I believe that other people believe in love which, much like self-awareness, is enough to prove it's existence for them.
I remain aggressively disinterested.
I remain aggressively disinterested.
Do you believe in love?
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Be more specific. If you mean "Do you believe in an emotion A.K.A. a chemical reaction in the brain which makes people irrationally attached to one another" then certainly I believe it exists.
Love is funny. While I do not doubt it exists, I find the more you try to find it/make yourself feel it, the more it eludes your grasp. Seriously fuck emotions, they're a lot of goddamn work 
Romantic love?
No.
Love like a parent to a child, yes.
To me, romantic "love" is just fluffing lust up.
No.
Love like a parent to a child, yes.
To me, romantic "love" is just fluffing lust up.
I'll take your Anime cat mouth and raise you a Sad/Shocked/Sad face because of your comment and many of the posts in this thread. D-:Urgh76 said:
Love does exist. The most difficult part though is dealing with trying to find it and heartache.
Getting past that though... it's one of the greatest feelings in the world.
Nothing compares to it.
I've been through awful heartbreak in my life but honestly... it was worth it to feel that sort of love :3
Getting past that though... it's one of the greatest feelings in the world.
Nothing compares to it.
I've been through awful heartbreak in my life but honestly... it was worth it to feel that sort of love :3
Of course love exists - as to "why" I'm in love? Does that even matter? Who cares WHY I'm in love? I certainly don't - all that matters is that I am, and it's the most amazing feeling I've ever experienced.
A common misconception is that love is based solely on a desire to survive and procreate. Ehhhh, not really. From a socio-cultural standpoint, of course, love is encompassed in many ways, the culmination of which is almost invariably monogamy.
Love, yes, is based on attraction and the desire to procreate, but it's also rooted in affection, sympathy, intimacy, and commitment. These things can all be platonic in nature. That's not to say that sex isn't a large part of love (it is), but our body has multiple ways of developing a predisposition to sex that simply aren't directly related to the desire for sex.
More importantly though, all the love this thread is talking about is purely from a romantic perspective? Are the relationships between a mother and a daughter, or between siblings or pets or the like love? I'd say so.
Love, yes, is based on attraction and the desire to procreate, but it's also rooted in affection, sympathy, intimacy, and commitment. These things can all be platonic in nature. That's not to say that sex isn't a large part of love (it is), but our body has multiple ways of developing a predisposition to sex that simply aren't directly related to the desire for sex.
More importantly though, all the love this thread is talking about is purely from a romantic perspective? Are the relationships between a mother and a daughter, or between siblings or pets or the like love? I'd say so.
Headbobbed so hard it hurt my neck.Wadders said:
I know I believe in Love, especially considering that I tell my girlfriend I love her every day
As for why, she is an awesome person and a good friend. We both had a bit[footnote]Yeah, uhh, let's go with a bit ;D[/footnote] of a chemical attraction to one another, one thing led to another and now we have been through a lot together, made each-other very happy and through that anyone who didn't feel love should probably get themselves checked for a mental illness.
As for why, she is an awesome person and a good friend. We both had a bit[footnote]Yeah, uhh, let's go with a bit ;D[/footnote] of a chemical attraction to one another, one thing led to another and now we have been through a lot together, made each-other very happy and through that anyone who didn't feel love should probably get themselves checked for a mental illness.
Of course I believe in love - it exists, doesn't it? That's like asking if I believe in kittens. Unless hundreds of millions of people are lying and they don't really feel anything for each other. But that's not very likely...
Couldn't have put it better myself.TiefBlau said:
There was a brief time in my life that I felt love. And this was love-at-first-sight. I'm not joking here. The instant I saw this girl, a girl I had never seen or even heard of before, I was overwhelmed. Unforunately, a few weeks after I first saw her, I discovered that her personality was something I couldn't be compatible with. And when I learned that, the love was gone. It didn't hurt, it just, left.
Anyway. This experience caused me to view love like this: One, it IS real; you just have to find it. Two, that we are not meant to love just one person, its temporary. Could be six weeks, could be sixty years, but it can jump to someone else. However, (this may be a little bittersweet) your time living may expire before your time loving does. But those pauses are what keeps it from getting dull, the times that we don't feel it between the times that we do. However, these pauses aren't brief. I'm yet to feel love that strong again; and I know it's out there.And three, there is no guarantee you *will* find it. Wether there is a destiny or we control our lives ourselves, the fact remains: There is a possibility we won't find it; but that doesn't mean it's not out there. And as a personal rule of mine: I will not commit to someone until I feel love that powerful again, if I find it again. Even if they are in love me, I will not commit. Not (just) because I'm selfish, but if I can't commit, then they deserve better than what I can provide. Now keep in mind that these are just MY views. whats true for me may not be (and probably isn't) true for you.
On another note. Out of all of the philosophies that I've seen (including my own) there is always one constant: It will hurt if you commit and it doesn't end well. Which is probably why it didn't hurt with the girl I was talking about earlier; I didn't commit so nothing was lost. So it's your call. If you find it, it is your choice wether you want to pursue it or not. So really, the best philosophy is your own experience. But if my word is any help, I would pursue love if I found it. I'd roll the dice and let the chips fall where they will. You see, I'm a glass-half-full kind of guy; and to me, a moment in Heaven is worth a moment in Hell.
Oh, I forgot to mention: Don't go for any of that "love is a chemical reaction" crap. Even if it is true, it really doesn't matter; if your in love, you really will not care; and it would still mean that love, on some level, exists.
Anyway. This experience caused me to view love like this: One, it IS real; you just have to find it. Two, that we are not meant to love just one person, its temporary. Could be six weeks, could be sixty years, but it can jump to someone else. However, (this may be a little bittersweet) your time living may expire before your time loving does. But those pauses are what keeps it from getting dull, the times that we don't feel it between the times that we do. However, these pauses aren't brief. I'm yet to feel love that strong again; and I know it's out there.And three, there is no guarantee you *will* find it. Wether there is a destiny or we control our lives ourselves, the fact remains: There is a possibility we won't find it; but that doesn't mean it's not out there. And as a personal rule of mine: I will not commit to someone until I feel love that powerful again, if I find it again. Even if they are in love me, I will not commit. Not (just) because I'm selfish, but if I can't commit, then they deserve better than what I can provide. Now keep in mind that these are just MY views. whats true for me may not be (and probably isn't) true for you.
On another note. Out of all of the philosophies that I've seen (including my own) there is always one constant: It will hurt if you commit and it doesn't end well. Which is probably why it didn't hurt with the girl I was talking about earlier; I didn't commit so nothing was lost. So it's your call. If you find it, it is your choice wether you want to pursue it or not. So really, the best philosophy is your own experience. But if my word is any help, I would pursue love if I found it. I'd roll the dice and let the chips fall where they will. You see, I'm a glass-half-full kind of guy; and to me, a moment in Heaven is worth a moment in Hell.
Oh, I forgot to mention: Don't go for any of that "love is a chemical reaction" crap. Even if it is true, it really doesn't matter; if your in love, you really will not care; and it would still mean that love, on some level, exists.
Depends on what your defenition of "love" is.
If you mean the romanticized, love at first sight, soulmates, blah, blah, blah that you see in movies and read in books then.... No.
If you mean someone that you connect with on social, physical, and psychological levels and feel the need to have a long-term dedicated relationship with. Yes.
If you mean the romanticized, love at first sight, soulmates, blah, blah, blah that you see in movies and read in books then.... No.
If you mean someone that you connect with on social, physical, and psychological levels and feel the need to have a long-term dedicated relationship with. Yes.
