What is Love?

[Shock and Awe]

Baby Don't Hurt Me.....

Now that that is out of the way, what do you think love is? Is it some deep spiritual connection? A gimmick to sell chocolate? or something else all together?

 

[Emperor Inferno]

It's the desire for a person to be happy, and being happy because of them.

When you love a person, offenses become more hurtful, and good things become much better. Sex with that person is better simply because you love them. There is a deep caring about what happens to that person, and what they want, need, and feel. Being in their presence, talking to them, and remembering good times with them makes you happy, as does the knowledge that they are happy. Every emotion is driven to the extreme, be it happy, sad, or angry. Love doesn't make a damn bit of sense, but it has the potential to be the one thing that makes life most fulfilling.

It's also almost impossible to find, and not worth the pain and suffering you endure in the meantime and as a result, so why fucking bother?

 

[Souplex]

The French invented love to put a civilized face on a biological urge.

 

[Slaanax]

NO MORE!

 

[Jedamethis]

It's a conspiracy!
*puts on tinfoil hat*

It's a desire for a person to be happy.

 

[mounky]

Oh baby don't hurt me

 

[Boneasse]

It's hormones and endorfins being released by your hypothalamus when you are feeling exceedingly happy. I guess it's when you feel more affectionate, passionate and fond of any other person you have ever met. At least in the case of romantic love.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love

^
Everything you need right there, mate.

Oh, and, Baby don't hurt me

 

[Monkfish Acc.]

It is a chemical reaction in the brain, I hear.
I'm not sure how true that is, though, as they say the same chemical reaction happens when you eat chocolate.
It could be argued that that is only part of it. The chemical thing is physical, and the rest of it is spiritual.

But really, I wouldn't know. I know nothing of science, and I have never been in love.

 

[Adzma]

For some but not others.

 

[dududf]

'nuff said.

 

[Aur0ra145]

Love is dangerous and not very cost effective.

 

[Dragonearl]

In these trying times of economic crisis, love is something that will put a hole in your wallet!.

 

[Ghengis_tron]

"love" is typically an imbalance in the brain. All the physical feelings you have, IE "heart skips a beat when he/she walks into a room" is your brain releasing various chemicals to ensure you will reproduce. It actually has quite a few parallels as drug addiction in some cases.

Is it all doom and gloom as I make it seem? No. The majority of our species is reliant on making this social connection with other people. But biologically, that is all it is, an imbalance.

 

[Timotei]

'nuff said.

Seconded.

I was expecting this to actually be the first post.

 

[Harlequin_Z01]

Oh baby don't hurt me

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Don't Hurt me, no more

 

[dududf]

Scratch that, this is better.

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Biological reaction to stimulate your body to pass on it's genes, to survive essentially. Why else do you think fucking feels so good?

 

[Nhilus]

Definition: 'Love' is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope... Love is knowing your target, putting them in your targeting reticule, and together, achieving a singular purpose against statistically long odds -HK-47 Kotor2
thats the best definition I can think of =P

 

[CheeseSandwichCake]

Love is an emotion involving extreme regard or affection.

 

[lenneth]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpwK3vFGJp0&feature=related

...now thats out of my system lets have a proper discussion

It's the desire for a person to be happy, and being happy because of them.

or Being happy just by being with them

A gimmick to sell chocolate?

No thats just Valentines Day not Love.

from what ive experinced, it is just the desire to be with someone and being happy by being with them. A happiness that can not be compared or replicated
...or maybe i havent truly experinced love yet