Define LOVE (79)
Love is a great interest in someone or something that makes you feel happy. Thank god we all have different tastes- thats what i think
Love is.............knowing that your partner has YOU at the forefront of their mind.
pureenglish: Love is a great interest in someone or something that makes you feel happy. Thank god we all have different tastes- thats what i think
So what happens when the someone you have a great interest in & makes you feel happy decides they do not feel the same way? Does your interest & happiness turn into something else?
How do you control this uncontrollable feeling?
Love between two people is never equal - I hear people argue that they loved the other person more & the other person will say the same as though it were a competition.
Our hearts may fall in love but our brains kick in & say this is all to familiar & I know where it ends up - Which is more important 'Trust' or 'Love'?
Think carefully because both emotion are as a result of many other emotions & they all come together.
hoolet: Love is.............knowing that your partner has YOU at the forefront of their mind.
Your idea of love (please do not get offended about my response I am trying to be honest & open) is based on how the other person feels about you?
I find this strange because many people say a similar thing yet they never say 'I love him/her just because they do' with no explanation to offer at all.
I hear I love him because he treats me like a princess & caters to all my needs or visa versa lol
Lancaster1966: This is the most pragmatic of all definitions - tried & tested by all those that have preceded us.
I guess should have mentioned the somewhat cynical quote is credited to poet John Ciardi.
Personally I think romantic love is just a temporary psychosis from which most sufferers recover from.
love is like a box of chocolates you never know what you'll get.
Lose and stolen...otherwise I wouldn't be here 
But that is how I feel when I love someone..
But that is how I feel when I love someone..
Md4HIM: Lose and stolen...otherwise I wouldn't be here
But that is how I feel when I love someone..
But that is how I feel when I love someone..
Well you are beautiful inside & outside - I have no doubt that you will be swept off your feet by your hero in no time.
Lancaster1966: Well you are beautiful inside & outside - I have no doubt that you will be swept off your feet by your hero in no time.
I do hope so..:)
I have loved a few men i my life...but unfortunately I love them, way more than they love me...
To find just 1 that equals my love for them....well that's why I am here :)
Define love.It just is.
Ccincy: Define love.It just is.
Md4HIM: For me, and this is hard to explain...so bare with me...
wanting to be with them so much that even if you are holding them as close to you as you can....even if you are being close intimately....it is not enough....I want to be inside him, I want to be him...
Weird huh? And yeah it sounds stupid.
wanting to be with them so much that even if you are holding them as close to you as you can....even if you are being close intimately....it is not enough....I want to be inside him, I want to be him...
Weird huh? And yeah it sounds stupid.
That sounds like infactuation (puppy love). Yes it is a feeling that gives you a high like running, like other endorphin inducing activities, but this has nothing to do with love.
In the words of a famous ancient text... "Love is kind and patient, never jealous, boastful, proud, or rude. Love isn't selfish or quick tempered. It doesn't keep a record of wrongs that others do. Love rejoices in the truth, but not in evil. Love is always supportive, loyal, hopeful, and trusting."
This is what I have experienced and I know that this is true love. It is what I am trying to live up to back as well. This time around, I'm going to try and be more like that quote above....
Halv0: That sounds like infactuation (puppy love). Yes it is a feeling that gives you a high like running, like other endorphin inducing activities, but this has nothing to do with love.
In the words of a famous ancient text... "Love is kind and patient, never jealous, boastful, proud, or rude. Love isn't selfish or quick tempered. It doesn't keep a record of wrongs that others do. Love rejoices in the truth, but not in evil. Love is always supportive, loyal, hopeful, and trusting."
This is what I have experienced and I know that this is true love. It is what I am trying to live up to back as well. This time around, I'm going to try and be more like that quote above....
In the words of a famous ancient text... "Love is kind and patient, never jealous, boastful, proud, or rude. Love isn't selfish or quick tempered. It doesn't keep a record of wrongs that others do. Love rejoices in the truth, but not in evil. Love is always supportive, loyal, hopeful, and trusting."
