Love is

Love is unconditional:heart:
Some people talk about unconditional love,but that goes without having to be said!
 
an ephemeral vapor used by the gods to make us remember that we are less than them
 
a chemical reaction evolution has imposed upon us for the propogation of the species
 
Love is...something different for me than it is for most people, I think. It's something I've been thinking a lot about lately. For me, it's more of a fluid thing. People come in and out of our lives. Some stay, some don't. Some you love with deep affection, some with an eye-rolling sense of obligation, some with passion. If you're lucky, affection and passion can come together to make something wonderful for a while. Sometimes I go for a long time without anyone new; sometimes those loves overlap. I think that's only natural. The thing is...I don't look at it as some solid, intractable thing. It ebbs and flows, and it doesn't exist in a vacuum. I've been in love with more than one person at a time. I've been in love with no one. And although it may seem contradictory, I've never stopped loving anyone I truly loved at one time. ;) And there have been quite a few! I love with hopes, but no expectations. It may be returned to me, it may not. But the loving in itself is a gift.

Love, for me, should not equal possession. I would fully expect my partner, if I had one, to feel the same way about that. It seems illogical to me that when you meet and fall in love with someone, you're saying that you're never going to love anyone else. I believe in commitment, but that commitment is whatever you choose it to be. I don't think you can ever go wrong by being honest with each other. If someone's been getting on your nerves, you tell them. If you're feeling attracted to someone else, well, that's definitely something you should talk about. I guess what I like are the semi-open relationships, if that makes any sense. I like the idea of having someone in my life as a constant, but I wouldn't expect either of us to never feel an attraction to someone else.

I suppose my outlook makes me "weird", but it feels normal to me. It always surprises me when someone assumes that I have more traditional expectations. When I really love someone, I don't want more from them than they can give. That wouldn't be love in my mind; that would be more like a power play, or a game. And that's just not me. I love openly. Honestly. With an open heart, open mind, and more importantly, open eyes.

*grin* But maybe that's just me.
 
Love is...something different for me than it is for most people, I think. It's something I've been thinking a lot about lately. For me, it's more of a fluid thing. People come in and out of our lives. Some stay, some don't. Some you love with deep affection, some with an eye-rolling sense of obligation, some with passion. If you're lucky, affection and passion can come together to make something wonderful for a while. Sometimes I go for a long time without anyone new; sometimes those loves overlap. I think that's only natural. The thing is...I don't look at it as some solid, intractable thing. It ebbs and flows, and it doesn't exist in a vacuum. I've been in love with more than one person at a time. I've been in love with no one. And although it may seem contradictory, I've never stopped loving anyone I truly loved at one time. ;) And there have been quite a few! I love with hopes, but no expectations. It may be returned to me, it may not. But the loving in itself is a gift.

Love, for me, should not equal possession. I would fully expect my partner, if I had one, to feel the same way about that. It seems illogical to me that when you meet and fall in love with someone, you're saying that you're never going to love anyone else. I believe in commitment, but that commitment is whatever you choose it to be. I don't think you can ever go wrong by being honest with each other. If someone's been getting on your nerves, you tell them. If you're feeling attracted to someone else, well, that's definitely something you should talk about. I guess what I like are the semi-open relationships, if that makes any sense. I like the idea of having someone in my life as a constant, but I wouldn't expect either of us to never feel an attraction to someone else.

I suppose my outlook makes me "weird", but it feels normal to me. It always surprises me when someone assumes that I have more traditional expectations. When I really love someone, I don't want more from them than they can give. That wouldn't be love in my mind; that would be more like a power play, or a game. And that's just not me. I love openly. Honestly. With an open heart, open mind, and more importantly, open eyes.

*grin* But maybe that's just me.

Beautifully put. And it's not just you. ;)
 
Beautifully put. And it's not just you. ;)

Thank you! And thank goodness. I know I shouldn't be anymore, but I'm still amazed when someone thinks "I love you" means "I want you to drop everything and spend the rest of your life with me"....I'm just not made that way. I have so much love in me that I can't possible limit it to just one person. I've always felt like a weirdo because of it. :eek:
 
Love is...

Spending the day with the one person who truly cares, only to have some damn kids smash the back of your head with a snow/ice/rock ball, and even though the eyes of your lover have shifted to those kids, her body tensed, and you feel blood on your neck, the smile never leaves your face. You tilt her face back to yours, and just keep staring...

Love is, losing yourself in someone, and not wanting to be found again
.:heart:
Love isn't about finding the perfect person, but learning to see an imperfect person, perfectly.
 
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Love is...not only accepting your partner's quirks, eccentricities, (and yes, even and especially their flaws), but celebrating them. Without them, they wouldn't be the person they are.
 
Love is...not only accepting your partner's quirks, eccentricities, (and yes, even and especially their flaws), but celebrating them. Without them, they wouldn't be the person they are.

This is something I have been trying to get across to someone. Maybe she will post stalk me and find your wonderful, eloquent, explanation :rose:


Love is...yours. This time you win.
 
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