Love

that really doesnt answer anything.

love huh? felt it once never felt it again

That is kind of a shame, Only_One_Wing.

What is love? Is it just a word? A thought, an abstract feeling? Does love mean different things to different people? Do you love people in different ways? Can love be defined?

What does LOVE mean to you?

Again subjective in the extreme. Love for parent, love for friend, love for pet, love of Ice-cream, I love those shoes on you, Jesus loves you.

Do all these things speak of the same love? no - since everyone uses the word to describe a multitude of feelings the chances of 2 people meaning the same thing at the same time are slim as hell.

Originally posted by Phoenix
What is love? Is it just a word? A thought, an abstract feeling? Does love mean different things to different people? Do you love people in different ways? Can love be defined?

What does LOVE mean to you?

It is not the word that matters, but the connection or feeling that it signifies.

-Somebody in the Matrix I think

The little girl's father ✅

And I agree there are different degrees of love ✅
But it all comes from the heart no? 😛

"love" is a group protection instinct, just as "falling in love" is a mating signal..... simple survival tools, nothing more or less.....

" Love, love, you know what love is? Love is an illusion created by lawyer types like your self to perpetuate another illision called marriage to create the reality of divorce and then the illusionary need for divorce lawyers. "

- St. Elmo's Fire

🙂

LOVE !

Love is the most powerful force in the universe !

Leaving platonic love aside for the moment as that is just a warm and cosy feeling....no more....

To be "in love" is scary...It is like being ill, in a pleasant way.

Love, ( sexual love ), is a feeling that takes you over and makes you into a slave. Your heart pounds, you feel pain like you have never felt before and when you see the object of that love you are unable to think, talk, breath, or function as you should. When you are in love you cannot eat, sleep, study, or communicate with other humans in any normal way.

The trouble is that THIS kind of love is very short-lived and easily killed when your lover lets you down or looks at another person or starts to tire of you.

If it is the kind of love that is to withstand the test of time it has to mutate into a different kind of love that is not so intense but that is more solid and equal in both directions.

Only after you have felt this kind of love can you speak about it .

In fact it is almost impossible to describe this kind of love as it is all inside the person.

What is love?

Originally posted by big gay kirk
"love" is a group protection instinct, just as "falling in love" is a mating signal..... simple survival tools, nothing more or less.....

You really think so? I don't know if love is as 'magical' as some people say it is, but I don't think I'd put it down to mating instinct. I mean, you can 'mate' with someone without feeling any love for them.

There must be something in it as there has been more songs written about love than any other subject !

Does anyone believe in 'love at first sight'? I certainly don't - the only thing I think can happen is lust at first sight!

I agree with lust but I have felt love at first sight so it worked for me 🙂

it'll never work for me because I'm not pretty enough for anyone to love me at first sight - I think love has to grow, it can't just be there. If you fall in love with someone ((or think you do)) straight away, you start to hate them after a while aS ALL THEIR FAULTS GET ON YOUR NERVES. ((sorry about caps, caps lock got put on accidently, I can't be bothered to retype)).

However, if you gradually fall in love with someone, you fall in love with their faults!

phoe...I observed that when it comes to looks, you're very down on yourself, what gives? 🙁

Because I'm a realist. I'm not pretty. Whats the point in pretending i am? I'll only get peoples hopes up! 😛

Phoenix: It's just a saying "love at first sight" but it has little to do with beauty, is like an immidate empathy ...compassion...love

falling in love with someones faults comes later 🙂

I just don't think you can love someone at first sight. Sight is a bout seeing, seeing is about looks - how can you love someone just because of the way they look? Thats not real love.