What is Love?

[Sako]

Re: What is Love?

Of course not, love has many definitions as I mentioned at the end of my thread. Respect, alone, is composed of many categories and analogues itself! So no, it's not safe to identify love by such limited context. As I mentioned in my thread..."The MYTH of love lies softly on a shier veil of compromise, common ground, and respect." What I mean by this is that these are some of the elements that are commonly visible to us. I mean, love, it's true n' all, but it's the vivid forms we actually see in it. Love is composed of many diverse definitions, and I am not one to define it completely. However though, respect is the common definition you’ll hear from most people and their relationships. I mean, without respect, how can you love? Love is respect and respect is love. It defines itself. When you love someone, you care for them, and when you care for someone then respect isn’t questionable at all. Just one of the common factors for it's meaning.

I agree with most of what you wrote except the part about respect. Love isn’t always tied to respect. At times, love can make you do a lot of things that a respectful person wouldn’t do, lol, and I still say love can’t be defined easily or even at all in many, if not all, cases.

Look at so many different couples out there, they all enjoy love (I’m talking about normal couples) but it’s not all the same love they experience. Every couple has something that all the others don’t. This further complicates love.

Wow, like you are so deep.

Thanks Anonymouse! I’m not that deep, lol, those were just my views on love itself, as it is. Love is an important part of my life though, no doubts there. I wish it would be an important part of everyone’s life.

What is love? It is PAIN PAIN PAIN... full of PAIN and nothing but PAIN. That is love. We grow up and look for it; instead we should seek to have a nice and a serene life. It may be boring sometimes, but better boring than hurtful PAIN!

Love isn’t PAIN PAIN PAIN, it’s simply a part of love. No one said it was going to be easy and if we go with your approach then we should simply give up. Why? Because it’s so difficult and painful. Studying is also difficult, moving forward, isn’t always so easy, but that shouldn’t be a reason to give up. After all, we aren’t in this world to enjoy, we’re here to learn. And like I said, true appreciation, true happiness comes only after great endeavor and happiness that DOESN’T won’t last for long. My point is you shouldn’t say your in love only if your happy.

Nicely said, and btw, it's not boring to not look for it. I actually find great satisfaction being single.

I partially agree. Love can’t be found by searching constantly. It can at times but you rarely find what you were looking for. I’d say many great couples out there found each other by chance, not by searching day and night.

You can't buy your way into love...it's simply priceless.

Actually you can but it won’t take you far. And remember, there’s a drawback. What happens when the money, the cars, and the roses are gone??? Everything usually ends, proving that what you had wasn’t love.

Nise answer Saco jan, give yourself a chance to do the above and spend less time on the net.

Thanks Sensei, I’ll keep that in mind and where did you get that I spend all my time on the net or that I don’t experience love or friendship, lol? Funny how the human mind works.

The girl doesn't need to be "really hot" either, that's lust you're thinking of.

That was just an example and it's funny you imagine me thinking about lust after all I said…

[hrai]

If I met a really hot and sweet girl, someone that really left a fantastic impression on me and made me fall madly in love with, I wouldn't be able to fully imagine what our relationship would be like after we got married, it's impossible.

Nise answer Saco jan, give yourself a chance to do the above and spend less time on the net.

The girl doesn't need to be "really hot" either, that's lust you're thinking of.

What is love? It is PAIN PAIN PAIN... full of PAIN and nothing but PAIN. That is love. We grow up and look for it; instead we should seek to have a nice and a serene life. It may be boring sometimes, but better boring than hurtful PAIN!

Anoush, the pain comes from the object of your love.
Love gives that funny feeling in your stomach, keeps you awake at night and never goes away.

But how does pain pain pain ride with your signature?

[iFemale]

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ifemale - please use the multi-quote feature instead of posting 5 different replies. It's the one with the quote sign and + (next to 'Quote').

My bad, didn't know.

[Siggie]

Re: What is Love?

ifemale - please use the multi-quote feature instead of posting 5 different replies. It's the one with the quote sign and + (next to 'Quote').

[iFemale]

I have a feeling that if we held this discussion in Armenian, we'd get different answers.

Feel free to translate.

Love is a battlefield.... ahhhhh POP culture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9J9rTZJBmw

No other language has a single word that encompasses everything that the word "Love" represents. In other words... Love is a gimmick.

