The Six Styles of Love

* Eros is a passionate physical and emotional love based on an appreciation of beauty, from which the modern idea of romantic love derives. Eros is known to be, as its name indicates, the most 'erotic' style of love. It includes intense sexuality and lust is a key component of eros. The attraction on which eros is based usually fades with time.

* Storge is love as friendship. It is an affectionate love that slowly develops from friendship based strong companionship and shared values. Storgic lovers want their partner to be their best friend, and this friendship can survive the breakdown of the partnership.

* Ludus is love that's a game, where conquest is the goal. Ludic love offers little intimacy, however the amounts of intensity involved may vary from lover. A ludic lover makes little effort to form a longer commitment since they just enjoy the chase and the challenge. The saying, 'you want what you can't have and when you get it, you don't want it anymore' represents the ludic lover.

* Agape is dutiful, selfless love, a love of giving without asking anything in return. They view their partners as blessings and want to take care of them. It is the combination of eros and storge, a sexual type of love combined with care and friendship. Often thought to be the 'best' kind of love.

* Pragma is realistic, practical logical love. The type of love which can go out looking for a partner based on a shopping list of requirements, which can be a bit unemotional. Pragma is a combination of ludus and storge.

* Mania is an obsessive and highly volatile love. It is troubled love with dependence on the other person, great intensity and jealousy, and is accompanied by the most chemical changes in the body. Mania is the combination of ludus and eros.