The Storge Loving.....

King of  All Friendships 

I am the first of three kids, only girl so naturally most of my childhood friends were males. During puberty when most girls were blushing and experiencing crushes my experiences were nothing to nil. My butterflies did not come out of their cocoons till age 14, after I experienced my first crush. 

Storge (Store-gay) love has always been my first love, I love my brothers with all my heart and and I have a natural knack for gaining, platonic male friends. Simply expressed storge love is a love that doesn't need physical attraction, it is primarily to with kinship and familiarity just like modern male and female platonic engagemnets. 

If we look back at Obama's famous bro romance with Joe its symbolizes storge love. Remember Obama's good bye speech? It was so heart felt and emotional it gave the world goose bumps his words were kind and inspirational  towards their friendship. To me their love for each other was the epitome and most respected of storge love in a modern society where homosexuality is rampant. 

Storge is a slow developing, friendship-based love. People with this type of relationship enjoys participating in activities together. Unlike eros, storge results in long-term relationships in which sexual desires may not be the ultimate motive and if developed may not be very intense or passionate. 

With storge the longevity of our love is promised but the passion and heat that our flesh desires is not guaranteed. Within storge, pragmaic love or enduring love can exist, this is a form of love that the partner will live up to a certain predefined role in their pragmatic lovers mind. 

Being the youngsters in today's vocation of marriage, my husband and I look at the older folks in admiration for the number of years they celebrate and often pray to be like them. With the struggles of disagreement and unmet needs often our yes is not always enough to propel us through these situations but the nucleus of storge is the bond of friendship and it supports us when the other types of love may not be present. This bond often leaves the partners with reassurances that even though they may have differences, they may not be able to exist without each other. 

Swans Mate for Life 

Swans mate for life, and most times, as one dies, the other succumbs and follow suit. Swans form monogamous pair bonds, their loyalty to their mates is so storied that I feel like the image of two swans swimming with their necks entwined in the shape of a heart should be the universal symbol of love.  This long term, enduring type of love and commitment is something you and I can only pray to be blessed with for our families, friendship, relationships and marriages . With  out a doubt is can be achieved with faith love and lots of pixie dust.