Throughout all existence, mankind has always been required to meet and experience all new kinds of people. Some will be remembered forever and others, well they will be lucky if you can remember their name. People have different affects on different people’s lives and many will form some sort of relationship, whether it be good or bad. One very special type of relationship is couples. There are many types of couples such as The Cat and Dog, The Pastime, The Charity Case, The Validation, and finally The Best Friends. Unless the plan is going throughout life alone, everyone will experience some type of “couple” relationship and will come to realize that there are many different types of couples but will have to decide which one is right for them.
The first type of couple is the ever-so-popular Cat and Dog couple. This is the couple that has a meaningless fight, breaks up, someone apologizes, and now through all their “turmoil and hardship” they are back together. Many of the times someone backs out just because of poor self confidence, or maybe the relationship is getting dull. Sometimes it is something as simple as having a minor, unreasonable argument. One person will begin to feel paranoid that the other person will end the relationship, so they decide to beat them to the chase. Now the other person is left sitting there dazed and confused not knowing what happened. A little discussion will take place and now the indecisive couple is back together again. The rollercoaster will go on and on until someone comes to their senses and pushes the escape button. These people want to be together but they are just not yet emotionally mature for a relationship.

The Pastime relationships are a very simple one, indeed. It consists of two people that could care less if they are together. They are hardly ever seen together, they never go on dates, they are basically lucky if they get a hello in the hallway. Why are they even together? It is quite simple actually. These people caught each other’s fancies, perhaps through friends, and instead of getting to actually know each other, they went straight into a relationship. There is so much unneeded tension and awkwardness because no one knows what to do or what to say to each other, so instead of confronting each other, they will act as if neither one exists. These are the people who do not know how to turn people down or who are so eager to get into a relationship, they cannot stop and think “hmm maybe this is a bad idea”. Since there is not any sort of foundation to hold up the “relationship”, it does in fact plummet to smithereens.

Now it is time for the charity case. These couples are exactly how they sound, abject and pitiful. One of the participants is a pushover and lacks the ability to say “I do not want to date you anymore”- in nicer words of course. He or she is only in the relationship because the other partner is a genuinely nice, sweet person; they just aren’t what they are looking for in a partner. Not everyone is going to click but no one likes rejection so guilt and hope that things will get better are the glue that is keeping this couple together. As soon as that goes away, so does the relationship. Whenever the nice partner goes in for a kiss, the guilty partner will shyly pull away or reluctantly participate in the locking of lips. From afar, this would be the stereotypical “perfect couple” but in reality this relationship is missing dual romance and affection.

Next is the Validation couple. These people can range from couples who have been married for decades upon decades to the freshman in high school. This couple’s prime foundation is that they provide some sort of validation to the other partner. For example, an old billionaire who is with the twenty-something blonde is with her because he wants sexual validation or he wants to feel young and attractive. The young girl may want intellectual validation, or a new Ferrari. This is so common in adolescence because most are not yet mature enough to know what a relationship and well-balanced companionship is. Sometimes older married couples lose that spark in their relationship but they still stay together because they feel like they cannot get anyone else. Validation provides anyone and everyone with a sense of security and that make you feel safe and protected. However, when the couple only relies on validation in order for there to be a relationship here is no passion, no love. If a relationship starts out this way then it does in fact have hope in surviving because it could evolve into deep, passionate love. However, if a relationship just fades into validation, the love is lost and it will become near to impossible to get back.

Now finally, the most positive and blissful couple of all, the Best Friends. There are no secrets, there are no insecurities, there is no dullness. Everybody loves hanging out with this couple because it is never awkward. They have the benefit of literally being best friends, and the romance of being boyfriend/girlfriend. These relationships usually start out through a friendship that eventually blossoms into something deeper. Couples like these are easy to spot because of the love and joy they share between each other. However, these types of couples do not always work out because someone is usually afraid of ruining the friendship. If both people go in whole heartedly, and do not change just because they are now in a relationship, then they end up being the cutest couple in town!

Not all couples are going to fit exactly into to these categories. In realty, couples are going to transition and change in a way that works for them. These are just the main categories of couples, and there are a multitude of subcategories. The Cat and Dog, The Pastime, The Charity Case, The Validation, and The Best Friends are very common among couples and very easy to spot out. If you are in one category, you could always transition into one more suitable for you. All relationships just need true love and care to work.