Ludus Love

LUDUS LOVE

Ludus Love is playful or uncommitted love. It can involve activities such as teasing and dancing, or more overt flirting, seducing, and conjugating (playing together as a couple). The focus is on fun, and sometimes also on oneupmanship, with no strings attached. Ludus relationships are casual, undemanding, and uncomplicated but, for all that, can be very long-lasting. Ludus Love works best when both parties are mature and self-sufficient. Problems arise when one party mistakes Ludus for Eros Love, whereas Ludus Love is in fact much more compatible with Philia Love.

---Taken from the Psychology Today blog, by Neel Burton, M.D. Published June 26, 2016. Updated June 19, 2019. Edited for brevity and clarity.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/201606/these-are-the-7-types-love