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What Is Your Standard of Love?

By: Elisabeth Henderson

6 Min Quiz

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About This Quiz

Everyone knows what we're talking about when we talk about love, right? Well, maybe not. Merriam-Webster dictionary offers several different definitions of love, ranging from strong affection to sexual attraction to admiration. The question of what makes us fall in love with a particular person remains an open one in psychology.

According to Psychology Today, researchers argue that people fall in love due to having something in common, spending time together, finding the other person attractive, and having a feeling that the person likes you. In addition to these "attraction attributes," the concerns of whether your social circle approves of a relationship and whether they will fill your personal needs also play a large part in shifting the tectonic plates of attraction to the earthquake of love.

Most people likely fall in love based on these attributes, but some people place a higher value on certain attributes than others. For some, the physical attraction and arousal felt for a person may be the determining factor that catapults them into love. Others may not care so deeply about the outer appearance and seek a beautiful mind to explore. Of course, some people just want to have it all and set a gold standard for their love, holding out hope for a dashingly attractive, intelligent, romantic and wealthy partner to ride up on a white horse.

Which attributes put you over the edge of love's cliff? Jump into this quiz to find out!

Tell me everything!

Are they attractive?
Where did they go to school?

What do they do for a living?

They're hot.

They're reading one of my favorite books.
They have fancy shoes.

They look like they just came down off a mountain.

Cuddling in bed with hot chocolate

Talking about the movie until we fall asleep
A digestif drink with a fine dessert

Watching the stars till our eyes close

Carving our initials in a tree

Kissing under a tree
Cutting down a Christmas tree

Climbing trees together

Feeling like everything is right in the world

Staying in bed half the day
Having conversations with someone who is really fascinating

Having someone to travel with

Spring

Fall
Summer

Winter

Talking with their mouth full

Not having an opinion about politics
Not paying for dinner

Wanting to see a movie instead of taking a walk

Everything

Taste in books
Taste in wine

Travel style

All-inclusive with water slides and time on the beach

One with an ocean view and breakfast in bed, drinks included
A top-of-the-line luxury cruise

Alaska cruise with glacier hikes

A hot chocolate and a warm blanket by the fire

Skin-to-skin contact
Breath work in meditation

Take a brisk walk

Take a ride in a paddle boat

Go to the movies
Have time to read alone

Go to a fine-dining restaurant

How much exercise we need to be healthy

Political viewpoint
What kind of neighborhood we want to live in

That camping is a good way to have fun

We'll FaceTime twice a day.

We may talk once or twice on the phone.
We'll probably just text all day everyday.

Depending on where they're going, we may not be able to talk.

We'd have passive-aggressive fights about it.

It wouldn't matter as long as I could watch it.
We would probably watch our shows separately.

I doubt that would happen because I don't follow any shows.

I'd suggest that they work out.

I'd probably threaten ending the relationship.
It wouldn't bother me as long as everything was OK with their work.

I would secretly be worried that they were going to change.

How everything seems so perfect

Their looks
Their brains

Their career

I don't really keep up with the news.

I listen to it on public radio.
I keep up with stock markets on my phone.

I read the paper.

Go through with the date but don't answer calls

Make up an excuse and leave
Find out what they're like

Find out what they do for a living

Is there a hotel?

I'm willing to try it, I guess.
Nope.

Where to?

Watching movies inside

Going to the mall
Car shopping

Mountain biking

Steaks, potatoes, asparagus, fresh bread

Something with high aphrodisiac content
Vegetarian lasagna

Grill something over the fire

An art museum

A wax museum
A history museum

A museum with drinks

Something kinky

Something with personal significance
Something fancy to show how much they missed me

I don't want them to spend time shopping while traveling.

We'll just naturally do equal work.

We'd make a list of what we do more naturally and make sure it's even.
We'll hire someone to do the housework.

We'll check in regularly to make sure no one feels like they're doing more than their share.

Roses

A fresh, mixed bouquet
Orchids

Potted native plants

A luxury sedan

A convertible Mustang
A Porsche

A camper van

A perfect cabin the woods, red-checked tablecloth and fire in the fireplace

Hanging out on a bearskin rug in front of a fire
Lots of time for reading and talking over candlelight

Hiking and biking and cooking freshly caught fish

Being moody

Not wanting to be physical in public
Being averse to talking philosophy

Not watching TV

Just get up and dance

I'm not much of a dancer.
Maybe to the next song

If you say so ...

In a park on a walk

At a coffee shop
At a party

In a hostel

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