This week we discussed different types of love and what types to look for when dating. This was really interesting to me to see how the different types of love are in a marriage.
The different types are:
Storge= parent/child love, sacrifice, nurturing, protect.
Philia= friendship/"brotherly" love, two-way
Eros= Romantic, passionate, more intimate
Agape= unconditional, charitable, Savior
I realized that each of these types of love are in a marriage relationship. In my marriage I have this sense of wanting to protect, and sacrifice for my husband; I also have a friendship with my husband; and of course there's a romantic side to our relationship; I think the one that I sometimes struggle with is unconditional. Although I always love my husband, I know that I need to be better about having that REAL constant unconditional love towards him all the time. Let's be honest, loving someone as the Savior did/does isn't going to always come easy. I think that's something that comes with time and work and practice. I also think that when you have Agape type love and Philia type love the Eros love will come naturally. When you feel so close and so in love with someone you're going to naturally feel more attracted to them.
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