Love?

[immortALdeath]

May I use a similar example to define love, my friends parents met in high school, it was their first time going out for each of them and they stayed together and got married, from high school. If that isn't love then I don't know what is.

As for myself, I'll never love again, it just brings pain.

[the_fizz]

[color=royalblue] To me "LOVE" is a simple think to define.
How, you may ask?
Well it is a strong feeling of caring for someone or something ~~a commitment you have to someone or something ~~or a strong attraction to another. Therefore, if I care, commit to, or are attracted to someone or something, that means I ?LOVE? them or it.
Nevertheless, if you try to make it harder for yourself it will become something other then love. Beside love comes and goes as easily as any other emotion in life.
What would make it different then; being sad, being happy, or being any other number of emotions humans have?????
THE FIZZ[/color]:wigout:

[vegeta rocker]

Love bites, i have a habit of falling hard. I can never have a mere crush or like someone. I loves this one guy for nearly 4 years and he never ever returned it at all. Now he tries to be around me and i hate to be near him. It hurts way too much. Love is funny like that, it can ruin friendships and you can never have enough
of it.

It just doesn't make much sense. Yet it is the most bittersweet feeling in the world. I would die for it.

[island gurl]

What is the difference between loving someone and being in love with someone? I love many people. I love my family, friends and boyfriend. To me love is a beautiful thing that should be expressed. If more people expressed their love maybe there would be less divorces, wars ans such.

As for the boyfriend/girlfriend thing I think many people just tell eachother that they 'love' them because they think that is what they want to hear. But if you truly love someone it is not something to be hidden. Everyone wants to be loved and to love and be loved is the best feeling in the world. If you truly love someone, you should just tell them I think.

[Myth]

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Love, In my veiw is non-existant. I cant really name any
relationships that havent gone horribly wrong.
Love is not all it seems. Its pure hormones. If we had non
Love wouldnt even exist. Its just one body reacting to
another.
Yeah, its fun to think that love may exist, but All 'love'
gets you is pregnant and landed in a **** hole of
a house. Or it gets you and your kids beaten by some
loser guy you fell in 'love' with at burger king.
When you see everything going on around the world and
in your front door, how can you beleive in it..?
It is just my opinion and I dont want to get yelled
at for being shallow or cold hearted. So dont bother.
I agree with island girl. Its what people want to hear
And If you do believe in love. Dont throw the word around.
Its special even if it isnt real.
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[ZytaZiouZ]

Love is both a chemical reality (emotion) and a choice. You can experience the emotion, but when things go bad, you have to choose to continue to be there. One must evaluate the relationship very thoroughly.

I was in a relationship that lasted for 19 months, and at one time I thought it was love, until I noticed some things tended to be one sided. I would try to talk about our problems, she would get mad and ask why I keep bringing them up. I would try again, and got the same reaction. And then I stopped trying, and she wanted to know why I never talked about our problems. And there were other problems, like her never being ontime, not calling when she said she would, one specific friend of hers getting quite jealous when my ex spent what little time she did with me, and then my ex seeming to take her friend's side.

I'll stop naming reasons, too many memories. Anyways, it is both an emotion and a choice. After all of that, I knew what would be the best choice, although it took me quite a bit of time to make it.

On a side note, brain scans show that hormones effect people the same as drugs. With that in mind, does alot more make sense?

[ChibiHorsewoman]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Hells Fire [/i]
[B]
Are teenagers really experts on love? I think most teenagers experience lust and not love up until they are married. To think about it I've never really loved none of my girlfriends; I just liked there outward apperance. Sure I told them that I loved them, but that was just something I said to either make her shut up and let me watch Inuyasha or get what I wanted from her. At the time I htought I meant it, but now I realize that I didn't. [/B][/QUOTE]
[COLOR=crimson]*falls over and dies from laughter*
Hell's fire, I'm 22 and married and i don't really know how to define love. Hell, I don't think my 82 year old mama knows how to define love and she's been married for 52 years.
As for experiancing love. I believe I have.
I met my husband (thru an ex-boyfriend who I thought I was in love with but later decided it was just boredum) three years ago and we got married last September.
Lincoln and I have been thru a bunch of stuff which includes:
[b]My ex stalking me
The Army
a misscarriage
numorous FTXs
Korea for a year
and soon a lengthy deployment[/b]
and we've stayed faithful to eachother.
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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by snakemarcato13 [/i]
[B]i'll tell you what love is. love is HELL! love ruined my life! love made me a merc, if you can understand that. love made pain, which in turn made me a merc. THAT'S what love is [/B][/QUOTE]
[color=deeppink]Dude, you're fifteen years old! Maybe you were close to being in love, but you're kinda too young to be so damn jaded.[/color]

[Guest snakemarcato13]

you think I don't know what I'm talking about? HA! I was in love once, and I dont care if you doubt me! just because of my age doesnt mean im an idiot!

