Love

[Engarde]

What is love? baby don't hurt me (yes, probably done a billion times).

I do not attempt to define it as I felt what I feel is in fact, love, and as such, I don't need to prove that to anyone, and I like to enjoy the feeling.

 

[tzimize]

Love?
"Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate."

I dont know about that, I've never gotten sick of too much love.

 

[Faren22]

Love is one of the fundamental forces of the universe.

And I don't just mean romantic love, here. I mean any kind of love.
The love you have for your your mom or dad, your good friends, your boyfriend or girlfriend, your pet, your work, your fellow humans that you don't know at all.

Love isn't just described by romantic relationships, it's described through... well, just about everything good in the world.

Everyone in this thread, and I mean absolutely everyone, has experienced some form of love. It's impossible not to. Even if they dismiss love as a vile construct or an existential trap, they are most likely speaking only about romantic love, and that's only one aspect of it.

To put it simply, Love is God. Literally. It is many-faceted, immensely complex yet understandable to any living thing.

And yes, I know there are many atheists or agnostics, and I'm not trying to exclude you or make you feel bad or anything. This post is not an attack of any kind on anyone's views; that's not the intention here.

I just saw this thread and took the opportunity to explain my views to people, so that someone might possibly see what makes me such a happy person.

 

[Dogstile]

Love is the slowest form of suicide.

But let me ask you, would you have it any other way?

Course not

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

If we're talking romantic love..

Eh...Hard to describe. You feel happiness deep in your gut just being in their company. And that feeling just gets stronger when you hold them and they hold you.

....Probably something a liiiiitle less dramatic than this:

To me, love is a genuine feeling, the greatest feeling. The feeling that makes just a second with her worth the universe. Love is not scientific or religious to me. Love keeps you warm, love keeps you together no matter how far away you are from each other. Love makes wherever she's staying home to you. Love is simply knowing (even if your close to death) if she's alright, you'll have a smile on your face. It makes the darkest days sunny and the coldest night warm.

 

[Dr. wonderful]

What is love to you?

To me, love is a genuine feeling, the greatest feeling. The feeling that makes just a second with her worth the universe. Love is not scientific or religious to me. Love keeps you warm, love keeps you together no matter how far away you are from each other. Love makes wherever she's staying home to you. Love is simply knowing (even if your close to death) if she's alright, you'll have a smile on your face. It makes the darkest days sunny and the coldest night warm.

Love?

Love is when you put everything on the line (including your very life) for someone, A love of a parent to a child or a Husband to his family.


Love is a very powerful thing.

 

[William Ossiss]

"love" is that feeling of lust that little children get and mistake for love.

Really? "Lust" is the feeling you feel for your mother, father, and siblings?

I'd go look at the Greek definitions of love posted in this thread; they offer a pretty good example of the different types of love people feel.

you assume i care for the mother that stole from me for my entire childhood, and my siblings that are all addicted to drugs. nevermiind my dead beat father that i know nothing about...

hooray for a normal childhood! (not sarcasm)

Edit: and who said i was talking about me anyway?

 

[shadow741]

Love makes it all the more harder to accept death.

 

[infohippie]

Love is knowing intimately the contents of her trash can, and that secluded observation spot across from her window. Love is a telescope with a greater range than the limits of the restraining order. Love is the photo-lined secret room in your attic. Love is counting the days until the legally mandated waiting period is over and you know you can finally make sure nobody can take her from you again.



[sub]Disclaimer - this is meant as humour, not as a serious reply. Please do not assume I need professional help. Wait to accumulate more evidence first.[/sub]

 

[The Gnome King]

"love" is that feeling of lust that little children get and mistake for love.

Really? "Lust" is the feeling you feel for your mother, father, and siblings?

I'd go look at the Greek definitions of love posted in this thread; they offer a pretty good example of the different types of love people feel.

you assume i care for the mother that stole from me for my entire childhood, and my siblings that are all addicted to drugs. nevermiind my dead beat father that i know nothing about...

hooray for a normal childhood! (not sarcasm)

Edit: and who said i was talking about me anyway?

I assume nothing; I don't speak to my own family and I don't have siblings. My grandparents, who raised me, are dead. I simply know that other people with more fortunate lives than our own feel affection towards family members that would hardly be called "lust" - our friend just had a baby; she feels affectionate and protective towards her baby. She says she loves her child and I don't think "lust" figures into the relationship at all.

Well maybe lust had something to do with making the baby but I'm pretty sure it ended there...

 

[A Raging Emo]

Love is illogical, Captain.

 

[oldskoolandi]

Love is a way of feeling less alone.

So what's all the fuss about?

/me takes hat off to Mr Eff

 

[Amberella]

Love; a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another.

I believe that two people are connected at the heart. And it doesn't matter what you do, or who you are, or where you live; there are no boundaries or barriers. If two people are destined to be together..they will be.

And I happen to be in love with the most amazing man I have ever met and will ever meet.

 

[JoJo]

Probably outside the general demographics here.

You don't know what love is until you have children. Watching your little one sleep, for the first time, that's when it hits, like a hammer.

You've probably already been quoted loads of times but yeah, this is so true.

 

[SD-Fiend]

love is something cynics will never truly understand

 

[ajemas]

Phenylethylamine is a natural brain amine associated with love and excitement, It has the highest concentrations in the nucleus accumbens and the frontal & cingulate cortices, and is stimulated when we find someone who can potentially bear our offspring. That's all that love is, a hormonal response simply designed for the perpetuation of out species. It's not some perfect, pure thing that's beyond the scope of any human understanding, it's an easily quantifiable sequence of events.
I've never been in love, and I don't plan on it either. Relationships are stupid, and I have much better things to do than worry about sticking my dick in things.

 

[Whateveralot]

Love is a cumulative level of preference.

Love is a remaining memory of the reason why one prefers.


Of course, love can mean so much more. But, I love chocolate. And that's not very "deep", now is it?

 

[WafflesandBacon]

Love is.....
Abstract. It's the most prevalent example of abstract. It means so many different things to so many different people.
To me personally, its something I can't understand so why should I try?