This includes things like "kissing," "inappropriate sexual talk," "being kicked," "inadequate heating," "lack of attachment and affection" and so on; regarding sexual abuse, the most common form was fondling, not rape.
First, I think it's pertinent to point out that the above mentioned answers are considering "love" in a certain context, as a feeling of romantic attachment and affection.
My attachments and affections within it run every which way: leaping from my children and grandchildren to my divorced and deceased first wife's nearest sister, whom I've known for sixty-five years ("Of course I live in denial," she says.
He compares our sense of ownership and cultural attachment to Christmas music with the respect and affection for the architecture of church buildings, even among those who are not religious.
Although an attachment is a "tie," it is not synonymous with love and affection, despite their often going together and a healthy attachment is considered to be an important foundation of all subsequent relationships.
"How could this endless reservoir of affection and attachment and respect that I felt for this man prove so powerless, so worthless?" Even Jerome Groopman, the only doctor among the contributors, found himself in unfamiliar territory when the cancer patient whose life he was trying to save was one of his best friends, Elliott, with whom he identified closely.
Some researchers have suggested that attachment-avoidant people respond better to "soft" displays of security and affection, like listening and showing dependability, than grand displays of love.
… The specificity of the child's preference — and affection — parallels the developing ability to feel a strong specific attachment to particular people.
Along with thrilling dependency comes glimpsing the world through another's eyes; forsaking some habits and adopting others (good or bad); tasting new ideas, rituals, foods or landscapes; a slew of added friends and family; a tapestry of physical intimacy and affection; and many other catalysts, including a tornadic blast of attraction and attachment hormones — all of which revamp the brain.
Attachment theory is not an exhaustive description of human relationships, nor is it synonymous with love and affection, although these may indicate that bonds exist.
Vitriol ebbed and affection resumed.
