The term “love” encompasses a wide range of strong and positive Emotions. Most commonly, love refers to a feeling of strong attraction and emotional attachment, however there are also types of love such as that of a mother for her child, the love of a spouse or even the love of food - all of those have “love” in common, though it manifests in very different ways.

“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your Dreams.” (Dr. Seuss)

Five Forms of Love

The Ancient Greeks identified five forms of love:

  1. Familial Love (Storge)
  2. Friendly/Platonic Love (Philia)
  3. Romantic Love (Eros)
  4. Guest Love (Xenia)
  5. Divine Love (Agape)