Love is a terrifying, debilitating, painful sickness. Its also the best thing that can happen to anyone.
What is Love to YOU?
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Not really sure at this point. I'm still trying to figure it out. I thought I knew it for sure recently, but now this relationship is about dead. So honestly? I don't know at this point. I wish I did though but I don't think I'm at that point in life just yet to truly understand it.
I've felt that infatuation a couple of times, and this is a pretty good description.sanquin said:
But to be more specific on the emotion itself:
I think of it as an absolute need to be with somebody. Just wanting to be close to the other person and doing everything you can to make them happy. Of course, that's just the infatuation stage, like sanquin said, only if it's lasts is it love.
Kind of basic, kind of cliche, but hey, it's my definition.
It's like black pepper on strawberries. Both are good and can be eaten separately, or mixed with other ingredients, but bring them together and you've got yourself a taste sensation. That's what love is like.
Love is general is a strong attachment to something to the extent that losing it would mentally and physically cause your distress. Unconditional love is an attachment so strong that you are willing to sacrifice your entire being to protect and care for said thing that your attachment is to.
Being in love is like a really, really good mindtrip, that lasts for quite some time.
Love itself is more then that, it is having found someone to care for and to share with, someone who goes straight into your heart and will never leave.
It's good to have that special someone.
Love itself is more then that, it is having found someone to care for and to share with, someone who goes straight into your heart and will never leave.
It's good to have that special someone.
Very well put!Caramel Frappe said:
Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous, love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly, it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth. Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
I find that really useful. Especially when the one I love drives me up a wall with confusion and I need that extra bit of patience and understanding.
I find that really useful. Especially when the one I love drives me up a wall with confusion and I need that extra bit of patience and understanding.
I think the evolutionary logic behind love is quite strong but that is not the point i'm trying to make.Madara XIII said:
More that it is a chance to let go of all the prior thoughts and logical decisions and enjoy life more fluidly, at least with one person. The emotional compulsion to do so is the required push, but the freedom received is fantastic. When another person feels similar then the confidence and overall happiness is overwhelming. The negatives mainly arise due to lack of confidence in either parties.
I know that a video game website isn't all into feelings and prefers hard logic when approaching problems, but nothing is as empowering.
I know that it hurts like hell. I know that it's essentially been tearing me apart for the past few years. And I know that I wouldn't get rid of it for the entire world. Reminds me that I'm still...human, I guess. Hell, reminds me that there are still things worth fighting for in the world.
The poetry in this thread... Q_Q
What is love to me? It's a feeling of pure happiness, unmatched by any joy in the world. It's also when you're ready to throw away your world for someone else. Yet another definition would be a feeling of intense attraction that will never go away when cemented in place by time. It's many, many things!
But only one definition rings with me: pure happiness, despite any tough times that may follow.
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What is love to me? It's a feeling of pure happiness, unmatched by any joy in the world. It's also when you're ready to throw away your world for someone else. Yet another definition would be a feeling of intense attraction that will never go away when cemented in place by time. It's many, many things!
But only one definition rings with me: pure happiness, despite any tough times that may follow.
... I approve of this thread. =)
What is love? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhrBDcQq2DM
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Also anyone could tell me how put the vids properly?
Love to me is a very symbolic partnership.
No one is expected to do certain things because of what is imposed in society.
It means taking turns, listening, and getting along.
When we argue it should strengthen the bonds you have with one another. Not break it apart.
No one is expected to do certain things because of what is imposed in society.
It means taking turns, listening, and getting along.
When we argue it should strengthen the bonds you have with one another. Not break it apart.
I've experience the feeling of love before.
For me, it was a warm, sensation in my chest, almost like a candle, burning with serene grace. I also felt as if something inside was pouring or bleeding, yet it remained in my chest and the sensation was sublime. Whenever I was close or thought about the girl that I was in love with, I would be reminded of that sensation I would be near her and continue thinking about her.
So whatever your beliefs about what love is and if it even exists, I can assure you that it is a feeling of extreme comfort and it most certainly exists.
For me, it was a warm, sensation in my chest, almost like a candle, burning with serene grace. I also felt as if something inside was pouring or bleeding, yet it remained in my chest and the sensation was sublime. Whenever I was close or thought about the girl that I was in love with, I would be reminded of that sensation I would be near her and continue thinking about her.
So whatever your beliefs about what love is and if it even exists, I can assure you that it is a feeling of extreme comfort and it most certainly exists.
Totally. Love is sacrifice for someone else's sake. I watched my friend go through boyfriends like lightbulbs until she went to college, where she met an awesome guy. I know he's awesome because I hang out with him and all three of us play Borderlands together; we even do this stupid tri-fecta tickle/cuddle thing sometimes. Despite her fortune, I occasionally wish I could have been her Mr. Right, I feel that small twang of jealousy in me... but that's just selfish. So is looking at it as being 'friend zoned'. The more I think about, the more relieving it is because while with her previous boyfriends she'd call me up every night crying, angry, and we'd sit around and talk about what total shitheads her ex's were or what a total shithead her soon-to-be-ex was, there would always be this little voice in my head asking "Could you really do better?" I never asked her out, or admitted this to her. I saw that she needed my help and I provided the kind only a well-meaning platonic friend could. =PAngelowl said:A saying that I read a while back summarizes my view. "Romance is when you want the other person and true love is when you want the best for the other person." Made things simpler for me when I got a crush on my best friend some years ago, we got too different views on relationships, I wouldn't feel satisfied and he can't handle me on a 24/7 basis. So I decided to support him when it came girlfriends and not demand anything from him. Irony being that three girlfriends later he's tired of relationships and I'm still his best friend.
