So I found this on Wikipedia random (that’s what my homepage is set to), and I’ve been trying to wrap my head around it for a couple of days. It’s called the “Triangular theory of love”. I think there may be a lot to this. Maybe just hindsight always being 20/20 but still.
‘The amount of love one experiences depends on the absolute strength of these three components, and the type of love one experiences depends on their strengths relative to each other’. Different stages and types of love can be explained as different combinations of these three elements; for example, the relative emphasis of each component changes over time as an adult romantic relationship develops. A relationship based on a single element is less likely to survive than one based on two or three elements.
Maybe I just need to actually sleep.