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Romantic love is also often used as a synonym for passionate love, also called "being in love", and also often associated with limerence. [14] [75] Academic literature has never universally adopted a single term for this. [14] Helen Fisher has commented that she prefers the term "romantic love" because she thinks it has meaning in society. [25]
No single written definition of "polyamory" has universal acceptance. Polyamory involves multiple consensual, loving relationships (or openness to such), and there is a resistance within the polyamorous community to defining it in any fixed manner. This has led to a number of problems, not the least of which is establishing a legal definition.
As a less sexual and more emotionally intimate form of romantic attachment, love is commonly contrasted with lust. As an interpersonal relationship with romantic overtones, love is sometimes contrasted with friendship, although the word love is often applied to close friendships or platonic love. Further possible ambiguities come with usages ...
The Lover's Dictionary is a novel by American author David Levithan, published January 4, 2011 by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. It is his first novel for adults. It is his first novel for adults. This modern love story is told entirely through dictionary entries.
A love triangle [1] is a scenario or circumstance, usually depicted as a rivalry, in which two people are pursuing or involved in a romantic relationship with one person, [2] [3] [4] or in which one person in a romantic relationship with someone is simultaneously pursuing or involved in a romantic relationship with someone else.
Couple, a set of two of items of a type; Couple (mechanics), a pair of force which are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction and separated by a perpendicular distance so that their line of action do not coincide that cause a turning effect; Couple (relationship), two people in an intimate relationship
New relationship energy (or NRE) also commonly known as Honeymoon Phase is a state of mind experienced at the beginning of sexual and romantic relationships, typically involving heightened emotional and sexual feelings and excitement. NRE begins with the earliest attractions, may grow into full force when mutuality is established, and can fade ...
Lesbian couples report lower frequency of sex compared to heterosexual couples, and gay men are more likely to engage in non-monogamy. [123] Same-sex relationships face unique challenges with regards to stigma, discrimination, and social support. As couples cope with these obstacles, relationship quality can be negatively affected. [124]