By Sternberg's theory my love life lies around consummate love and Fatuous love. My passion and commitment are high on the chart as the intimacy is there but not near as strong as the other two components. As I learn more about Sternberg's theory of love, it helps me understand where my relationship is falling apart and needs some work. In order for a relationship to work these three components need to be close to balancing each other out. By taking Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love Inventory my results are consummate love, though I am closer to the fatuous love. It is interesting to see the results and what falls in each component. For example, in Sternbergs theory under intimacy, my relationship struggles on communication, understanding, being able to count on each other, and trust. I feel because I either rank high or low (no in-between) in the intimacy component, that is why my relationship is able to work. I know not every relationship is perfect and needs something to work on but as long as the relationship is able to balance somewhere in the consummate love, I believe the relationship will be able to work.Overall, I enjoyed learning about the Sternberg's theory of love because I have a better understanding of my relationship and know it can work out. Other than my issues I have with intimacy, between passion and commitment my relationship could work on the romance and stability as those were the two lowest scores from each group. I expected our romantic part to rank less because I have been stressing about dates and spending time together. The stability does need work and that is an obvious. A lot of that has to do with not living together as a family and that gets to be stressful too. Now I can take my results and start working on what needs improvement for a healthy relationship.
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