Kinds of love

The first kind of love is the Storge. It is the kind of family and friendship love. This is the love that parents naturally feel for their children; the love that member of the family have for each other; or the love that friends feel for each other.  It is described as the most natural, emotive, and widely diffused of loves: natural in that it is emotive because it is the result of fondness due to familiarity.

The second one is Agape. This is an unconditional love that sees beyond the outer surface and accepts the recipient for whom he/she is, regardless of their flaws, shortcomings or faults. This kind of love is all about sacrifice as well as giving and expecting nothing in return.

The other one is phileo is the love between friends. The phileo love refers to an affectionate, warm and tender platonic love. It makes you desire friendship with someone. It’s the kind of love which livens up the Agape love.  

The next kind of love is Eros. Eros is a passionate and intense love that arouses romantic feelings; it is the kind that often triggers “high” feelings in a new relationship and makes you say, “I love him/her”. It is simply an emotional and sexual love. If the person “in love” does not feel good about their relationship anymore, they will stop loving their partner.