what does love mean to you all

[kuromoku]

reaserching for meaning is my life and soul
i just want to know what does love mean to you all
and it gives me inspiration.:)

[furious styles]

love. (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1790008803542378009&q=garbage+day)

[The Bryman]

Well its hard to explain...but....its kind like this.....

Gonna find my baby gonna hold her tight
Gonna grab some afternoon delight
My motto always been when its right its right
Why wait until the middle of the cold dark night....

this song is about daytime love making! :wink the naughty type. :laugh

[Dommy]

Love is just love. :noworry

It is something that can't be easily describred. :)

[Master Scorpion]

love and lust have a different meaning.
love is something we cannot understand. love is a pure and strong feeling towards someone you loved. you will do anything to him/her or even you have to sacrifice urself
otherwise lust is a feeling to fulfill your own desire towards someone who's you think s/he is sexy.
so lust = sex and love = sacrifice

[rimpelcut]

yeah but after people become in love they can get get desire because of that.
to me true love is a mirror of yourself. A mirror of your heart. for the once that don't know, the heart gives the creative thoughts that pop out of nowhere. In that mirror there is nothingness. in that nothingness there is everything your hart wants. :P

[Kush P]

Love is so hard to describe because it can be anything and everything. Love can bring you joy, pain, pleasure, comfort, jealousy, and a sense of responsability. Love is a sacrifice. See for true love you would do anything for it..kill for, die for, lie for, you would give one of your lung or kidney if you really love someone...Love is power, it can influence your judgement. Love is an experience. Thats why its hard to describe it in whole, so it can also not make sense LOL

[rimpelcut]

thats when you become attached to love and desire it. Appreciate the moment, when it's over move on. don't linger in the past. Also don't try to preserve it, it will fade away naturally. Only if you protect your women out of virtue can it be rightious.

[Kush P]

Oh of course dude..Always by virtue, if someone does who you love wrong for no or stupid reasons, then dammit I say fight. Sometimes things just happens when you love someone I think, "tests", to question how far do you really care. Or people are just dumb, can't accept that two people are in love...But you're right love gotta be the same for both, she must also learn to sacrifice certain things just like you are...You loving her is a good thing, but her loving you back is even better lol.

[faithangel]

to me love is care about someone you like....:)
you always want to know about that person...smile-big

this is what love mean to me....:P

[meekozy]

Here ya go buddy ^_^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love)

[Paracetamol Boy]

Love is a damn good feeling.

Love does not equal sex. Although sex can sometimes equal love.

Love is something to be experienced first hand.

Love can cause you do things that classify you as either mildly crazy or a fucking idiot.

[Kush P]

Deeper you're love is the more idiotic you get probably lol

[vanh]

love is blind, love makes u do anything. Love means sacrifice. ppl know that but they still rush into it, coz love is the best thing in the world.

[Ecnafoo]

Love is hard to describe because your feeling so many things at once you dont know what your feeling.*sigh*

[CrazyMoronX]

Love is stupid love is dumb.
Love makes me hate... my thumb!

I hate love and so should you!
I hate love it smells like poo!

Love is the reason kittens die!
Love is the reason pigs can't fly!

Love is shitty, this is true.
Love is shitty, do the dew.

[UltimateUchiha]

love is what keeps people going and makes the world go round

[rimpelcut]

love is invisible. It is like you are magnetized to the running water. Because of that you feel serenity because your mind is serine. Because you like it you make your hormones active just like you can activate adrenaline with your spirit. Then you get desire etc to keep that feeling and then the shit hits the fan and makes the people die and destroy the world. But true invisible love is the thing that makes people keep going and lets the world go round.

