whats love got to do with it?

ForeverNAlways said:
Love is as real as any other emotion. It's interesting that no one ever asks is anger real? or is jealousy real? or sadness, or happiness, or any other emotion. The problem, I think, is too many people define love as simply an emotion.

I've always believed that love is as much a verb as it is a noun. The noun form might define that giddy and warm feeling that we have for the people in our lives - that, I think, most people have felt and know to be real; but it's the verb form that is so hard to believe in sometimes.

To believe that someone will love us unconditionally - not just with their emotions, but with their actions. To believe that someone is out there that will love the inner us with the same dedication and effort as lovers give to the outer shell. To believe that they will chose to love us on the days that passion fades or the loving feeling is harder to feel.

It's hard sometimes to believe that someone is out there that will love(v.) you like that.
This is every well put.
 
As per a recent talk and something that was said to me last week.Does anyone still believe in love?Think its lie?myth?non -existent?Best thing ever?LOL
I know some still think its possible,while others say NEVER!!What say you?

I absolutely believe in love. Both the romantic kind and the non romantic kind. The love for family is easy to identify, it's just there. There's nothing my children or my family could ever do to make me stop loving them..it's just part of me.

Romantic love is a little different, but I believe in it too. I've seen far too many people that have been married for 40, 50 years and still love each other to Not think it exists.

When you first fall in love there's that whirlwind, breathtaking, exciting kind of love and over time it turns into more of a comfortable, content, know everything about each other kind of love. A lot of people walk away once the whirlwind part is over and start searching for that exciting feeling of newness again. So if your trying to find a love will stay in the newness stage forever, no I don't really think that exists. But if you're willing to go past that, into the long term, comfortable, grow old together kind of love where you really care about each other, then Yes, I definately think it exists and it can last forever.
 
If you'd have asked this question 3 months agao, I'd have said there was no such thing as love. After joining LIT I met someone, it lasted for 3 months and then he broke my heart just a couple of weeks ago. As for love, yes I do believe in it and everyone deserves to be loved. Unfortunately I don't know if it's in the cards for me to find my love, I guess I'm not that lucky at keeping hold of it or the guy.
 
I wanted to add.Someone said something to me that struck a chord inside of me.I had said that how someone could be everything you had ever ,ever wanted or dreamed about in a person could be right there,right in front of you.And they said no, no...thats not about love,that is about WANT
and you know what?I will be damned ,but that is so right.My feelings remain the same,,but yeah,,,that is just so right..,so wise and so very valuable to know.THANK YOU!!!!!!
 
yes

it aint a myth,just does not happen often enough though...x
 
Yes I believe in love and it has EVERYTHING to do with it.

Just over 13 years ago I walked out on my husband and 3 year old daughter because what love we had ever had had long since died.

After a year of loneliness I fell in love with a wonderful man, almost 7 years my junior. A man that I had been dismissing in my mind as he had flirted with me for the previous 6 months. A man that I had thought of as little more than a boy (he was barely 22). A man who said just one sentence to me on a day trip out with my daughter that made me realise he was the ONE.

Over 12 years later he still is and always will be my ONE. Life has thrown loads of shit at us and we have managed to do our fair share of throwing it at each other but it doesn't matter, we have LOVE.

:heart: :heart: :heart:
 
The romantic in me always believes in Love...the existence of that special other who was created just for you, only for you, the one which completes your life. Some days the thought that somewhere He there waiting for me, is what helps me to keep my sanity.
Realistically however...that is another thing entirely :rolleyes:
 
I do not believe in love. I believe that it is a manufactured feeling that we are subliminaly bred to believe in through the media and social standards. True "love" is nothing more than our baser animalistic instincts. We are attracted to people because of our instinct to reproduce. People fall for the lie that is "love" and lose their way because of it. Of course, in order to truly understand the concept of love, you first have to define the term. It's a very vague and loaded term, that can mean a number of things to different people. Therefore you could conclude that love either does not exist, or it exists in many different and varied forms. I choose the former, and define those other forms in other terms, such as lust, comfort, and compatability.

