This document discusses personal relationships and what drives attraction between people. It defines personal relationships as intimate relationships that involve commitment to another person or persons. Attachment styles in infancy and childhood can impact the ability to form relationships later in life. Attraction is driven by factors like physical appearance, proximity, similarity, reciprocity, and personality traits. Love and intimacy involve components like intimacy through communication, commitment through consistently fulfilling promises, and passion. Sternberg's triangle theory of love identifies different types of love based on combinations of intimacy, commitment, and passion. Maintaining commitment in relationships relies on factors like accumulated rewards, lack of alternatives, and investments made in the relationship over time. Criticism, contempt, and denial of issues can predict