Keeping Healthy Relationships
Keeping Healthy Relationships
Keeping Healthy Relationships
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Keeping Healthy
Relationships
Good relationships are fun and make you feel good
about yourself. The
relationships that you make in your youth years will be
a special part of your life and
will teach you some of the most important lessons
about who you are. Truly good
relationships take time and energy to develop. All
relationships should be based on
respect and honesty, and this is especially important
when you decide to date someone.
In a healthy relationship,
both partners:
Ø Are treated with
kindness and respect
Ø Are honest with each
other
Ø Like to spend time
together
Ø Take an interest in
things that are important
Ø Respect one
to each other another’s
emotional, physical and
Ø Can speak
sexual limits honestly
about their feelings
Romantic
Relationships
The love we feel for the person we
have a romantic relationship with is
different from our love for friends or
family. When a person enters into a
marriage, we naturally anticipate it to be
enduring and that anticipation or
permanence, at least in part,
differentiates a romantic relationship
with others.
Dimensions of
Love
1. Passionate love- is what we
feel when we first fall in love; it
shows our attraction and focus
on a single person, While some
succeed to withstand possible
love or over a lifespan, it often
declines in intensity over time.
Dimensions of
Love
2. Companionate love –
intensifies over time. As a
couple’s feeling of trust and
caring for one another nurtures,
they, involve themselves in one
another’s life and reciprocally
react to each other’s needs.
Kinds of
Love
1. Pragma is a style of love
that emphasizes the practical
aspects of love. It is an
arranged marriage.
2. Mania is a style of love
characterized by volatility,
insecurity, and
Kinds of
Love
4. Eros is a sexual love that carries
couples together.
5. Ludis refers to a style of loving
that emphasizes the game of
seduction and fun where partners do
not see their relationship as
permanent.
Activity
Give sample situation to describe the following
kinds of love.
a. Eros -
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b. Ludis -
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c. Storge -