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The Five Basic Romantic Personality Types
| Eros: |
Erotic lovers. Desires a high level of commitment, intimacy and passion. Eros often requires strong ego. Gives fully and intensely in a relationship. Often an erotic love burns intensely and then dies. |
| Ludus: |
Love is a game. Relationships do not have great depth. Ludus tends to be avoid emotional intensity. Tendency to see love as a game which can be played out with diverse partners. Long term relationships are unlikely. |
| Mania: |
High emotion, possessive and dependent style of love. Often hidden low self-esteem. Alternates between ecstasy and despair. Mania tends to have a lack of satisfaction in relationships. |
| Pragma: |
The logical, rational lover. Pragma would tend to focus on desired attributes of a partner. Pragma tends to find satisfaction in long term relationships. Once in a relationship, other feelings can develop. |
| Storge: |
Love as friendship. Solid, down to earth feeling about love. Storge sees love as an evolving. It can take a long time to develop and can last a long time. |
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