Ahhh, battlefield it is! We brawl through it, hoping to stay alive!

Love is a four letter english word.
Don't look for enlightment on a forum on this subject. Find an old married couple and ask them if love is the reason they lasted so long.

I am not looking for "enlightenment." Just simply curious how others may view such a simple, four letter word, that has so much meaning.

Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more.

I had to.

--I had a feeling someone was going to post this. lol. Why the long face?

What is love? It is PAIN PAIN PAIN... full of PAIN and nothing but PAIN. That is love. We grow up and look for it; instead we should seek to have a nice and a serene life. It may be boring sometimes, but better boring than hurtful PAIN!

Ehh Anoush! Don't let it leave such a bad impression! I mean yea it can be painful at times, but so can a lot of other things. Love can be serene too, you just gotta' acknowledge the moment when ya' get it!

[iFemale]

Re: What is Love?

Hi Saco.

Thanks for your input on this topic.

A quick question though, can you describe love by only mentioning ONE of these attributes?

--Of course not, love has many definitions as I mentioned at the end of my thread. Respect, alone, is composed of many categories and analogues itself! So no, it's not safe to identify love by such limited context.
As I mentioned in my thread..."The MYTH of love lies softly on a shier veil of compromise, common ground, and respect." What I mean by this is that these are some of the elements that are commonly visible to us. I mean, love, it's true n' all, but it's the vivid forms we actually see in it. Love is composed of many diverse definitions, and I am not one to define it completely. However though, respect is the common definition you’ll hear from most people and their relationships. I mean, without respect, how can you love? Love is respect and respect is love. It defines itself. When you love someone, you care for them, and when you care for someone then respect isn’t questionable at all. Just one of the common factors for it's meaning.

Something to remember is that real love doesn't reveal itself until you are married for a few years. THAT'S when you understand if what you have is love or something else.

--lol.Guess I got a long way to go before I experience that. heh.
I agree with you here as well. I believe as a relationship grows into time, only then will you realize how meaningful your love is for one another, and you begin to uphold what the other person has in store for you.

Real love, the love many would die for, isn't fueled by money, shiny cars, or big houses. That's another lesson we should all remember. There are so many people that have EVERYTHING but in reality have NOTHING. Real love most of the time can be found in simple families, the ones trying to survive, the ones going through life's many difficulties. Why? Because Diamond cannot be polished without friction, Gold cannot be purified without fire, and love, respect, etc. cannot be truly appreciated and felt until you have gone through hardship.

--This has got to be my favorite paragraph! So many people fail to fancy the actual flavor of love because of all it's Shirley-templed distractions that the eye's may only see, but fail to behold! It's not about Ferrari's and 50 random roses showing up at your front door, there's more to it than what we actually catch a glimpse of. Showering the other person with gifts and galore doesn't just cut it, I guess you have to experience this stage to understand. You can't buy your way into love...it's simply priceless.

This is what love is my friend . Hardship, happiness, distress, woe, anger, joy, etc. One word? Crazy.

--- Ahh, yes this is what's crazy. Not only is love tied in with the "good" feelings in life, but it also has it's diddly pleasure as well.

If we learn well, we will be able to graduate and leave this world and experience TRUE LOVE which is less complicated and much more clear. That is something we cannot understand unfortunately but we don't need to.

-- Yea, I get the image.

(sorry for turning it into a book, lol) ...

--I forgive you this time. lol

You can say your in love when you continue to love someone with all your heart NO MATTER WHAT! I hope all of you will find that kind of love one day. All the best, we have a loooonnnngggg road ahead of us

-- Let the journey begin! Good luck to me and everyone else. lol

[Eddo211]

Re: What is Love?

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.”

Jimi Hendrix

[Pazooki]

Re: What is Love?

Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more.

I had to.

xxxx you Servo I was gonna post that!!!

[KanadaHye]

Re: What is Love?

Love is a battlefield.... ahhhhh POP culture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9J9rTZJBmw

No other language has a single word that encompasses everything that the word "Love" represents. In other words... Love is a gimmick.

[jgk3]

Re: What is Love?

We grow up and look for it; instead we should seek to have a nice and a serene life.

Nicely said, and btw, it's not boring to not look for it. I actually find great satisfaction being single.