[Myth]

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Assume you know nothing
until proven otherwise.
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[Sara]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by snakemarcato13 [/i]
[B]just because of my age doesnt mean im an idiot! [/B][/QUOTE] [FONT=arial]No, but your grammar is a fairly persuasive argument.

Of course, I don't claim to know anything about love. As my college friend (in his infinite wisdom) has recently told me, I'm just a silly high school girl. I can't possibly know anything about life. ;)

Carry on.[/FONT]

[ChibiHorsewoman]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by snakemarcato13 [/i]
[B]you think I don't know what I'm talking about? HA! I was in love once, and I dont care if you doubt me! just because of my age doesnt mean im an idiot! [/B][/QUOTE]
[COLOR=royalblue]My, aren't we touchy?
I simply said that at your age you shouldn't be so jaded by love, I never implied that you were an idiot. Of course, maybe by the mere fact you felt I called you an idiot you think you are an idiot...maybe you feel you shouldn't have been in love in the first place. Did you understand what I said?
Of course, if your grammar is any indication, you're 3 steps from becoming an advanced ignoramous.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=deeppink]There's no absolute way to define love and there is no absolute way to experiance love. Anyone who tells you there is is an absolute ignoramous.
There are different types of love. The way you love your parents (or in some cases don't love your parents) is no where near the same you love your boyfriend or girlfriend of 2 days. And it's certainly not the same way you'll feel about the person you'll marry (trust me, I've experianced all three). You can't compare your love for a parent with your love of a pet either. That would be putting the person who raised you (unless you were raised the same way as my husband, then you also have to put a lesbian aunt in the picture) on the same level as the dog who crapped in your shoes and decided that your Horse Illustrated magazine made a good chew toy. Who really wants to do that?[/COLOR]

[Jesus Chicken]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Sara [/i]
[B][FONT=arial]No, but your grammar is a fairly persuasive argument.
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[color=blue]Damn, one for Sara...

Oh well. In my opinion Love is crud. It keeps me confused about other things. It takes my mind off other things that I should be doing. Like school work and such.
I wonder if mum and dad will accept that as an excuse for my bad grades?
"Sorry mum. Sorry dad. I would have studied, but I was in love and couldn't think about anything but this girl. So yeah, screw maths."
:(
I doubt it. Sure, I know people who say they are in love, but what I've recently witnessed in their relationship might just possibly be the stupidest thing I've seen in some time.
If love is what they've got, love can get bent.
Sure its good inspiration for poetry and song lyrics...But so are hate and jealousy. And they aren't as distracting.[/color]

[Guest snakemarcato13]

ok, i might be a bit touchy, but i have reason. i have a story... to tell at another time...

[Sarafina]

there is no such thing as love its just a feeling of dependence (i think i can't spell) and u feel secure with that person so u don't want them to go also its like lust but the feeling is different and u don't want to just jump there bones. period thats all there is to it

[Guest snakemarcato13]

Sarafina, I think I actually am starting to agree with someone. You have a valid point. It is just a feeling, an emotion which I have given up. Actually, love is just a word associated by a meaning. I realize that.

[Pinball_Wizard]

Pinball's crazy demon friend:
"love is love pinball dosent know what he said he was bored when he wrote it for luds sake love comes in many forms many ways somtimes itmeans somthing somtimesit means nothing but as long as you dont get hurt or hurt someonelse then your doing better than most humans of this earth."

Pinball:
"Great punctuation flic. I still maintain that love in the name that we give to a chemical reaction in the brain. most people think that teans are incapable(sp?) of love. I beg to differ. Will write more on the subject l8tr."

[Asim]

I think that love is reduced by most people to ridiculas desires , while it really should about liking one another for what they really are deep in the sharp gorges of their souls .

[Guest snakemarcato13]

love is a rediculus desire, one that does in fact cause madness and insanity. thus the reason for my world of deception that will soon take effect. i will forever hate love and those possessing it. that is the way of things...

