.
M) Trust love for each other, money, intimacy, and good sex.

2) Do you think commitment is important in a relationship, why? F) Yes, commitment = relationship
M) Yes,

3) Do you think intimacy is important in a relationship, why?
F) Yes, intimacy gives you a sense of belonging.
M) Yes, without intimacy I feel insecure about the relationship and it motives me.

4) Do you think passion is important in a relationship, why? F) No, only intimacy and commitment is important in a relationship.
M) VERY IMPORTANT, it makes you

What is love? Authors and poets have tried to define love for centuries but it certainly isn’t an easy question to answer. This is because different people have different prospective of love. Love is seen as long term relationship for some, some people believe in love at first sight, some see it as physical passion. I'll focus on a theory that deals with a love triangle, Robert Sternberg's triangular theory of love.
According to his triangular theory of love, love can be broken down into three element commitment, intimacy and passion. These three elements depending on their different combination can form eight forms of love. (Non-love, liking/friendship, infatuated love, empty love, romantic love, companionate love, fatuous love and consummate love)
With all this knowledge and a help from a couple, I was able to analyst then identify which form of relationship they are in and identify which area they need to work on in order to improve their

This form of love is usually found in couple in long-term marriages. So, does this mean that they are in a mature relationship and they will be in a long and happy relationship? Just using Robert Sternberg's triangular theory of love alone isn’t enough to understand everything about their relationship. Because Love does not involve only a single triangle. Rather, it involves a great number of triangles, For example, it is possible to contrast real versus ideal triangles. One has not only a triangle representing his or her love for the other, but also a triangle representing an ideal other for that relationship it is also possible to distinguish between self-and other-perceived triangles. In other words, one’s feelings of love in a relationship may or may not correspond to how the significant other perceives one to feel. These 'real' triangles are indicative of how each individual views the progress and depth of his or her relationship. The 'ideal' triangles are indicative of each individual's ideal qualities of his or her partner/relationship. The 'perceived' triangles are indicative of each individual's ideas of how his or her partner is viewing the relationship. If any of these three separate triangles do not look the same as a person's partner's triangles, dissatisfaction is likely to