I want a partner that genuinly cares for my wellbeing and needs, and would be willing to do the same for them obviously. Not much fan of the whole "love at first sight", feels nice but a more mature emotion would probably be a better base for relationships.
I don't believe in the "love at first sight" crap either, but I do believe in chemistry. Even if the idea can't hold up as universal law, it's comforting to think that everyone has a soul mate. Or at least someone they can live with for 6 months and not want to stab.
Love' is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope.
To clarify: Love is knowing your target, putting them in your targeting reticule, and together, achieving a singular purpose against statistically long odds.
To clarify: Love is knowing your target, putting them in your targeting reticule, and together, achieving a singular purpose against statistically long odds.
Ah, you beat everyone to the punch. 
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Well to be honest I've never gave it any thought and figured there would be no reason to until I felt something similar to how everyone stereotypically tries to explain it. Figured if it happened, great! If it didn't, well I didn't spend too much time on it anyways.
Maybe love is a mixture of things and not just this one magic thing. Because it seems silly to me to have this one thing that everyone is supposed to have to make them happy, yet there are so many types of relationships out there that, supposedly, exhibit love.
I kinda want to try and see if I could dissect it into enough categories where we could have an empirical checklist that says "If you got these" or "X number of these" then you are in love/ have love.
Of course that might ruin the magic and I think part of not knowing exactly what it is( but having enough of a rough idea of it so it's not completely alien) gives that word its magical/mystical appeal.
Well, until I "feel the magic" all it means to me is a haddaway song.
OT:
Well to be honest I've never gave it any thought and figured there would be no reason to until I felt something similar to how everyone stereotypically tries to explain it. Figured if it happened, great! If it didn't, well I didn't spend too much time on it anyways.
Maybe love is a mixture of things and not just this one magic thing. Because it seems silly to me to have this one thing that everyone is supposed to have to make them happy, yet there are so many types of relationships out there that, supposedly, exhibit love.
I kinda want to try and see if I could dissect it into enough categories where we could have an empirical checklist that says "If you got these" or "X number of these" then you are in love/ have love.
Of course that might ruin the magic and I think part of not knowing exactly what it is( but having enough of a rough idea of it so it's not completely alien) gives that word its magical/mystical appeal.
Well, until I "feel the magic" all it means to me is a haddaway song.
OH MY GOD (who i do not believe in)! That is the sweetest most depressing (in a good way) thing I have ever seen. If one day I find that yeah I found true romantic love worth marriage. Other than that no, and I (not at all sadly) find that more likely.Lilani said:
Love is a biochemical effect of which various side effects are often mistaken for Something Moar. It's emotional delirium and ignorance that accounts for the warm and fuzzy feelings of romanticism. Having said that, it's not an absolute state, being that it's something that grew into mammals as mammals grew into people, and anything that grows can grow differently. If you've ever seen turnips growing in a garden you know that some grow big, some small, some crooked, some straight. This is the unpolluted definition of the human condition and, ultimately, the love that they experience subjectively. As always, there's an ongoing debate over the relevance of nature and nurture, but that is, in itself, merely an artifact of separating man from the environment in which he sprouted.
Regardless, the resultant delirium of emotion, any emotion, is comparable to that of illicit substances for someone whose puppet strings aren't so easily pulled. If someone sees things a little too clearly for their own good they're branded mentally ill. Mental illness, to me, is the obfuscation of material reality. A dope waxing poetically about love or justice isn't much better than a stoned teenager rambling incoherently about his latest epiphany, only one will eventually reach sobriety and the other will continue down this path until death.
My girlfriend, on the other hand, likes it when I surprise her with iced coffee at work. Also sometimes cupcakes.
Regardless, the resultant delirium of emotion, any emotion, is comparable to that of illicit substances for someone whose puppet strings aren't so easily pulled. If someone sees things a little too clearly for their own good they're branded mentally ill. Mental illness, to me, is the obfuscation of material reality. A dope waxing poetically about love or justice isn't much better than a stoned teenager rambling incoherently about his latest epiphany, only one will eventually reach sobriety and the other will continue down this path until death.
My girlfriend, on the other hand, likes it when I surprise her with iced coffee at work. Also sometimes cupcakes.
"Love is something so divine, description would make it less; 'Tis what I feel, but can't define, 'Tis what I know but can't express." - Beilby Porteus.
That poem always resonated with me. Basically, no matter what I say or do, it can't completely convey what love is. That just seems so true when you're in it.
That poem always resonated with me. Basically, no matter what I say or do, it can't completely convey what love is. That just seems so true when you're in it.