Relationship Triangle

[Oni]

Ya know I got to thinking the other day. About an analogy I once told some one. I called it the Relationship Triangle. The three key pieces you need to make a relationship work. Any relationship, from that with your pet dog, to that with your companion. If you take out one of these pieces then it don't work. But with all three pieces it is always going to work.
So now I am going to try and draw this out in the forum.

                                             LOVE
                                               /\
                                             /    \
                                           /        \
                                         /            \
                               Trust /__________\Faith

I have a lovely image in my head of a cool artsy pic to draw to depict that. Just can't seem to get it out. LOL.

Anyway back on topic.

Everything that you can think of in a relationship runs on these things. With out one then it wont work.  And so now before I explain it. I ask you all to explain it. Both what you think about it, and how you see the triangle.

[Rachael]

What's the difference between trust and faith?  Also, I think that there are many more important things when it comes to love--respect, honesty, loyalty, etc.

[Oni]

Rachael keep going on that. You have a good idea run with it. I was trying to pull that triangle from memory and I wasn't able to pull it off right I know it's flawed. but it wasn't when I first created it.

I just dont recall exactly how I had it.

[Rachael]

Well, for one thing, I don't think a simple triangle would work.  Maybe a pentagon, hexagon, octagon...

Let's see.  There's trust, loyalty, respect, compassion, empathy, forgiveness, compromise, and probably some others I'm forgetting.  That's a heptagon already. :p

Or you could draw a Venn diagram.  What would you call something that consists of, say, trust but no loyalty?  Loyalty and trust but no forgiveness?  Compassion but no compromise?

Unfortunately, I couldn't really draw one.  I'm terrible at shapes.  But it's an interesting idea.

[Oni]

Most of those emotions though can be condenced into one of the three that are already there...

[Rachael]

I don't think so.  You can trust someone until they cheat on you, and then not forgive them.  You can be loyal to someone without being particularly compassionate.  You can respect someone's views without being willing to make a compromise.

I suppose compassion and empathy are close enough to eliminate one.

[Badinage]

I cant help but think of this reading this conversation:

[Badinage]

Really liked the overlapping wheels layout from that comic and decided to try to put together one of my own using the words brainstormed up above. Tell me if you think its laid out right. (/me is pulling an all nighter after a couple nights of too little sleep for no reason at all)

[Oni]

Why isn't Vanilla Ice in the Relationship Circles?

[Badinage]

because he is not an improper noun.

...........................yet <_<

[Ekim]

Ok, you all were close but I think I found the way to a good relationship.


                                                Sex
                                                   /\
                                                 /    \
                                               /        \
                                             /            \
                               Bondage /__________\Toys

[Badinage]

* Badinage wonders what would go in the middle of that particular triangle :3

[Oni]

at first glance i almost thought he put you on the bottom hun

[Ekim]

Oni you are going blind from all your forum trolling!

[Badinage]

Badintoys =D    ..........Bondinage?