I mean this in a completely serious manner.
What is it? What's it feel like? And most importantly, what's the difference between loving someone and being in love with somebody?
It feels like you want to become one with whomever you love and you love all of their ugly features. giggle;
It feels like you're warm and excited giggle;
Also I don't know what you're saying in the last sentence--I use both of them simultaneously
Quote from: Stupid Fucking Slut on July 09, 2009, 09:09:36 PM
It feels like you want to become one with whomever you love and you love all of their ugly features. giggle;
It feels like you're warm and excited giggle;
Also I don't know what you're saying in the last sentence--I use both of them simultaneously
so you wouldn't have any problem with saying you're in love with your family?
Quote from: Sam on July 09, 2009, 09:27:54 PM
so you wouldn't have any problem with saying you're in love with your family?
friendship love and romantic love? ;_;
I think they have technical terms--maybe platonic love or something.
Quote from: Stupid Fucking Slut on July 09, 2009, 09:09:36 PM
It feels like you want to become one with whomever you love and you love all of their ugly features. giggle;
It feels like you're warm and excited giggle;
You could articulate the shit out of this, but I guess this suffices.
Quote from: Stupid Fucking Slut on July 09, 2009, 09:09:36 PM
Also I don't know what you're saying in the last sentence--I use both of them simultaneously
To me loving someone is a more mutual thing. In that you accept this person, and yet commit to improving their flaws and exploring their strengths and character. Being in love strikes more are infatuation, a feeling of it not necessarily involving the person completely, but the experience of the moment.
I don't know. Everytime i think I'm in love with some one i start to get scared.
To me love is caring about a person so much that whatever is best for them is what you want for them.
Baby don't hurt me.
Quote from: FAMY2 on July 09, 2009, 10:32:18 PM
To me love is caring about a person so much that whatever is best for them is what you want for them.
I agree. I also agree with most of what socks said in the second part of his post.
I feel like there can't be love without trust and consequently you can't love someone you don't know very well. What's more, love can really strengthen over time, but 'being in love' is what tends to disappear after awhile, which is why couples get bored with each other sometimes. They didn't have much deeper than the initial infatuation to begin with.
I always find it interesting when teenage boys spill out their feelings to me over youtube. "I think I love you..." and stuff like that. They obviously don't, and I tell them that, but it's interesting that they think they do.
I feel like I have a lot to say on the matter but I don't know how much of it is single-minded so I'm nnot sure how to say it all.
So love at first sight doesn't exist? It is just a physical attraction of some kind? I always wondered what other people thought about it.
uh okay what kind of love are we talking about? Romantic? Siblings? Parent and child? Friends? Strangers?
Because there's just about a million kinds of love and they're all defined differently and have a million different facets.
Quote from: FAMY2 on July 10, 2009, 06:55:31 AM
So love at first sight doesn't exist? It is just a physical attraction of some kind? I always wondered what other people thought about it.
I actually always thought love at first sight was more of an expression than anything else. Like, people saying "it was love at first sight" just shows that they were smitten the first moment they saw their target. but if anything then yeah, it's just physical attraction. It could also have a lot to do with the way a person carries themself though. For instance, I could see some man rescue a kid out of a burning building and say that was love at first sight.
Quote from: Veal on July 10, 2009, 09:05:31 AM
uh okay what kind of love are we talking about? Romantic? Siblings? Parent and child? Friends? Strangers?
Because there's just about a million kinds of love and they're all defined differently and have a million different facets.
mostly romantic, but feel free to talk about the rest
Quote from: FAMY2 on July 10, 2009, 06:55:31 AM
So love at first sight doesn't exist? It is just a physical attraction of some kind? I always wondered what other people thought about it.
