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Love Styles Ginnina Pleze American Public University System Instructor John Hetherington COMM285 February 14, 2015 Love Styles ï  ¶ Using sociologist John Alan Lees love styles (refer to pages 261- 263 of Intimate Relationships, and pay special attention to Table 8.7 Styles of Loving found on the top of page 262) from chapter eight of Intimate Relationships, what is the predominant love style for most of the characters presented in the book, Confusing Love with Obsession. Using John Alan Lee’s love styles as a reference it seems that the characters from, â€Å"Confusing Love with Obsession† mainly fall in the mania category when deciding what their style of loving is. The fourth style mania defines that†¦show more content†¦In her mind there had to be something going on, well why else would her husband not want her to go all of a sudden? Although there was no proof of cheating she just figured that cheating was the reason behind him not asking her to go. Nancy goes crazy, going through his things in search of the truth, because she does not want to do anything that will push him away she just went looking for something that would validate her beliefs. The thing is any person that feels like something is going on in their relationship would be more likely to address it with their partner, and if the situation calls for an end to the relationship then so be it. However as Nancy goes through her husband’s things she finds out what she already knew to be true, but because she was obsessed she did not just trust her instincts it had to be proved to be true. ï  ¶ What character if any did you identify with most from the book? This can be either yourself or someone you know. I found that after reading chapter 4 the character that reminds me of someone that I know is the story that of Kate it reminds me of a couple of old friends (Kevin and Meka). They are not married and she is raising 3 kids. The two of them have firecracker anger streaks and when an argument happens they pull out the big guns cutting clothes, breaking anything that is breakable pretty much going crazy. I remember when we were still friends telling them that they needed toShow MoreRelatedLove Styles1292 Words   |  6 Pagesthat includes six different love styles: eros, ludus, storge, pragma, mania, and agape. These love styles were orginially developed by John Lee in 1973 and then further expanded by Clyde and Susan Hendrick of Texas Tech University throughout the mid 1980’s. All six love styles are significantly different but everyone has experienced atleast one throughout their life. In my case, I’ve experienced all six at one point or another in my life. These models of how people love indicate the different waysRead MoreThe Six Different Love Styles1039 Words   |  5 PagesLove according to the book is said to be about the number 4 thing people said they need to be in a healthy relationship(Welch 2010). 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