Nonlove: A relationship in which all three components of love are absent. Most of our personal relationships are of this type-casual interactions or acquaintances that do not involve any elements of love.
Liking: An experience with another person such as a friendship in which intimacy is present, but passion and commitment are lacking.
Infatuation: A kind of “love at first sight,” in which one experiences a passionate desire for another person in the absence of intimacy and commitment.
Empty Love: A kind of love characterized by commitment (to maintain the relationship) in the absence of either passion and intimacy. Stagnant relationships that no longer involve the emotional intimacy or physical attraction that once characterized them are of this type.
Romantic Love: A loving experience characterized by the combination of passion and intimacy but without commitment.
Companionate Love: A kind of love characterized by intimacy and commitment. It often occurs in long-term relationships in which passionate attraction has waned and has been replaced by a kind of committed friendship.
Fatuous Love: The type of love associated with whirlwind romances and “quickie marriages” in which passion and commitment are present, but intimacy is not.
Consummate Love: The full or complete measure of love involving the combination of passion, intimacy, and commitment. Many of us strive for consummate love.
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