Love is a funny thing. It comes in so many huesand ways that it’s almost impossible to predict the type of love you’dexperience until you actually experience it. But as confusing, happy or evenpainful as it may seem, love is still something we all look forward toexperience. Throughout your life, you’ll find yourself in many circumstances oflove, and almost all the time, you’d find yourself experiencing one of theseten types of love. And eventually, you will experience all these ten types oflove if you choose to! The ten types of love Without really getting intotheories and styles of love that can just end up complicating your mind, let’stalk about real life and the experiences you’d feel in your own life.
Read these ten types of love and if there aresome types that you haven’t experienced yet, don’t worry, it’s just around thecorner. And if you think a few types of love mentioned here aren’t really thekind of love your mama told you about, think again, because your brain suredoes think it’s all truly an experience of love!
#1 Platonic love
Platonic love is the simplest of all types. Thereare no strings attached and no sexual intentions either. It’s pure, friendlyand something we experience from a very young age when we still don’t know whywe have the things we have inside our underwear. The kind of relationships youshare with siblings, close childhood friends and even a few grown up friendscan fall right here. Do you remember the first time you missed a friend? Thatwas probably your first platonic love moment.
#2 Limerence and crushes
Ever had a crush on someone? Of course you have!The first crush is a memorable experience, one
that’s filled with confusing jolts in thestomach, sudden urges to throw up and a stupid sense of grinning satisfactioneach time you see your crush. It’s a beautiful experience even if it did feellike your life depended on it at that time. Limerence, on the other hand, israther close to a crush but much more intense and “weird”. Have you ever likedsomeone madly, but didn’t ever want to express your love for them, like aschool teacher or an actor, or even a crush? Sometimes, you may have an intenseinfatuation for someone, but yet, you wouldn’t want to spoil the happy thoughtsby doing anything about it. Ever been there?
#3 Unrequited love
Unrequited love is a love filled with heartbreaksand one that almost all of us have experienced. It’s the dreaded one sidedlove, where you like someone and you know that person will never like you back.They may be in a relationship, or they may just use you. You find yourselffalling more in love with each passing day, even though you know you’ll neverget any happiness out of this type of love. This is the type of love that giveslove a bad name. But you know what, it also helps you understand the real valueof reciprocal ove.
#4 Obsessive love Are you an obsessive lover orsomeone who’s addicted to their partner? Do you feel helpless and lonelywithout that special someone in your arm? Are you sure you’re not bordering onbeing clingy?If you’ve ever been an obsessive lover, there’s a good chanceyou’ve sucked the life out of your partner and pissed them off until theyeventually left you on the curb. Obsessive love is usually experienced by thenovices who experience love for the first time, probably after having to dealwith the scary unrequited love. Obsessive lovers are scared, insecure, andobviously obsessive about the relationship. Now you may have been one or may havedated someone like this. It’s a stage all of us experience when we’re afraid oflosing someone we love. But if you or your partner has security issues, really,there’s no hope for a happy ending here.
#5 Selfish love
Selfish love is smart. And though it involves twopeople to create that relationship, selfish love also
involves two people who are in love with oneperson. Your partner loves you. You love you. Selfish love is a narcissisticlove where you don’t care about your partner or their happiness. You only careabout yourself. If you ever find yourself getting into a relationship just forthe heck of it without really falling in love with the other person, chancesare that you’re a selfish lover. Selfish lovers are clever, scheming foxes whoonly
get into a relationship to see what they can getout of it. Ever dated someone just to appear cooler or
achieve something for personal gains? If youhave, tick the selfish lover off the list. If you haven’t, wait and watchyourself use someone at some point in your life. Don’t worry, it’ll eventuallyhappen.
#6 Awww love
Awww… that’s so cute, hehehehe. This type of loveis the most spontaneous and yet, the one you’ll forget
the soonest. It lasts for a few seconds,sometimes even less and some other times, a lot longer.
Do you love cats, dogs, goats… any animals atall? Or perhaps, a car or a tree? Sometimes, all of us feel an overwhelmingsense of love for something or the other, and it doesn’t have to be a person.It’s love at first sight, and yet, it’s not something you’d want to sleep atnight with (mostly). We’ve all experienced the heart melting awww when we lookat vacation photos or a tiny kitten or a pup on youtube. Been there and donethat, and yes, you’ve experienced another type of love.
#7 Same sex love
Ever felt an intense burst of happiness when yousee a friend of the same sex? You’re both straight, you don’t cuddle and youdon’t grope each other. Though this kinda love mostly exit in the westernworld, it is fast welcoming its way into our society. This kind of loveexpresses in a way, somehow you just love this person, and you either have aman crush or a girl crush on this friend of yours. Same sex love is an emotionyou’d feel for your friend or even a celebrity, but it’s got less to do withsexual attraction and more to do with awe, respect and admiration.
#8 Lusty love
Ever datedsomeone who got you wet with a hug? Ever had a crush on someone who makes youwant to do things to yourself when you’re alone in bed? Then, you’veexperienced lusty love! Lusty love is the type of love you experience when youlust for someone or get into a relationship with someone you’re extremelysexually attracted to. The first few weeks are all about sex and the positions,and both of you need just a few seconds of alone time to throw each other’sclothes on the floor. If a relationship of yours revolves more around the bedand less around trees and flowers, you’re in lusty love, my love.
#9 Romantic love
Butterflies, bliss and Louis Armstrong’s ‘what a wonderful’is all you need to think of when you experience romantic love. It’s beautiful,sappy love at its best. You feel the flutter of butterflies in your stomach, theworld looks so much more beautiful and you can’t hold that grin back no matterwhat you do. You want to be with your sweetheart all the time, and even whenyou’re not together, you can’t help wanting to be together. You’re happy. Yourlover’s happy. The world’s happy for you. And you’re having the time of yourlife!
#10Unconditional love
Blessed are the lovers who experience thisspecial type of love for each other. It’s not easy and it’s definitely notsomething most people even want to try. But if you do ever take a leap offaith, you’d see what true love really feels like. Do you love someone morethan you love yourself? Do you care about your lover more than you care aboutanything else is the world? Chances are, you may be experiencing unconditionallove. Unconditional love is the stuff fairy tales and romance novels are madeof. If both of you care about each other and love each other selflessly, you’rein the middle of a special type of love that few ever experience, but spend alltheir lives ooking for. If you do want to ensure that you experience this tenthtype of love, take a leap of faith and trulyfall back in love with someone who loves you.Soon enough, with a bit of trust, communication and hope, you may just livethrough this grand experience that dreams are made of! And there we have it,the ten types of love that you’d definitely experience in your life, as long asyou’re willing to risk a chance and take that plunge into the waters of love.
So how many types of love have you experienced sofar? *wink
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