loveinlife Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Baby don't hert me? How do you define love? Explain please, thank you =)
Trialbyfire Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 If it's real romantic love, it's a combination of emotions. - caring and tenderness - intimacy - desire - respect - trust - honesty - a desire to protect - generosity of spirit - a desire to please - a desire to comfort
LucreziaBorgia Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 What is love? A biochemical reaction in the brain that has the above as byproducts.
Trimmer Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 A synth-driven Howard Jones song from the mid-80's. Half a million posts on a web forum, and still no concrete answer. Like the difference between porn and art: I can't define it, but I know it when I see [feel] it. One of the most simple, yet most complicated questions you can ask.
Kwo-ne'-she Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 When you place someone else's happiness and needs before your own.
Lizzie60 Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 I like the beat... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsCXZczTQXo
Yamaha Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 A biochemical reaction in the brain that has the above as byproducts. I disagree that love is a biochemical reaction in your brain. Lust/passion is a chemical reaction but love is a much more profound feeling and commitment than a brain fart.
Lizzie60 Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 It is a feeling of 'tenderness' ...of intense attraction to one person. It is when your 'name' has a loving connotation on his lips. There are different types of love... I love my children to pieces... but I also love my friends to pieces and I once love my bf with passion. Love is a 'need' just like food or sex... LOL
halfarock Posted August 26, 2007 Posted August 26, 2007 Love is a like a drug, a powerfully addictive drug with potential for a rather harsh and painful withdrawal when it ends.
Author loveinlife Posted August 26, 2007 Author Posted August 26, 2007 Good answers, thanks for all the feedback... anymore is welcome! Lizzie, nice pic =)
Author loveinlife Posted August 26, 2007 Author Posted August 26, 2007 Thanks for the posting trial, the lyrics seem so sad. =( this is all part of the withdrawal like half said. What do you think trial? can love be recreated with someone else...i heard the next person a person meets will be a different love... hmm...
Trialbyfire Posted August 26, 2007 Posted August 26, 2007 I've fallen in love more than once. It is possible, but it's different each time. As long as you can allow yourself to open up to trusting another person, the opportunities will come again. Don't let one person spoil your ability to love. Love is a need in your life, not a want.
Quinch Posted August 26, 2007 Posted August 26, 2007 Love is when your heart rules your head. Love is not the opposite of hate but the complete absence of hate, desire, need, lust and self. Love is surrender.
underpants Posted August 26, 2007 Posted August 26, 2007 Like the difference between porn and art: I can't define it, but I know it when I see [feel] it. Exactly...and it is so simple.
Author loveinlife Posted August 26, 2007 Author Posted August 26, 2007 I've fallen in love more than once. It is possible, but it's different each time. As long as you can allow yourself to open up to trusting another person, the opportunities will come again. Don't let one person spoil your ability to love. Love is a need in your life, not a want. I only fell in love once and it hurted me pretty bad after our break up, still affects me a little today... so my notion of love is still fixated to the only experience i have, which equates someone getting hurt if the relationship doesn't work out... a reason why im being more cautious today to date ppl. I don't want to hurt anyone or myself.
Trialbyfire Posted August 26, 2007 Posted August 26, 2007 I only fell in love once and it hurted me pretty bad after our break up, still affects me a little today... so my notion of love is still fixated to the only experience i have, which equates someone getting hurt if the relationship doesn't work out... a reason why im being more cautious today to date ppl. I don't want to hurt anyone or myself. I can empathize with the pain of breakup quite easily...but...I won't allow it to affect the rest of my life, except as you mentioned, to be a little more cautious.
This_Too_Shall_Pass Posted August 26, 2007 Posted August 26, 2007 Love is an emotion in flux. The way you feel it and the way you express it, changes over time. Romantic love is the most fleeting emotion. In my opinion, the real romantic love flies out of the window after 3 months' courtship / 3 times you have sex, whichever is sooner. Just saying "I love you baby" everyday doesn't re-create that heady, romantic feeling. That's more of a ritual (nothing wrong with it though). What remains after the initial rush is attachment, care, and a genuine, profound liking. These emotions influence your feelings of love and how you express them. I agree with Trimmer's comment about "I know it when I see it". A feeling of deep liking and affection for another can't be contrived, you either feel it or you don't. If you mistakenly label mere attraction as love, your inner voice will soon tell you that you're not quite there.
livebuzzwords Posted August 26, 2007 Posted August 26, 2007 just so u know i am not 'permitted' to access ENOT so if u need to contact me i hope u still have my email addy as i will leaving these sites and letting u contact me as u wish i would really appreciate it if u have done any blogging where u express important feelings that i should know and don't be a fraid to be brutually honest i would also love to know things about you that u told me long ago [upbringing, family stuff] as my memory has suffered as a result of my illness i will not place any expectations, dealines, pressure, etc. on you and i hope u take this opportunity to feel comfy and direct the pace of this there is nothing u cannot tell me without fear - nothing u cannot ask of me if there is anything u need today or over the next while just ask..i will give u the time and space u have asked for and will not pry upon what u are doing daily [hopefully one day i can share that day with u] i truly appreciate the opportunity you have given thank you
Curmudgeon Posted August 26, 2007 Posted August 26, 2007 Love is what I feel towards my wife who enhances both me and my life. She doesn't make me whole. I have to do that myself. She makes me and my world better. That's the only real description I can think of.
Author loveinlife Posted August 26, 2007 Author Posted August 26, 2007 Thanks for sharing that Cur, sounds like you are in love!
natch Posted August 29, 2007 Posted August 29, 2007 Love - the ability to acknowledge the imperfections of someone yet see beyond them and still believe that they are priceless... Determinig whether you love someone: Ask yourself; are you prepared to spend the rest of your life without that person?
BentSpine Posted August 29, 2007 Posted August 29, 2007 It's quite simple really: Love = Sexual attraction + Deep caring. So you don't love a friend or relative, you only care about them a lot.
marty Posted August 29, 2007 Posted August 29, 2007 You'll only know what love is , when you feel it. its different for everyone. its the best feeling in the world,,,,, and the worst.
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