First of all what does relationship and love mean? Because most couples or people don’t know what relationship or love is.
Relationship is the way in which two or more people or things are connected or, the state of being connected.
Love is a strong feeling of affection and concern towards another person, as that arising from kinship or close friends. It is also an affection and concern for another person accompanied by sexual attraction.
TYPES OF RELATIONSHIP
There are four basic types of relationships
1. FAMILY RELATIONSHIP
2. FRIENDSHIP
3. ACQUAINTANCESHIPS
4. ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP
FAMILY RELATIONSHIP is a combination of filiation or conjugal relationships that join two people directly or through a third party.
Most people ask why is family Relationship important or necessary?
First of all children needs to feel secure and loved when they have strong and positive family relationship. A good family relationships help in solving families conflict. Family relationships are built on quality time, communication, teamwork and appreciation of each other.
FRIENDSHIP is the relationship between two individuals who do not depend on each other for making decisions while the relationship is the way in which two people are connected to each other. It’s also a state of enduring affection, esteem, intimacy and trust.
Important of friendship in a relationship
Its leads to better relationship outcomes overtime, including a more satisfying relationship, a better friendship with one’s partner and even greater sexual satisfaction.
ACQUAINTANCESHIP is a relationship between two people who have met but do not know each other well. But the question is can “friends” become “acquaintances”? Acquaintances can be people you have just met as well as people you have known for a while. It isn’t necessarily the amount of time you have known a person that makes them an acquaintances.
Important of acquaintances
Acquaintances are responsible for the flow of much new information to us because they know people we do not. They connect us with a broader set of social networks than do our close friends and families, who often know the same people as we do.
Some people will love to ask what the differences between a friend and an acquaintances?
“A friend is someone you have mutual affection with. An acquaintances, on the other hand, is someone you know. They are not close friends, but you know them. This means you have been introduced to each other in some way.
ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP can be viewed as voluntary relationships between individuals who have intentions that each person will be a significant part of their ongoing lives.
There are types of romantic relationship but I will be deliberating on 5 types.
1. Dating
2. Committed relationship
3. Casual relationship
4. Casual sex
5. Situationship
DATING is the process of intentionally spending time with someone to get to know them better, have fun together and enjoy been romantic. Dating can sometimes be about seeing if there’s potential for a more long-term relationship or it can just be about having fun without expectations for the future.
COMMITTEED RELATIONSHIP is one where two or more people agree to continue being in a relationship for the foreseeable future. There’s an understanding that the two will continue to spend time together, work on growing their relationship with each other, and continue nurturing their connection.
Marriage is one form of committed relationship wherein a couple publicly vows to stay together and forms a legal binding union.
CASUAL RELATIONSHIP is a relationship where two or more people may be dating, regularly spending time together, and engaging in romantic or sexual activities but without any expectations for the relationship to last into the future. These types of relationships are usually more situational and short term, and they may or may not be exclusive.
CASUAL SEX is one where two or more people spend time together primarily to have sex with each other. They might see each other regularly for sex, or they may have sex once and never see each other again. Usually, there is no emotional connection, or the connection is distinctly platonic or friendly, as in a ” Friends with benefits” situation.
SITUATIONSHIP A situationship is a romantic relationship that hasn’t been explicitly defined, usually by omission. The relationship may have many of the same qualities as a committed relationship, a casual relationship, or dating, but the people involved have simply not put labels on it—usually intentionally, whether that’s to avoid making things too complicated, because they’re still figuring out what they want from each other, or because they’re too afraid to bring up the “DTR talk” (aka a conversation defining the relationship).
Generally speaking, situationships usually have more emotional involvement than a friends-with-benefits scenario but not the explicit romantic feelings and commitment of a committed relationship.
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