Romantic Relationships In Young Adults

I. Young Adults (B.)

In class we had the opportunity of learning about the Greek romantic lovers, which I found really interesting. There are different types of romantic lovers: eros, storge, agape, mania, ludus and praga. Eros are romantic, passionate, jealous and they get into big fights and the make up is very intents. Storge are companionate, loyal, not jealous, more stable, calmer and the partners are devoted to each other. Agapes are altruistic, the individual does not worry about what they need from the relationship, but worry about their partner, and they are selfless. Mania are obsessive lovers, separate their lovers from family and friends. Ludus are game players, they are all about getting what they want from the other individual …show more content…
In the article Love imagined: Working models of future romantic attachment in emerging, in the study it spoke about children who had insecure attachment with their parents we’ve more likely to have insecure attachment in their own personal relationships. This is why I feel my past partner had insecure attachment issues especially when it came to me, he became very territorial and he did not like sharing me. It was kind of like how babies do not like sharing their mother because they feel they only belong to them and no one else. He always felt like I was going to abandonment him and always say things like why are you always trying to leave me. While reading the article it mentioned how participants who were high in future attachment anxiety were more likely to use words on abandonment, thoughts and feelings which all made sense to me because of my prior experience. While I was in a relationship with him I never fully understood why he was the way he was, because I grew up a secure attachment household where I received warm and love from both my parents. Now, I have a better understand why my former partner mentioned the things he did and why he acted the way he