Well, given that it is visual based, it tends to generally be mostly physical. However you can tell a lot about how someone carries themselves, and the aura they exhume. Granted, first impressions do not always lead to what one expects, but sometimes they do. I've had the wonderful opportunity to experience instant attraction and appeal from a girl whom I dispassionately would not rank as one of the most attractive I've been with. The way she walked, the stern look on her face just strolling across school, books in hand, etc... If she has that look, a look very specific to my heart and desires, a look which embodies in my minds eye everything a woman should, well, then, how could I not venture and explore further? Little things like that are so significant. They point to a character, THE most important aspect in my book. Intellect can be learned, looks changed, but character is fundamental, and so damn hard to replicate by looking elsewhere once you find one that you click with.
I fucking hate love.
Love caused me nothing but grief. Stupid Love.
Don't get me wrong here, love is a pretty good thing when you have it.
But when you lose it, it fucking sucks. I hate love. The way you feel after you've lost love doesn't even justify having the love to begin with.
So Love is a drug.
I would say it is an ability to make a more proper social decision through hormones or other positive feelings. Humans in particular have become very reliant in companionship or society, emotions such as love can lead one to a proper life, though like any part of a living being it has its own faults and errors.
Impulsive love is a natural instinct to find a mate who carries good traits to produce better offspring. Long term love with a spouse ensures said offspring will lead a safe and well fed life from both parents. in turn the child will develop a love of their providers causing mutual benefit, the child is taken care of and will later ensure their parent can live longer when they are too old or sickly to provide for themselves. other types of love such as loyalty to a leader, country, or friend usually provide their own kind of benefits to peace and survival, since the trait that attracts loyalty are also traits that are in the long run better for yourself.
Then again there are those who can create false attraction to satisfy their own needs without giving back in turn, but in the end those types are usually looked down upon by average society.
A lot people confuse love with lust.
"Love is real, real is love,
Love is feeling, feeling love,
Love is wanting to be loved.
Love is touch, touch is love,
Love is reaching, reaching love,
Love is asking to be loved.
Love is you,
You and me,
Love is knowing,
We can be.
Love is free, free is love,
Love is living, living love,
Love is needing to be loved. "
According to John Lennon, that is love. Of course, that doesn't really explain too much. To me, love is in different stages. You got your brotherly love and your family love - you know, non-romantic, but caring. Then you got your romantic love, which is obvious.
What is love? Oh baby, don't hurt me, don't hurt me no more.
If I say that I love someone, that could mean a million things. However, saying that I'm in love with someone always means romantic love.
Quote from: UnSid on July 10, 2009, 01:10:15 PM
So Love is a drug.
A good one. I think it's worth it in the end. Even if you do lose the person you loved.
Quote from: burzumfan420 on July 11, 2009, 06:07:32 PM
A lot people confuse love with lust.
Then what is lust?
Quote from: Trav on July 13, 2009, 10:34:09 AM
what you feel toward sam
no.
Quote from: burzumfan420 on July 13, 2009, 09:31:16 AM
sexual attraction
so fall in love with the uglyst person can find thats how you find love.
Quote from: Lex Luthor on July 13, 2009, 04:57:42 PM
so fall in love with the uglyst person can find thats how you find love.
You can love people who you are sexually attracted to, but if that is the only thing that makes you love the person it is lust.
It's the warm, inescapable feeling of excitement and happiness you get when you have found someone who's combination of physical traits and character do something for you. If you can't stop thinking about them, want to spend time with them, and just simply want to see or be around them, and when you know you can't have them feel sick, then it's love.
I believe in love at first sight. Some girls just glow with a certain aura that makes me know I would love to be with them. It isn't even 100% physical attraction. I'd say that's about half of it.
There's a distinguishable difference inside when you see a girl you love and when you see a girl you just want to fuck.
I thinks love is obviously a mutual feeling between two people. They both trust in each other, care about each other and pretty much accepts the person for who they are. You just want to spend the rest of your life with the person and do whatever it takes to make them happy. You just want to spend your whole time with the person, never stop thinking about them. Be there whenever they are down. That's the best i could do to describe love. though idk how to describe how it feelsz, it's hard.
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What JayJay said. Except in some cases it's knowing they are happy and safe. Even if you can't be with them. :3