It is this belief that has kept me truly happy this past year. I used to be so wrapped up in "love". It was all I desired, and I did everything I could to bring that feeling into my life. I gave up everything I had in order to keep that feeling intact, and I was worse off for it. Now I feel free, liberated of a burden that has plagued me for years and years.
 
well

Trombonus said:
I do not believe in love. I believe that it is a manufactured feeling that we are subliminaly bred to believe in through the media and social standards. True "love" is nothing more than our baser animalistic instincts. We are attracted to people because of our instinct to reproduce. People fall for the lie that is "love" and lose their way because of it. Of course, in order to truly understand the concept of love, you first have to define the term. It's a very vague and loaded term, that can mean a number of things to different people. Therefore you could conclude that love either does not exist, or it exists in many different and varied forms. I choose the former, and define those other forms in other terms, such as lust, comfort, and compatability.

It is this belief that has kept me truly happy this past year. I used to be so wrapped up in "love". It was all I desired, and I did everything I could to bring that feeling into my life. I gave up everything I had in order to keep that feeling intact, and I was worse off for it. Now I feel free, liberated of a burden that has plagued me for years and years.



well if you put it like that.then maybe it is a load of contrived shite.??
 
alisonwunderlnd said:
True enough for sure......but i think if your eyes are open...it can work



can't find it if you're not looking.

:rose:
 
pleased.

bluefoxlady said:
Yes I believe in love and it has EVERYTHING to do with it.

Just over 13 years ago I walked out on my husband and 3 year old daughter because what love we had ever had had long since died.

After a year of loneliness I fell in love with a wonderful man, almost 7 years my junior. A man that I had been dismissing in my mind as he had flirted with me for the previous 6 months. A man that I had thought of as little more than a boy (he was barely 22). A man who said just one sentence to me on a day trip out with my daughter that made me realise he was the ONE.

Over 12 years later he still is and always will be my ONE. Life has thrown loads of shit at us and we have managed to do our fair share of throwing it at each other but it doesn't matter, we have LOVE.

:heart: :heart: :heart:


see mr robot indisguise,it aint a load of contrived shite after all...
 
ntsu

hello above,how on earth do you get firearms and golf in the same hobby bracket.all people that play golf should be shoot or is that your point..!!
 
lpd123 said:
see mr robot indisguise,it aint a load of contrived shite after all...
Except I wouldn't define that as love.

What do you consider love to be? is it the connection between two people, a.k.a. comfort and compatibility? Is it that raw physical attraction? Is it a combination of both? I choose to use lesser, more specific terms to describe it. Don't get me wrong, I get crushes on girls all the time. I'm simply saying that I refuse to use and acknowledge a loaded term such as "love" when it can be described so fully using other words. I used to convince myself that I was in love with whatever girl I was with at the time. Why did I do that? Because I thought that that's what was supposed to be. I struggled so much, and stayed in bad relationships simply because I'd fooled myself into thinking I was in love. Now I can see things for what they really are, and have avoided many bad situations because of it. For example, there's this girl I like at school. She is imensely attractive, and very assertive, a quality I find sexy. However, common sense shows me that our personalities simply wouldn't mesh. We'd be at each others throats constantly, since we're both very confrontational. A few years ago I'd be yearning to be with her, and beating myself up over it. Now I accept her for what she is, and don't feel bad at all. Though my attraction was very strong, it wasn't "love."
 
I came to feel a little ~ oh what ever I can get a hold of I think :D :devil:
"HI Alison" :kiss: :p :kiss:
 
Dumpling said:
Good Moaning "Alison" :kiss: :p :kiss:
now take that Hand away from that Av so I can put mine there :p :devil:
hey..something had to hold that ice cube up when he snapped that pic,,,,,LOL
but yesss,next time should be us together ;)
 
alisonwunderlnd said:
hey..something had to hold that ice cube up when he snapped that pic,,,,,LOL
but yesss,next time should be us together ;)

love is always all around us...we just have to be open for it- its not love we must seek, but the openness to accept what is already here
i think?
 
People who say that love doesn't exist usually piss me off, only because they usually say it right after the get out of a relationship. Love exists, but I think a lot of people get it confused, especially when they're young. They experience lust and/or infatuation and think it's love, so when it ends up failing, they believe that love failed them.
 
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