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Let's start with the five types of relationships that Morgan Miller discusses that defines your love life because these were interesting to me:
- The Co-dependent Relationship
- The Controlling Relationship
- The Open Relationship
- Friends With Benefits
- Toxic Relationships
The controlling relationship and the Toxic Relationships, Morgan describes these separate with Controlling relationship as one partner dominant in the relationship while the other just follows his or her lead. This relationship has signs of an abusive relationship that can become very toxic to the person's well being. Morgan describes Toxic Relationships as those that appear to be happy from the outside but miserable on the inside. These type of relationships drain the life and happiness out of you. It's like saying misery loves company and this is not a healthy relationship that if you define it in the first 30-60 days, then you need to remove yourself from this relationship as it will grow into more than a toxic relationship. It will eventually lead to an abusive relationship.
Friends with Benefits and The Open Relationship that Morgan describe are the same in the sense that you are sleeping with someone other than your partner. Morgan defines Friends with benefits as sex with no attachments which results in someone falling in love. I agree with this definition based on past experiences. Sex is emotional and women and men do become emotionally attached. His definition for The Open Relationship is described as having intimate relationships with others outside of the relationship because you are not open to intimacy with once another, but committed to the relationship. Now, that seems more like your still in the dating phase of a relationship where no one has committed to a relationship of monogamy.
For those that are new to dating, which of the five types out of 23 define your relationship? Do you even think about this when you are dating a person? Does it cross your mind to define the type of relationship after 3 dates?
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