[furious styles]

i figure i might as well post the story about me and my girlfriend here :

(it is very long, so i'll put it in a spoiler)



well, it all started back in grade school. you see, like most grade school boys, i had a crush. she was a frizzy haired little girl that liked drawing and wore baggy clothes. the problem was, not only was i painfully shy, she was even more so. also, she was a year below my grade. we had talked a few times, and eventually got eachother's screen names. only then did i find out she REALLY opened up online. we became very good friends (common interest : anime), we would rush home every day to talk online, and talked on and on throughout the seventh and eighth grades.

however, i had never stopped liking her. in fact, after getting to know her better, my little crush had grown into a full on love. she was different from all the other girls i knew, intelligent, random and hilarious, and just had this magical special quality about her. i had no way of knowing if she felt the same way, however, and thanks to the incredible shyness of us both, i thought i never would.

well the time came for me to go off to high school, leaving my friend and unbeknownst love behind at my little private elementary school. i still hadn't told her, and wondered if i ever would. finally, FINALLY, in the summer of my eighth grade year, i admitted to her my feelings...online. she acted like it was impossible, how no one could possibly like her because she was such an ugly duckling and blah blah blah. little did i know that in truth she had some horrible experiences with relationships, and blocked out all others afterwards, even into high school. she never truely "turned me down", but the picture was clear, she wasn't looking for a boyfriend.

crushed and bewildered, i moved on to a new school, and new relationships. we stayed friends however, and were always there for eachother whenever the other needed to talk into the wee hours of the morning on AIM. alas, as high school progressed, we slowly drifted apart.

i went through failed relationship after failed relationship, each time thinking "damn i wish it would have worked out with julie.." I convinced myself that i was in love again and again, only to have it come crashing down. none of them "got" me, understood me like she did. then, at the beginning of last year (halfway through my senior year of HS) i had a dream about her. she was running, and i was chasing after her, begging for her to hear me out...i never caught her. it was after this that i sent her an email and found her again. soon enough we were talking again everyday, reminiscing about our old school, and recounting the various misadventures that high school had presented us both. we saw eachother at a reunion party (where she was no doubt suprised and impressed about how the chubby kid with the funny hair from grade school had become a certified stud-muffin after dropping 50 pounds and hitting the gym XD).when the time came around to ask someone to my senior prom, i didn't have to look far. she accepted without an ounce of hesitation in her voice.

prom night came and she looked stunning. the shy little girl i knew from elementary school had matured into a beautiful young woman. captivating exotic features (1/2 cuban 1/2 egyptian despite her light skin), long wavy hair, and a curvy figure that drives guys like me wild. i did everything within my power to impress her that night, sweeping her off her feet with my faux-romantic jokes and good manners. mainly however, i just acted like a dork, something she later admitted she always loved about me. the dance was great (she was impressed by my awesome techno dancing skills), and the announcement of the last song seemed to come so quickly. i had told my friends that i was going to re-admit my feelings for her that night, so despite the butterflies running rampant in my stomach, i was dead set on it. before the last dance, i told her "theres something i have to tell you, but i'm going to wait till after this dance to tell you it.." she looked a wee bit suprised, but had a knowing expression. as we slowdanced to ella fitzgeralds "at last", i felt her wrap her arms around my neck (a difficult proposition, seeing as we are separated by roughly 12 inches of height) and hold me tight, and i was filled with confidence.

"julie..." i said as we returned to our table, the crowd shuffling out around either side of us, "..the last time i told you this, i didn't have the courage to do it in person..but i have feelings for you..i always have and i always will". i felt my heart jump into my throat as her eyes widened. "hans.." she said, trembling, "i....i could say the same thing.."

i felt rockets exploding in my head as i grabbed her and squeezed her tight for what felt like longer than the whole night. as we walked out and drove to the after party, she recounted to me the many reasons she had always avoided relationships, and how she had convinced herself not to like me, denying her true feelings. at my friends house, we snuggled on the couch, and talked for a few hours before the time came to go, after all she had a curfew. as we stood at the doorway, eyes locked, we remembered why we were both so shy during grade school. i asked her "so...what now?" "i dunno..." she sheepishly responded. "howbout a little kiss?" i queried. but before i could look for a yes or no, her lips were pressed to mine, and those fireworks were back again. as she walked away, she hesitated for a moment, looked back at the guy wearing half a zoot suit standing in the doorway, gave me a little smile, and ran to her car. i ran back into the house at full speed, jumped in the air and shouted "YEEEEAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!", my often romantically troubled friend jason said "damn you hans," and we partied all night long.

that was about ten months ago. since then, things have been so good in my life, and i have her to thank for all of it. as work through my freshman year of college and she finishes up her last year of high school, i know that it's not going to be easy...and lord knows we hate waiting, but i know full well that i'm gonna marry her, because i love this girl.

