Idealistic in love
Loves to be in love. In touch with emotions, but values spark over practical compatibility.
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Romantic Idealists are in touch with their feelings and value passion over practicality. They feel intense, immediate attraction to a potential partner and become attached to new romances quite easily.
They love being in love and get a natural high when they're first falling for someone. This means they tend to stay in relationships for as long as it feels fresh and compelling.
These people are also so caught up in the fairytale aspect of a romance that they fantasize about their crushes and envision their lives together from the first meeting, even if they know it's all in their imagination.
They see immediate physical attraction before they evaluate long-term companionship, and although they value psychological closeness, their fantasies of their beloved may act as a temporary substitute for it.
Like Daydreamers, they have vivid imaginations, and their tendency to daydream means they're always looking to create new, exciting realities for the love affairs they fall into.
Unlike Pragmatic Lovers, they're more moved by the immediate rush of a romance than longer-term realities.
As the name would suggests, Romantic idealists love love for love’s own sake. They thrive on romance and butterflies, believe in love at first site, and feel immediate and intense initial attractions with people. They tend to experience the highs and lows of love more deeply than most.
Relationships are an exciting part of life for these people, and they put much of their energy into exploring their partners.
High scorers may be prone to fantasy. This brings them both a capacity for big romance, but also the possibility that they will overlook the negative aspects of a relationship and focus on the moments of pure delight. These people have a tendency to prioritize the flair of a relationship over long term compatibility.
Romantic Idealists are at risk of losing themselves to flights of fantasy. They tend to get swept up in their own daydreams, and may lose sight of their actual realities. They may, for instance, create such romance around a particular person or idea that they lose sight of some of the more concrete issues surrounding them.
As they are highly in tune with their feelings, these people have an innate ability to tap into their own vulnerability and feel a strong desire to connect with that of those around them. While this is natural to them, it may present itself as jarring to those less in tune with their own emotions.