The 14 types of couple: how is your romantic relationship?

Love is one of the great motivations of the human being, and in fact, having a partner is one of the great vital objectives that people have.

Being in love is great, and it makes you wake up every morning like you're on a cloud. However, that initial period of infatuation then has to be worked on. Being in a couple is a constant negotiation where, on many occasions, different personalities coexist.

Keys to having a healthy relationship

This clash of personalities, interests and even goals, can turn the relationship into a real ordeal. Possibly there is still a great attraction, however, the difficulties that may arise and especially poor communication, can cause the couple's relationship becomes toxic. So that this does not happen we must always:

• Love from freedom and respect
• Communicate effectively
• Negotiate and propose intermediate solutions
• Share time with your partner
• Pamper the relationship
• Change if necessary
• Trust the other

• You can delve into these tips in our post: "The 7 keys to having a healthy relationship with your partner"

Love according to Sternberg's theory

There have been many love theorists, one of the best known is Robert Sternberg. In his triangular theory of love, the American psychologist affirms that there are three different components that are manifested in any relationship: intimacy, passion and commitment:

• The intimacy: Intimacy refers to affection, to the closeness with the partner, to that connection that we only feel with the person we love.
• The passion: It is the intense feeling of being with that person in an intimate way and of expressing romantic desires. It is the excitement and the intense desire to spend moments alone with the other.
• Commitment: Commitment is the decision to be with the other person and to maintain that love over time. It's what helps you get through the bad times.

Types of loving couple

In love, not everything is black or white, but there are many ways to love. But how can we classify the pairs? Following Sternberg's theory, éThis one proposes different types of love and, therefore, different types of couples.

In this article you can find the different types of couples. They are as follows:

1. Infatuation

Infatuated couples are characterized because they only have one characteristic of the three that have been discussed in the previous section: passion. Despite being together, the members of the couple do not really know each other, resulting in low privacy. They also do not feel commitment. Infatuation can refer to the beginning of the relationship.

2. Empty relationships

Empty love is one that is characterized by commitment, but there is no passion or intimacy. Basically, it refers to marriages of convenience.

3. Romantic couples

Romantic love is characterized by intimacy and passion, however, there is no commitment. It would be the typical summer love or short relationships in which nothing is rationalized or agreements are established between the people involved. Everything is experienced spontaneously without trying to establish it as a clearly solid relationship.

4. Sociable couples

Social love refers to the love that two people feel when there is intimacy and commitment, but not passion.. For example, when they have been in a relationship for many years and no longer have intimate encounters, but rather are governed by the routine and for those shared activities that can also be done in the social field beyond what domestic.

5. Fatuous relationships

In these couples intimacy is never built. They are characterized because there is passion and commitment, but not intimacy. This makes it common to keep many secrets to yourself, even if they are important and concern the other person in the relationship. Love is experienced as a one-sided experience.

6. Consummate love

Relationships that present this type of love are those that can be happy. They are healthy relationships, which have the three components of Sternberg's theory: intimacy, passion and commitment.

Other kinds of partner

However, depending on the quality of the relationship, the time they have been together and the values ​​of the couple, there are other types of couple:

7. Best Friends

They say that the couple is a friend with erotic moments. Sometimes intimate moments are shared with that person who is your faithful friend. In this type of couple, Maybe the members were friends already in school, they grew up together and shared great moments of friendship. One day, the way they saw each other changed, and then the romantic love between them arose. However, it can happen that people meet at a later age and after being best friends end up as a couple.

8. The fighters

According to a popular saying, the disputed loves are the most dear. This can be true with these types of couples. They have arguments every two by three and they get along like a cat and a dog, but they are still there, rowing against the current. If you are friends with any of them, you are surely tired of comforting them. And, even if you don't understand it, either one of the two members has low self-esteem, or their moments of intimacy are really excellent.

9. Those of the hobby in common

Undoubtedly, sharing a hobby with your partner is one of the best ways to keep the relationship alive. Some couples go camping together, surf or climb. Others are fitness lovers, and others are partiers and night owls. These couples share many moments together and enjoy each other.

10. Those of a lifetime

Some couples met really young and have spent their entire lives together. These couples, without a doubt, are the ideal couple in the eyes of the people, but not all relationships have this luck. Many break down along the way due to the wear and tear produced by the accumulation of crises and quarrels, or by the loss of passion or intimacy.

11. Long distance couples

Sometimes, it can happen that love arises but the person lives elsewhere. Many decide that this is not a way to live and one of them moves to where the other is. However, for different reasons this is not always possible, and some couples have to spend a long time in the distance. The distance is not good for the relationship, so this type of couple does not usually last long.

12. The couple of interest

Although it is difficult for us to accept it, some people are in a relationship out of interest. Either for economic interest, to get the papers or not to be alone. As sad as it may seem to us, they even get married. It is a way of understanding love in which this feeling has an instrumental purpose.

13. The madly in love

There are some couples who spread their love to the four winds, who are all day posting photos of themselves on social networks and spend 24 hours together. If they go out with friends, they are all the time on top of each other "making out non-stop." These couples cannot spend a single moment without each other because they are madly in love.

14. Those of the open relationship

Many couples are of the classic type, however, there are exceptions. Some are liberal couples, so they have a different way of thinking than traditional couples. While many would think that sleeping with others is betrayal and infidelity, couples Liberals think that for the health of the couple, they should introduce other actors into relationships intimate. Have you heard of polyamorous relationships?