Hopefully that sort of explains things...

[rimpelcut]

wow all those highschool serials on tv really do happen. Thats so funny hahaha

[GOD'S BITCH]

Love is just an illusion of Fullfillment. Its something we all strive for and would do anything to get it or experience it. The meaning of Love is diiferent for everybody.

[rimpelcut]

but there is a thing called universal love.

[Beren]

I empathize with the illusory elements of life as mentioned by God's B*****; concepts like love are relative most of the time.

My answer to the thread's question is: "Universal love" is a spiritual concept, it ain't gonna happen! That is why True Love exists in an individuals mind; other baser forms of love are only nominally existent.

Romance and stuff is just a mix of emotional attachment, mutual interest (as long as it lasts), sexual appeal, and the list goes on.

[legan]

To me love is just that, love. Why bother seeking a deeper meaning to it, a better understanding.

That's why love is so magical because it's a mystery.

[Kush P]

But universal love wasnt the first idea of love that comes into your mind. I bet the first memory of love you had was your mother holding you. A woman's love, actually when she hugs her newborn baby, the baby would understand he's safe. How do we explain that? Did the baby knew what love is already as instinct? I dont think so. Then when you grow up, obviously other things go through your mind and change your idea of love. Since you are more conscious and aware I guess you are also aware of the universe. So universal love would be a natural concept.

I dont think love is that complicated though. Same as I knew love through a woman's hug, I feel the same about the universe. I can feel the same love univeral or not through a kiss, a caress, a hug, or obviously when I make love to my woman. Whats the point of knowing it when you can grab a woman and show it?

[Mugen X]

Love is an illusory commitment to another.

[Raikoh]

I empathize with the illusory elements of life as mentioned by God's B*****; concepts like love are relative most of the time.

My answer to the thread's question is: "Universal love" is a spiritual concept, it ain't gonna happen! That is why True Love exists in an individuals mind; other baser forms of love are only nominally existent.

Romance and stuff is just a mix of emotional attachment, mutual interest (as long as it lasts), sexual appeal, and the list goes on.

Ah, spoken like a true Berkley student.

Love = Sex + Security.

[Shade Luka]

Love is to confusing and wild for words.

[Kamesan]

I'm not familiar w/ "Universal" Love but I know of Comsummate Love, & I believe that's what you're referring to LOCO. Robert Sternberg devised a Triangular Theory of Love w/ch makes sense for me. And it goes a little something like this......

There's three components of love: Passion (strong emotion including, but not limited to, sexual desire) Intimacy (Compassion, caring, tenderness, etc.) & Commitment (MARRIAGE! 'nuff said). Therefore, you can get seven types of love:
Infatuation - Passion

Liking - Intimacy
Empty Love - Commitment

Romantic Love - Passion & Intimacy

Companionate Love - Intimacy & Commitment

Fatuous Love - Passion & Commitment

Comsummate Love - Passion+Intimacy+Commitment


I tend to fall in the "liking" category:glomp , But occasionally I lean toward Romantic Love:love.

[rimpelcut]

nah you are way of

[princesstaco]

Love is difficult to describe... But people generally know it when they see it.

Eventually, at least. Takes a while to learn the difference between love and lust, I suppose.

[GOD'S BITCH]

I empathize with the illusory elements of life as mentioned by God's B*****; concepts like love are relative most of the time.

My answer to the thread's question is: "Universal love" is a spiritual concept, it ain't gonna happen! That is why True Love exists in an individuals mind; other baser forms of love are only nominally existent.

Romance and stuff is just a mix of emotional attachment, mutual interest (as long as it lasts), sexual appeal, and the list goes on.
Exactly! Love is just a state of relative passion and comfort. When this state declines or no longer exists, the feeling of "love" dissolves. Otherwise there would be no need for divorces.

