Relationship Diversity
RELATIONSHIP DIVERSTITY
[A look into the different variations of relationships]
APRIL 9, 2014
[PROF. MCCLASKEY]
Soc.Sci. 17 – Human Sexuality
Dufour 1
Marisa M. Dufour
April 9, 2014
Human Sexuality
“You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone until you find out what makes them cry.” Finding someone that completes you is never an easy task. It takes time to find that special person that can make you smile. The one person that understands you completely. During my observations on campus I saw many different types of couples. Many of which seemed to be pure infatuations.
There are seven different types of relationships. The first is consummate, which is a type that is high on the levels of passion, commitment, and intimacy. The second is an infatuated couple, one that is purely passion. Then there is fatuous which is high on both passion and commitment.
The fourth is an empty relationship, which is pure commitment. This means that this certain type of couple does not need a big amount of passion or intimacy. The last three are all high on intimacy but differ very vaguely. There is companionate which includes commitment. Romantics which is a mixture of both intimacy and passion. And the last friendship, which is high purely on intimacy. The one thing that I noticed with most of the couples that were under infatuated relationships is that they were young. Well between their early twenties and their mid-twenties. They were somewhat inseparable. High on passion and life itself. Nothing, for what it seems can tear these two apart. The newly formed couples. The ones that are still in the honeymoon stage.
Dufour 2
The couples that were put into the consummate category were those that have been married for a while and the long-term couples. These are in full commitment to each other and are still in high light though they have their down sides but they stay fully strong. They
[A look into the different variations of relationships]
APRIL 9, 2014
[PROF. MCCLASKEY]
Soc.Sci. 17 – Human Sexuality
Dufour 1
Marisa M. Dufour
April 9, 2014
Human Sexuality
“You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone until you find out what makes them cry.” Finding someone that completes you is never an easy task. It takes time to find that special person that can make you smile. The one person that understands you completely. During my observations on campus I saw many different types of couples. Many of which seemed to be pure infatuations.
There are seven different types of relationships. The first is consummate, which is a type that is high on the levels of passion, commitment, and intimacy. The second is an infatuated couple, one that is purely passion. Then there is fatuous which is high on both passion and commitment.
The fourth is an empty relationship, which is pure commitment. This means that this certain type of couple does not need a big amount of passion or intimacy. The last three are all high on intimacy but differ very vaguely. There is companionate which includes commitment. Romantics which is a mixture of both intimacy and passion. And the last friendship, which is high purely on intimacy. The one thing that I noticed with most of the couples that were under infatuated relationships is that they were young. Well between their early twenties and their mid-twenties. They were somewhat inseparable. High on passion and life itself. Nothing, for what it seems can tear these two apart. The newly formed couples. The ones that are still in the honeymoon stage.
Dufour 2
The couples that were put into the consummate category were those that have been married for a while and the long-term couples. These are in full commitment to each other and are still in high light though they have their down sides but they stay fully strong. They