LOVE

cabinboy

What are all your thoughts on love ?

I have a raft of ideas on this, and really cant understand the emotion, no that i think anyone else does understand it fully, i just want to know what all your opinions are.

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lushi

As anyone may ask, which category of love are you referencing? There are so many, each one engendering its own description, some with commonalities, others not so much:

Sexual
Romantic
Friendship
Filial
Parental
And the love of things:
Pets
Hobbies
Occupation

And I am certain I have overlooked many more obvious ones.

Lushi

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cabinboy

Sorry Lush i walked into that one. :-D

I mean falling in love, fatal attraction, that spark that two people get.

For example i love you dearly, but its friendly love and i value you as confidant and sooth sayer and your friendship.

However we have both been stung with the other type of love (and hurt), i just need your thoughts on that type of love.

And for a change im been serious, :-o :-o :-o

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carguy

i think there is no such thing as sexual love.
i think there is only love between 2 ppl, who have a bond and that would be true love.
i think there is def parental love .
i dont love things i like them but i do like them.
i do care for pets tho.
i dont believe in friendship love, b/c the only person i love is my wife, my wife is my true friend.
what we do in life echoes in eternity

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dukky

Ahhh love. I have some very definite views and opinions on love, and if you bear with me, I shall share some of them.

-Loving someone and being in love with someone are two very different things. However, I think it is easy to mistake loving someone for being in love with them. We all want to be in love so badly, that sometimes we will convince ourselves we have found it.

-True love is hard to find, harder to keep. And I think that there is someone out there for everyone, someone we can truly love. I just dont think we all get to find that person, because of the choices we make.

-We can feel different levels of love for different people. I lvoe my closest friends so dearly sometimes I think my heart will burst. But I have never loved any past boyfriends with that same depth.

-Personally, I love very easily. I make emotional connections, and bond very quickly with people. All my friends I became very close with very fast, and they all hold a special place in my heart. I woould do anything for them, any time any how. When they hurt I hurt, and they are truly special to me.

-I do not fall in love easily. To cross that line, to take that extra step, is hard for me. I have never been in love yet, have never felt that depth. As much as I long to, I havent found it yet, and sometimes doubt I will ever find it. Falling in love, to me, is a deeper connection. One that i cannot describe aptly, but that I can feel within my heart and soul I am ready to share and feel. And I know when I do feel it, it will knock me for six, and I will fall hard. Im excited by the thought. And also terrified by it. Deeper love means deeper hurt, and I know I have had my heartbroken by past friends and past boyfriends. Knowing how much it hurt then, the thought of such a deep intense love leads me to the thoughts of a deeper hurt. And that scares me, and sometimes I think that will stop me from letting myself taking that leap of faith towards true love.

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