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Storge(/strdi/,storg),alsocalledfamiliallove,istheGreekwordfornaturalaffection[1]
suchastheloveofaparenttowardsoffspring,andviceversa.Pronounced(storegae)[2]
Insocialpsychology,anothertermforlovebetweengoodfriendsisphilia.[1]

Contents
1 Extensiveness
2 Storgelove
3 Advantages/disadvantages
4 Seealso
5 References
6 Furtherreading

Extensiveness
Storgeoraffectionisawiderangingforcewhichcanapplybetweenfamilymembers,friends,petsand
owners,companionsorcolleaguesitcanalsoblendwithandhelpunderpinothertypesoftiesuchas
passionateloveorfriendship.[3]
Thusstorgemaybeusedasageneraltermtodescribethelovebetweenexceptionalfriends,andthe
desireforthemtocarecompassionatelyforoneanother.[4]

Storgelove
Somemaysaythereareotherwaystoloveoneinstorgeform.Butthisisbetweenmarriedcouples,who
arecommitted,andplantohavealongrelationshiptogether,particularlyasafundamentalrelational
foundationpostlimerance.Anotherinterpretationforstorgeistobeusedtodescribeasexual
relationshipbetweentwopeoplethatgraduallygrewoutofafriendship[1]storgicloverssometimes
cannotpinpointthemomentthatfriendshipturnedtolove.[5]Storgicloversarefriendsfirst,andthe
friendship,andthestorge,canendureevenbeyondthebreakupofthesexualrelationship.[1]Theywant
theirsignificantotherstoalsobetheirbestfriends,andwillchoosetheirmatesbasedonsimilargoals
andinterestshomogamy.[6]

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Storgicloversplacemuchimportanceoncommitment,andfindthattheirmotivationtoavoid
committinginfidelityistopreservethetrustbetweenthetwopartners.Childrenandmarriageareseenas
legitimatelongtermaimsfortheirbond,[7]whilepassionatesexualintensityisoflesserimportancethan
inotherlovestyles.[8]

Advantages/disadvantages
Advantagesofstorgiclovemaybethelevelofhowonelovestheirfamilyandunderstandseachother.
Inaddition,twopeoplethataredeeplydevotedtooneanothercanfeeltheintimacythattheyshare.The
maindisadvantageofstorgiclovemaybethelargetimeinvestmentandfalloutshouldthetwopeople
changeenoughtolosetheirfriendship.

Seealso
Attachmenttheory
Greekwordsforlove
Lovestyles
TheFourLoves

References
1.StrongB,YarberWL,SayadBW,DevaultC(2008).Humansexuality:diversityincontemporaryAmerica
(6thed.).NewYork:McGrawHill.p.228.ISBN9780073129112.
2.WalterHooper,C.S.Lewis:ACompanion&Guide(1996)p.36970
3.Hooper,p.370
4.B.Strongetal,TheMarriageandFamilyExperience(2010)p.150
5.FamilyExperiencep.149
6.C.Gottschalk,HowtoHealAfterHeartbreak(2013)p.252
7.J.S.Greenberg,EmpoweringHealthDecisions(2013)p.234
8.Gottschalk,p.252

Furtherreading
LeeJA(1973).Thecolorsoflove:anexplorationofthewaysofloving.
LeeJA(1988)."Lovestyles"inBarnesMH,SternbergRJ.Thepsychologyoflove.
LewisCS(1960).Thefourloves.
WoodJT(2009).Interpersonalcommunication:everydayencounters.
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