Love and close relationships

1. Love and close relationships Focusing in love relationships

2. Menu for lovers • What is love? • How do people get attracted to each other • What makes couples happy/unhappy • What makes other people stay in bad relationship • How to maintain love

3. What is love • We have two different types of love • Passionate love = it is were by the couples have strong desire and excitement toward the special person • Companionate love= this kind of love it occurs in adulthood, because their love is calm, serene and most important thing is that they care for each other and the do understand one another

4. How do people get attracted to each other • People get attracted to others because of their physical appearance. e.g. body, face and many more things • You get attracted to someone by his/her behavior, if he behave well, you can get attracted and you will not see the negative thing upon him • Your personality can add on getting attracted on someone

5. What makes couples happy/unhappy • Positive interactions must occur at least five times as often as negative interactions. • Happy couples have an vision about their relationship • Bad interactions are stronger than good interaction • Less of commitment may cause bad couples

6. What makes other people stay in bad relationship • Many people they stay in the bad relationship because of financial problem • Other reason of staying in bad relationship it is because you want to seek commitment • Children makes you stay in the bad relationship, cause if you leave they will have no place to stay

7. How to maintain love • You need to respect one another • You need to trust each other • Do not pretend for each other • Feel free to have conversation/ have good interaction • Both of you need to commit yourselves to the relationship e.g. marriage

8. Hope you have learn a lot about love