"Marriage is crafting, not found"
                                     -Bruce A. Chadwick

As we went over the four different types of love I couldn't help wonder where marriage fit in.
4 Types of Love
*Agape- Charity, compassionate, companion-ate love
*Eros- Physical, lustful, sexual, romantic love
*Philia- Friends, brotherly, a specific person love
*Storge- Parent-Child, commitment and emotion/responsibility, connection love.

I came to the conclusion that we need 100% of all these different kinds of love. How can we stay and grow in love if we don't have connection, or commitment with romance? We need charity to look past the weakness both of you have, while also having a sense of deep friendship or closeness with that person. I believe you need all these "types of love" in order to make a marriage work for forever. Love is not just something that once you have, you have for ever, or even something that just appears. Through growth we gain love. "Love at first sight" might be better put "major attraction at first sight". As you get to know that person love grows, and can continue to grow till you can't even describe in words how you feel for that person. Over all we need an even balance of all these types of love, even though there will seem to be days when one matters more than the other. I don't think Love can necessarily be taught because it's our own choice to love and recognize that, but love does stem out of simple things like kindness, friendliness, and similarities. Love is an amazing thing and a necessity of life and relationships.