Term

Companionate love

For Berscheid and Walster, the attachment we feel for someone with whom our life is deeply intertwined. It grows slowly and can last a lifetime.

The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom, Jonathan Haidt

Explained in

• The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom, Jonathan Haidt
• The Intimate Animal: The Science of Sex, Fidelity, and Why We Live and Die for Love, Justin R. Garcia

  A calm, warm love with deep attachment that usually takes over from the whirlwind of falling in love.

• The Molecule of More, Daniel Z. Lieberman, Michael E. Long

  A calm attachment that, according to Helen Fisher and the authors, can take the place of passionate love.

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