9.2.3 self-QUIZ: Test Your Love Attitudes

Test Your Love Attitudes

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Call to mind your current or most recent romantic partner. If you haven’t yet had a “romantic” relationship, think about how you would feel if you were in such a relationship. Then read the statements below, and place a check mark next to the ones with which you agree.

Storge

It is hard to say exactly where friendship ends and love begins.

Love is really a deep friendship, not a mysterious, mystical emotion.

Agape

When my lover gets angry with me, I still love him/her fully and unconditionally.

I would rather suffer myself than let my lover suffer.

Mania

Sometimes I get so excited about being in love that I can’t sleep.

When my lover doesn’t pay attention to me, I feel sick all over.

Pragma

I try to plan my life carefully before choosing a lover.

I consider what a person is going to become in life before I commit myself to him/her.

Ludus

I try to keep my lover a little uncertain about my commitment to him/her.

I enjoy playing the “game of love” with a number of different partners.

Eros

My lover and I have the right physical “chemistry” between us.

I feel that my lover and I were meant for each other.