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• Love


  A complex phenomenon characterized by an effective and cognitive inclination to someone and a set of social behaviors geared towards cohesion
• Relationship


  Social bond between and among individuals manifested through communication and other forms of interaction. The bond may be biological or determined by social contracts as social consensus or laws
• Romance


  Gestures, compliments and gifts that may often give your partner butterflies
• Intimacy


  The psychosocial component of love, knowing and being known by someone in a deeply personal level; emotional closeness and connection
• Love as a Human Experience

  • Love as a culturally universal
  • Love as a social phenomenon
  • Love as an emotion
  • Love as neurobiological event
• Mature Human Sexuality


  Integration of Sex and Love
• Intimacy


  • The emotional aspect of the love triangle which includes closeness, sharing, communication and support
  • Intimacy increases rather steadily at first, then at a slower rate until it eventually levels off and goes beneath the surface
• Passion


  • The motivational side of the triangle, which leads to physiological arousal and an intense desire to be united with the loved one
• Commitment


  • The cognitive side of the triangle both a short-term decision to love another person and a long-term commitment to maintain that love
  • Commitment starts at zero when you first meet the other person and grows as you get to know each other
  • The love of a parent to a child is often distinguished by a high and unconditional level of commitment
• Types of Love (Color Wheel of Love)

  • Eros (sexual and romantic)
  • Philia (friendly)
  • Storge (parental/filial love)
  • Pragma (practical love)
  • Agape (universal love)
  • Philautia (self love)
• It is possible for us to experience not just one, but two or more of these types of love in our lifetime
• What is important in a relationship

  • Willingness to change in response to each other and willingness to tolerate each other's imperfections
  • The sharing of values, especially religious values
  • Realistic expectations for what you can get and what is going to be important in a relationship
• Adolescent Marriage


  • Married adolescents who may still be struggling to complete their education, to establish themselves in a vocation, or simply to decide who they really are and what they want to do, may find themselves burdened and hard up in such a situation
  • Typically, married adolescents are also economically insecure or dependent on parents for financial assistance, either of which may create additional problems
  • Adolescent marriages are often additionally complicated by the fact that they have resulted from pregnancy
  • The younger the adolescent partners are when they marry, the greater is the likelihood of separation or unsuccessful family life