[Kush P]

I think its more than a mere emotional attachment. Love is a gift from a woman. See you feel good when a girl embraces and kisses you, you learn that from you're mother when you were a kid, actually when you were first born, crying, scared, and you can't understand anything because you're still an infant...Almost by instinct, a woman (mother) holds you like she already had a million times before, you immediately realize that she is comforting you and you feel safe enough to sleep. Is love then in your genes? Did a force of nature made both mother and child act and react in a certain way? Who the hell knows...But I don't think you learn or even able to study love in books or texts and articles...This event taught you how to share and recieve love and the prime basic definition of love is..Experience is the best teacher..

[rimpelcut]

Exactly! Love is just a state of relative passion and comfort. When this state declines or no longer exists, the feeling of "love" dissolves. Otherwise there would be no need for divorces.

It dissolves because you became blind to what you fell in love with. That is why some people say that they found that love again after some good getting to know eachother again fase. Universal love goes like this: The universe is one, you are the universe. Your subconscious mind sees it like that but because in your consciousness you fail to see that the observer is the observed you think that you are seperate. This creates the "self".
Universal love is when you see that what ever crosses your existence gives you existence. The universe is your life. Because you love, life you love the universe. That is what this thread is about, when you get bored you seek anew and fall in love with it even if it is only for one day. If you mix this interest and feeling with a girl you might think she is the cause of it. This creates the effect when you for example become really happy when you get a apple.

ow woeps I thought this was another thread, o well my words still stick.

[Jiraya_Ero_Senjin]

It dissolves because you became blind to what you fell in love with. That is why some people say that they found that love again after some good getting to know eachother again fase. Universal love goes like this: The universe is one, you are the universe. Your subconscious mind sees it like that but because in your consciousness you fail to see that the observer is the observed you think that you are seperate. This creates the "self".
Universal love is when you see that what ever crosses your existence gives you existence. The universe is your life. Because you love, life you love the universe. That is what this thread is about, when you get bored you seek anew and fall in love with it even if it is only for one day. If you mix this interest and feeling with a girl you might think she is the cause of it. This creates the effect when you for example become really happy when you get a apple.

ow woeps I thought this was another thread, o well my words still stick.
baka ,idiot ^^

[rimpelcut]

you goin pam pam pampam paaaam pam

[GOD'S BITCH]

I think its more than a mere emotional attachment. Love is a gift from a woman. See you feel good when a girl embraces and kisses you, you learn that from you're mother when you were a kid, actually when you were first born, crying, scared, and you can't understand anything because you're still an infant...Almost by instinct, a woman (mother) holds you like she already had a million times before, you immediately realize that she is comforting you and you feel safe enough to sleep. Is love then in your genes? Did a force of nature made both mother and child act and react in a certain way? Who the hell knows...But I don't think you learn or even able to study love in books or texts and articles...This event taught you how to share and recieve love and the prime basic definition of love is..Experience is the best teacher..
A gift from a woman?! How do you explain homosexuals who experience love? Love and comfort are two different things. Comfort is the feeling of belonging that you feel when your with your mother. Just as little chicks follow their mother we do the same. Thats just an emotional attachment.

[GOD'S BITCH]

It dissolves because you became blind to what you fell in love with. That is why some people say that they found that love again after some good getting to know eachother again fase. Universal love goes like this: The universe is one, you are the universe. Your subconscious mind sees it like that but because in your consciousness you fail to see that the observer is the observed you think that you are seperate. This creates the "self".
Universal love is when you see that what ever crosses your existence gives you existence. The universe is your life. Because you love, life you love the universe. That is what this thread is about, when you get bored you seek anew and fall in love with it even if it is only for one day. If you mix this interest and feeling with a girl you might think she is the cause of it. This creates the effect when you for example become really happy when you get a apple.

ow woeps I thought this was another thread, o well my words still stick.
I dont know what you mean by the universe and its relation to love...Love is a temporary state of happy emotions. You don't fall out of love because your blind to its true meaning or to the person you experience it with. Love dissoves as you and your desires change. You no longer desire and feel an attachment with the person your with. This causes the relationship to break down. Love dissolves and reborns once you feel this sudden feeling with another person. So how can a person stay with one person for soo many years? Not because they love that person but becuase of the feeling of obligation. Or it could be due to an emotional attachment from being with that person for so long.

