What is Love?

There are four major types of love. All four are derived form Greek words; agape, storge, philia, and eros. Agape love is love that is independent of one’s feelings for another. Storge is the love shown between parent and child. Philia is the love that exists between friends. Eros is the love between an man and a women. Eros is what most of us think of when we think of love.

For a happy marriage what types of love should you have? Some people would say that all you need is eros. That’s not true. If all a marriage has is eros the marriage has a high change of divorce. We should strive to have all four kinds of love in our marriage. Some of you may have just gone wait even storge. No don’t patrinice them, but sometime we need a mothers love or a fathers. To just be able to hold someone and tell them that it will be all right. It’s best to have a little of all of them. It’s fine to have eros just not all the time.

When it comes time for the wedding plan the wedding with your soon to be spouse. What happens most of the time is that bride and her mother plan the wedding. They get close and this can cause a division between the husband and wife latter on. If they plan it together thought they will develop a good relationships and when things happen later on in life they will go to each other for help rather than to their parents.