NATURAL STAGES IN A PRIMARY LOVE RELATIONSHIP

STAGE I ATTRACTION
(COMMITMENT)

STAGE II POWER STRUGGLE

I LOVE YOU

MOST PRIMARY LOVE RELATIONSHIPS END DURING THE POWER STRUGGLE

BEYOND THE NATURAL STAGES IN A PRIMARY LOVE RELATIONSHIP

STAGE III AWARENESS STAGE IV TRANSFORMATION
PHILIA (Friendship)

STAGE V REAL LOVE

SEX (Physical drive)

AGAPE (Altruism) LEARNING ABOUT YOURSELF LEARNING ABOUT YOUR MATE LEARNING ABOUT REALTIONSHIP USING WHAT YOU LEARNED IN THE AWARENESS STAGE

EROS ( Passion)

I LOVE YOU

I LOVE YOU!

BECOMES

I LOVE YOU

Aha ! I think you can meet my needs

I choose to meet your needs which you enable me to do by meeting my needs