Intimacy is all about being close or having a connection or bond. Passion doesn’t need much explanation, it's all about romance, physical connection and ultimately physical love. Lastly, Commitment is the ability to share short term plans but also to make plans together for the future.
If you are ticking all of the boxes your love is called Consumate Love. Sternberg’s overall theory is called the ‘triangle theory’ as each of the three elements sits on one point of the triangle and different combinations of the three provide different types of relationship:
It's an interesting tool that can help us understand relationships and that provides us with the language to discuss the importance of different parts of the triangle over time in order to build a sucessful relationship.
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