[Kush P]

A gift from a woman?! How do you explain homosexuals who experience love? Love and comfort are two different things. Comfort is the feeling of belonging that you feel when your with your mother. Just as little chicks follow their mother we do the same. Thats just an emotional attachment.

Is love and comfort really different? you feel comfort when you are loved dont you? Love is a gift from woman meaning it came from women. Im saying the comfort you feel when you are new born from your own mother introduced you your first most basic idea of love. Your mother comforted you because she loved you. You felt what love is, it sticks to your head. Simple as it gets.

Homosexual are attracted to other males yes, but they had a mother once too when they were just newborn infants. Would you also agree that a homosexual has a feminine characteristics, which are imitated from a woman??

little chicks or young girls follow their mothers yes but they are already conscious. But when you are a newborn, you're eyes aren't even developped yet, but you recognize a woman comforting you. How is that possible through emotions? Can emotions like love then be transferred by mere touch and speech to someone who never even felt and knew love? Keep in mind that newborn babies doesn't understand any form of language yet but they still understand when a mother says "shh dont cry, love you"

[rimpelcut]

you have comfort when you have faith, you have that faith because parents love you.

[Dommy]

Don't know why, sometimes I feel like I am a person that has no real feelings. :oh

[Sakura]

love is
when you sacrifice your whole heart for someone
when you cant stop thinking of that special person
when you feel all dreamy

it's not just about having sex.

[rimpelcut]

I dont know what you mean by the universe and its relation to love...Love is a temporary state of happy emotions. You don't fall out of love because your blind to its true meaning or to the person you experience it with. Love dissoves as you and your desires change. You no longer desire and feel an attachment with the person your with. This causes the relationship to break down. Love dissolves and reborns once you feel this sudden feeling with another person. So how can a person stay with one person for soo many years? Not because they love that person but becuase of the feeling of obligation. Or it could be due to an emotional attachment from being with that person for so long.

It's very simple, it's like when you are a child. You have interest in the world you stare at everything you see everything equal, you are attracted to the world. When you have a understanding of self and fully submit to the universe because you understand that the universe is you, you have universal love. The reason you don't have that know is because you think that you are more special then the universe. Also you talk about emotions as love but that is not the essence of love. Love is affection and like atracting atoms it can only be seen indirectly.

[roguenoir]

As far as in my mind,

Romantic Love = Lust

[Ashura]

Wouldn't Know all I have expierienced is hatred.

[Megaharrison]

Love is a distracting feeling that clouds Human judgement. It makes you do foolish things....Really it's just a nasty product of a Human beings urge to engage in sexual intercourse. The feeling of "love" is just meant to encourage this. However our society scewed it and not it's taken on an entirely different meaning of its own.

In the words of the great Aizen Sousuke:
"Affection is the feeling farthest away from understanding".

Yes, I realize quoting a manga character is a bit dumb but it gets the point across.

[Miharu_Watanabe]

Don't know why, sometimes I feel like I am a person that has no real feelings. :oh

I get what you mean x| At home I'm sensitive but school, I'm a total heartless sarcastic child :oh

omg and once my friend posted this 'sad'[?] love story and everyone... EVEN THIS GUY x| started crying while I was all :cussing "OMG THE GRAMMAR IS MESSED UP... DUH IT WAS SO OBVIOUS THE PERSON WAS GONNA DIE!... HOW COULD YOU PEOPLE CRY!?... GOOD STORY, NOT SAD!"

[Marysmary]

Love doesn't mean anything to me.
But then again,
This is coming from someone who grew up with parents who've never kissed or hugged her..

But it's not like you really need love to live. It's something that's nice, but not a requirement

[Shishou]

Love means Emo.