This is what I have experienced and I know that this is true love. It is what I am trying to live up to back as well. This time around, I'm going to try and be more like that quote above....
Oh yeah....infatuation after 30 years??? NO love it isn't...and where in my quote does it say anything different from yours? They would fit together perfectly...and do....I would never want to hurt them...in fact am offended by what you say!
Lancaster1966: Your idea of love (please do not get offended about my response I am trying to be honest & open) is based on how the other person feels about you?
I find this strange because many people say a similar thing yet they never say 'I love him/her just because they do' with no explanation to offer at all.
I hear I love him because he treats me like a princess & caters to all my needs or visa versa lol
I find this strange because many people say a similar thing yet they never say 'I love him/her just because they do' with no explanation to offer at all.
I hear I love him because he treats me like a princess & caters to all my needs or visa versa lol
But I also have him at the forefront of MY mind. I am there for him. The words that spring to mind are dependability, commitment and support, but the feelings say..........hug, cuddle, kiss, get close.
Loving someone naturally creates a certain vulnerability. You are basically allowing someone the power to hurt you, you have to be prepared for that potential risk.
Loving someone means you can live without them (you did before, didn't you?) but you'd rather not. If you can't live without that person, perhaps you need to question whether its dependency rather than love...?!
Loving someone means you can live without them (you did before, didn't you?) but you'd rather not. If you can't live without that person, perhaps you need to question whether its dependency rather than love...?!
xxDandelionxx: Loving someone naturally creates a certain vulnerability. You are basically allowing someone the power to hurt you, you have to be prepared for that potential risk.
Loving someone means you can live without them (you did before, didn't you?) but you'd rather not. If you can't live without that person, perhaps you need to question whether its dependency rather than love...?!
Loving someone means you can live without them (you did before, didn't you?) but you'd rather not. If you can't live without that person, perhaps you need to question whether its dependency rather than love...?!
Md4HIM: For me, and this is hard to explain...so bare with me...
wanting to be with them so much that even if you are holding them as close to you as you can....even if you are being close intimately....it is not enough....I want to be inside him, I want to be him...
Weird huh? And yeah it sounds stupid.
wanting to be with them so much that even if you are holding them as close to you as you can....even if you are being close intimately....it is not enough....I want to be inside him, I want to be him...
Weird huh? And yeah it sounds stupid.
Very. Thats not love, thats suffocating someone and I would run if a guy said anything like that to me.
Hi, Ali
Hope all is well, my friend......
Hope all is well, my friend......
Love is a special feeling, hard to find at times ..harder to hold on
it does defy logic at times, and it can be quite the rollercoaster, but worth the ride :)
it does defy logic at times, and it can be quite the rollercoaster, but worth the ride :)
xxDandelionxx: Loving someone naturally creates a certain vulnerability. You are basically allowing someone the power to hurt you, you have to be prepared for that potential risk.
Loving someone means you can live without them (you did before, didn't you?) but you'd rather not. If you can't live without that person, perhaps you need to question whether its dependency rather than love...?!
Loving someone means you can live without them (you did before, didn't you?) but you'd rather not. If you can't live without that person, perhaps you need to question whether its dependency rather than love...?!
Quite true....Dependency is something quite different, a little bit scary
i'd imagine it would become claustrophobic very quickly !!...you have to maintain some dependency wether in *love* or in a realationship...
Glatlol: Very. Thats not love, thats suffocating someone and I would run if a guy said anything like that to me.
Have you actually read the rest of the thread? Maybe you should...I was expressing how I feel about the guy I am in love with. Jesus some people!
Md4HIM: Have you actually read the rest of the thread? Maybe you should...I was expressing how I feel about the guy I am in love with. Jesus some people!
That actually makes it worse. To feel like that about someone is not love, its codependency, as has already been mentioned.
Glatlol: Very. Thats not love, thats suffocating someone and I would run if a guy said anything like that to me.