[ChibiHorsewoman]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by snakemarcato13 [/i]
[B]love is a rediculus desire, one that does in fact cause madness and insanity. thus the reason for my world of deception that will soon take effect. i will forever hate love and those possessing it. that is the way of things... [/B][/QUOTE]
[color=violet]Okay kid, first of all, your grammar is deplorable. You see the shift key by your left hand? Use it, the shift key is your friend.
Ooh, so you hate people who are in love, jealous much? Or maybe just another jaded youth. Goddess, I'm glad I'm not young anymore.
I think love in itsself is a confusing emotion and there's no way of describing it.
Love can burn you until you can't feel pain. Love can tear you in two and then sew you back up. Love can make you turn your back on everything but that one person. Love can leave you cold.
That's my take on this subject.
I'm sorry that I don't know anything else.[/color]

[Guest snakemarcato13]

Did you ever think that there is a reson that I don't use proper sentence structure. Jesus ******* christ, I didn't think that it really mattered how I spoke. I do agree that love can leave you cold. You think I'm jealous? Eifersauct? Perhaps.

[Swordsaint]

Sorry snakemarcato13, but i have to agree with chibihorsewoman on several things:

1st-your grammer really did suck till they got on you about it.

2nd-Your way to angry about the whole thing trying to make it sound like love is a bad thing. IT'S NOT I TELL YOU! unless you were being a complete ****tard about it and took things lightly. Love is hell? love is pain? Love can be pain, but pain goes, and heals, it's supposed to make you stronger, not the crazed, angry mess you sound like. Love is only hell if you make it that way.

3d-Your a Mercenary? Must not be very good if you have so much time on your hands to be wasting valuable work time posting things here, instead of doing your job.

4th- Love can be a confusing thing, that has to be carefully interpreted, otherwise like Chibi said, it can leave you cold.
If you get it right though, then things turn out much better. So, if your such an angry, deluded, hateful mess of a person, then either you misinterpreted your feelings, or the other person's feelings.

Oh by the way, I think love can be a beautiful thing, when not taken lightly. Play with fire and you get burned, respect it, and it'll keep you warm.

[Emme888]

Love is something rather of a mystery to me...But what I think it is, is rather an odd outlook of what the normal human being thinks.

A) I think love is just lust prolonged........To a certain point of course. Love is great and all, and we all have it to give and ect...

But I'm talking about the love between 2 people that is other than family love, or friendship love.

I think we must first be somewhat phyiscally attracted to somewhat, no matter what to being to take an interest in someone. Shallow as this may seem, I think this is the way is goes. We first get an impression of the person, no matter who you are you make a first judgement about the person.

I feel if the attraction is there, we partake more on our part to learn more about the person, and visa a versa. We either are than turned off by their personailty or find that we are more attracted to the person.

B) no matter who you are, you will expirence love of some sort

Whether you find love by your religion, your family, friends , or even a stranger, you will find love.

ANd yes! A stranger! Notice someones common act of kindness on you, and yes I believe just a simple act of kindness is a lesser verison of love.

I find it is so refreshing that a human can do an unselfish act and bring so much happiness from such a simple act.

C) love may seem to be cold, heartless, and a horrible thing...BUT it's NOT! Its just you :)

I dont know why some people have this jadded misconception of love and so forth. And i want to stop that rumor right now, so the future generations do not get this alterated view on the subject.

I know if you feel this way, It's either because something has happened to you, or someones hurt you, or you've hurt someone and can't believe what would bring you to do something that awlful to another human being.....whatever.... Whatever it is, It has happened to you and YOu alone, I'm sorry if it has but come on. Because of that everyones defination of love is going to be different that the great part of life!

I should know..I use to be one of these people...I got hurt really badly by someone I loved deeply. Now im not talking about a simple crush... I mean love. I could of married this man, and i loved and prolly will forever love him. BUt im getting off subject. Ive learned that everyone is different and we cannot push the subject of love on anyone.

I learned to get over him, and realize that there WILL be someone else out there, I just need to find him and learn to find the qualities that I adored in the first man as the second. ANd learn to find better qualities in the second man that the first didn't have, and cherish the differences in them.

Okay Im done talking for now....But remember love is good, and will come to all. It's just a matter of time, and if we are willing and patient enough to wait for the great feeling to seize hold of us. Cause trust me...Its the best feeling in the world. ANd once you lose it, u do and prolly will feel like crap...but trust me...It will come around again. And you dont want ur heart closed off to it, just because of a bad expirence.

Much love everyone Much love ~ Em