Which Relationship Script Fits You Best? Seven Types of Love, Explained

If you want to turn reading into self-measurement, continue into an assessment.

FermatMind starts with a different question: what kind of relationship structure are you trying to enter? That is more basic than “who matches me.” Fit depends not only on individual traits, but on whether two people can build a sustainable combination of intimacy, passion, commitment, and real-world coordination.

2. The FermatMind Framework: Four Axes Behind Relationship Scripts

Judging a relationship only by “I like them” and “I feel something” creates large errors. A better method is to break relational needs into four axes: stimulation threshold, safety need, commitment rhythm, and practical coordination.

Once you look at relationships through these four axes instead of a single word like “fit,” old pain points become clearer. You may not be unable to love; you may be searching for love in the wrong position. You may not lack attraction; you may have placed attraction above sustainability.

3. Seven Common Relationship Scripts: No Hierarchy, Different Costs

These scripts are not clinical categories. They compress common structures from relationship research into a public-facing tool. None is automatically superior, but each amplifies different satisfactions and risks.

The most common problem is wanting one script over the long term while being pulled toward another in the moment. People who want stability can be drawn to passion. People who need understanding can confuse expressive ability with empathy. People who value practical coordination may doubt love because the relationship is not dramatic enough.

4. High Attraction Is Not High Fit: Four Frequent Mistakes

• Mistaking unpredictability for chemistry. Hot-and-cold behavior creates emotional swings, not necessarily high-quality connection.
• Mistaking expressive skill for understanding. Someone who speaks well and creates atmosphere may still not carry commitment or practical coordination.
• Mistaking practical fit for lack of romance. Matching rhythm, money habits, and communication style is often a rare asset in long-term relationships.
• Mistaking emotional intensity for intimacy depth. Crying more, fighting harder, or feeling a stronger pull does not mean you are closer; it may only mean the relationship costs more energy.

FermatMind is not against attraction or passion. The issue is where you place them. Passion can be the spark that starts a relationship; it cannot replace the structure that keeps one alive.

5. Which Script Might Fit You? Start with What You Want from a Relationship

If You Most Value Being Understood

You may lean toward the intimacy-growth script. You need more than surface energy; you need to be heard and met in deeper topics. If you are repeatedly carried away by high attraction, the relationship may begin with sparks and end in disappointment because understanding is missing.

If You Most Value Being Able to Do Life Together

You may lean toward the stable-partner or practical-negotiation scripts. You are not seeking dramatic peaks as much as the ability to move through life, carry responsibilities, and face reality together. Your common mistake is reading “not that stimulating” as “not enough love.”

If You Most Value High Experience and Novelty

You may be drawn to high-passion or playful-testing scripts. Low-volatility, low-density relationships may quickly bore you. Your reminder is that high stimulation must appear with high responsibility, or it only makes the short term feel alive.

If You Most Value Being Confirmed and Held Tight

You may slide toward the anxious-possessive script. What you want is not necessarily more passion, but clearer certainty. The problem is that the more you try to grab safety, the more suffocating the relationship can become. The work is often not proving who loves more, but repairing your safety base outside the relationship.

6. A Self-Check Table: What Relationship Structure Fits Me?

Rate each statement from 1 to 5. The highest cluster usually points to the script you currently prefer.

7. This Week’s Action Card: Break “Fit” Apart

• Review three important relationships or crushes. Write what attracted you then, and what drained you later.
• Rewrite “the partner I want” into “the relationship structure I want.” Name at least four concrete descriptions.
• The next time you feel attraction, ask not only “do I feel something,” but how the relationship performs on stimulation, safety, commitment, and practical coordination.
• If you are already in a relationship, each person can write what they want the relationship to be more like, then compare where the differences are.

What to Do Next in FermatMind Tests

• If you keep confusing high emotional intensity with intimacy, read more about attachment, safety, and relationship boundaries instead of only doing entertainment-style matching.
• If you want to use personality tools in relationships, treat MBTI or Big Five as entry points for naming preferences, conflict points, and rhythm differences, not as verdicts on relationship success.
• If you know which script you are close to, look at work and lifestyle too: the rhythm of your life strongly affects the kind of relationship you can sustain.

Research Notes and References

The following studies support the article framework and risk reminders. This public-facing draft preserves the research logic without turning statistical associations into deterministic claims.

1. 【1】Sternberg, R. J. (1986). A Triangular Theory of Love. Psychological Review, 93(2), 119-135. DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.93.2.119.

2. 【2】Hendrick, C., & Hendrick, S. (1986). A Theory and Method of Love. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 50(2), 392-402. DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.50.2.392.

3. 【3】Davis, K. E., & Latty-Mann, H. (1987). Love Styles and Relationship Quality: A Contribution to Validation. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 4(4), 409-428. DOI: 10.1177/0265407587044002.

4. 【4】Taraban, C. B., & Hendrick, C. (1995). Personality Perceptions Associated with Six Styles of Love. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 12(3), 451-463. DOI: 10.1177/0265407595123008.

5. 【5】Acker, M., & Davis, M. H. (1992). Intimacy, Passion and Commitment in Adult Romantic Relationships: A Test of the Triangular Theory of Love. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 9(1), 21-50. DOI: 10.1177/0265407592091002.