Plus lady, don't quote someone if your going to be pious! at least I am not arrrogant and put down other's feelings of their definition,
Md4HIM: Have you actually read the rest of the thread? Maybe you should...I was expressing how I feel about the guy I am in love with. Jesus some people!
To be fair, I don't always get to read the whole thread. It doesn't negate the fact that a particular post is being responded to and/or a specific viewpoint isn't being expressed. Its just as valid a post and its easy to recognise the context in which its meant.
Some threads become very long and its not possible to absorb every comment before posting. The Forums would be a lot slower and boring as a result....
Md4HIM: Plus lady, don't quote someone if your going to be pious! at least I am not arrrogant and put down other's feelings of their definition,
If you want everyone to agree with your viewpoint then you are in the wrong place.
That is very true, but being derogatory is a different matter altogether.
Anyway I know about co dependency and also libel
Very true...but in the context of defining a feeling which is what love actually is....and then stating someone has a mental illness.... bad taste indeed.
Libel comes to mind.
Anyway I know about co dependency and also libel
xxDandelionxx: To be fair, I don't always get to read the whole thread. It doesn't negate the fact that a particular post is being responded to and/or a specific viewpoint isn't being expressed. Its just as valid a post and its easy to recognise the context in which its meant.
Some threads become very long and its not possible to absorb every comment before posting. The Forums would be a lot slower and boring as a result....
Some threads become very long and its not possible to absorb every comment before posting. The Forums would be a lot slower and boring as a result....
Very true...but in the context of defining a feeling which is what love actually is....and then stating someone has a mental illness.... bad taste indeed.
Libel comes to mind.
Md4HIM: That is very true, but being derogatory is a different matter altogether.
Anyway I know about co dependency and also libel
Very true...but in the context of defining a feeling which is what love actually is....and then stating someone has a mental illness.... bad taste indeed.
Libel comes to mind.
Anyway I know about co dependency and also libel
Very true...but in the context of defining a feeling which is what love actually is....and then stating someone has a mental illness.... bad taste indeed.
Libel comes to mind.
Did someone state that another poster had a mental illness?
Md4HIM: For me, and this is hard to explain...so bare with me...
wanting to be with them so much that even if you are holding them as close to you as you can....even if you are being close intimately....it is not enough....I want to be inside him, I want to be him...
Weird huh? And yeah it sounds stupid.
wanting to be with them so much that even if you are holding them as close to you as you can....even if you are being close intimately....it is not enough....I want to be inside him, I want to be him...
Weird huh? And yeah it sounds stupid.
To be fascinated to this degree by 'another' is to be possessed, this is what happens in projection. In the most rabid stage of being in love a person is unable to do other than obsess on the other, much like an infant would...the search to find the lost paradise of childhood.
Lancaster1966: I believe that love is something that you can't control - I also believe it can be the most rewarding & the most dangerous of all emotions. Having walked away from love selflessly I want to know what men mean when they say they love you & what women give when they say they love you.
It has always puzzled me - it should be the greatest feeling but often ends up in tragedy - so to help me to understand the realms of love please give me your honest opinions.
With much gratitude from a true romantic born in love but destined never to find it.
It has always puzzled me - it should be the greatest feeling but often ends up in tragedy - so to help me to understand the realms of love please give me your honest opinions.
With much gratitude from a true romantic born in love but destined never to find it.
I truly believe that I thought I knew what it was, now I question myself, I truly don't think I've ever been in love
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wanting to be with them so much that even if you are holding them as close to you as you can....even if you are being close intimately....it is not enough....I want to be inside him, I want to be him...
Weird huh? And yeah it sounds stupid.
I have had those same feelings but you step back & realise just how dangerous that it because life gets in the way & once what you sort for so long is finally yours, you or should I say I, dissect & question it. It becomes something you can lose or have stolen from you.
It is a double edge sword & maybe I should think about not finding THE one but finding the NEXT one & have a series of love affairs.