Colour wheel theory of love
Erotic lovers view marriage as an extended honeymoon, and sex as the ultimate aesthetic experience.
The erotic lover wants to share and know everything about their loved one and often thinks of their partner in an idealized manner.
A partner not as sexually inclined may also feel one's physical body being taken for granted and may perceive the Eros lover as looking for carnal gratification.
Lee uses the term to describe those who see love as a desire to want to have fun with each other, to do activities indoor and outdoor, tease, indulge, and play harmless pranks on each other.
Lee defines Storge as growing slowly out of friendship and based more on similar interests and a commitment to one another rather than on passion.
Manic lovers value finding a partner through chance without prior knowledge of their financial status, education, background, or personality traits.
Lee's recognizable traits: Agape is derived from ἀγάπη, an Ancient Greek term for altruistic love.
Lee describes agape as an altruistic love, given by the lover who sees it as his obligation without expecting reciprocity.
A revised questionnaire based on an instrument in a previous study (Hendrick et al., 1984) entitled Attitude about sex and love was administered to a group of psychology students.
Agape requires one to be forgiving, patient, understanding, loyal, and willing to make sacrifices for their partner.
They tend to select and reject partners based on what they perceive as desirable, compatible traits.
[12] The practicality and realism of pragmatic love often contribute to the longevity of the relationship, as long as common goals and values remain shared for the duration.
The emphasis within pragmatic relationships is on earning, affordability, child care, and/or home service.
In a collectivist culture where arranged marriage is practiced, pragmatic love is very common (Chaudhuri, 2004).
Values are likely to be shared by a couple in developing countries, where survival and the building of wealth are often prioritized over other pursuits.
Though Lee names each of the tertiary types of love, he never found enough evidence to distinguish them fully.
[14] Whilst the Ludic love style may predominate in men under age thirty, studies on more mature men have shown that the majority of them do indeed mature into desiring monogamy, marriage, and providing for their family by age thirty.
Respondents indicate their level of agreement or disagreement with the LAS items, examples of which include "My partner and I have the right physical 'chemistry'" (eros) and "Our love is the best kind because it grew out of a long friendship" (storge).
[19] In this genetic study of 350 lovers, the Eros style was found to be present more often in those bearing the TaqI A1 allele of the DRD2 3' UTR sequence and the overlapping ANKK1 exon 8.
This allele has been proposed to influence a wide range of behaviors, favoring obesity and alcoholism but opposing neuroticism-anxiety and juvenile delinquency.