[Master Scorpion]

Don't know why, sometimes I feel like I am a person that has no real feelings. :oh
but you have a feeling for me...smile-big I <3 u dear-chan

[Dommy]

but you have a feeling for me...smile-big I <3 u dear-chan

Raonel. :love
Now you are the source of my love! :glomp

[sharingan_clan213]

Now days, most people say, "I love u". To me this is bullshit, cuz the thing they really love is to have sex. I guess love is attraction to something and i guess it can be an attraction to sex. To me love is an attraction to someone, type of bond between two people.

[mnorth]

it's really hard to explain. REP 4 u since you made me think a lot and i cannot find an answer.

[Beren]

All of these answers are right, relatively speaking for each individual! What the heck are u gonna do even if everyone told the right thing... just pick the one that sounds the smartest or coolest and tell other ppl that is what love is?

If u want to know what love is, try different things: go to a church, get girlfriends, read philosophy on this stuff. Normally, I argue that knowledge can be subjective, but in this case, this subjective knowledge will not be practical knowledge.

[sunj01]

love means everything 2 me all most everything

[Kush P]

I think love is objective rather than subjective. I think its universal, we just feel diffrent aspect of love but necessarily its the same thing...There's really nothing different than loving a woman, brotherly love and universal love. They all have something in common, the idea of caring and sharing. We all have the deep need for this love too. Any man in any place of the world feels lonely, sad, blue, jealous, deeply attracted to a woman. No matter your gender, skin colour and race, Im sure you felt ups and downs of love. Whatever corner they are in the world and they all need the same thing, the need to give, feel and make love...

[Sir.Cruz]

Now days, most people say, "I love u". To me this is bullshit, cuz the thing they really love is to have sex. I guess love is attraction to something and i guess it can be an attraction to sex. To me love is an attraction to someone, type of bond between two people.
When people say the words, "I love you," it is usually a play on itself. Sarcasm, the intent of sex, or "real love" are the uses of the word to me.

The people you really love are the people you would sacrifice your everything for. And if that means everyone in the world, you'd die for anything. When a lot of people realise someone "love"s something, they'll take advantage of it unless it can't be touched physically or emotionally. Most "love" should be kept inside a person so they'll never let someone else flaw it.

People who misdirect what they truly think is love sometimes lead themselves to a very untimely end. In the end of everything...

Love= Dream, aspiration, sacrifice, and "love"

[kuromoku]

so many replies thank you you`all

[AiYummi]

when you love someone, that person is perious to you, and you would do anything for him/her, even maybe that means die for that perious someone, it's just pure

[Pal_dekoderis]

From the scientific side love is chemical reaction in the brain. If you see a person that phisicly attractive to you the brain releases some kaind of chemical and when its released we feel a feeling that humas call LOVE.

Every persone discribes it differently but to me it something better that alcohol or some other shit it keeps me high and its ok.

[batanga]

I believe love is an emotion that´s designed to bring two humans together so they can breed. It´s said that love lasts about a year. Then the male counterpart leaves and can seed another baby. Etc.

Culture and religion and ethics all changed this.


IMO.


And no, I don´t mean the "intelligent design" when talking about designing.

[Cæk]

love cannot really be explained unless you've been fortunate enough to have truly experienced it. but i can only assume it is a connection shared between to people where you would do anything for that one person to keep them happy and see them smile.

cheesy? :laugh

[Deputy Myself]

love cannot really be explained unless you've been fortunate enough to have truly experienced it. but i can only assume it is a connection shared between to people where you would do anything for that one person to keep them happy and see them smile.

cheesy? :laugh

quoted for truth. :nod

[Nekko-Sama]

Love is a symptom. The effect of love is the exquisite sense of loneliness.

[John Fuuma]

Love is, care, fear, anger, disapointment, pride, addmiration, and finaly, after everything else...FOOD!

[Nekko-Sama]

Food.....like dessert? Cookie? Cookie....... :pleased

[Raptor]

Love can give you the light or it can give you the darkness. The greatest gift of them all.

[Cæk]

Food.....like dessert? Cookie? Cookie....... :pleased

loves like a cookie? rofl

[Susano-o]

Hmmm... just a biological trick to keep partners together long enough to raise offspring. They tricksss usss Gollum.