what is true love defined between a man and a woman?

Answer 1

i think by what works for them, everyones definition and idea of love is a little bit different, they want to be loved in a way that makes them feel loved which very well may be too much or too little for someone else. there are so many different relationships, i've seen older couples that do nothing but yell at each other, but its the way they do it and they love each other to death, i've seen couples who barely talk and that works for them, i've seen couples that are together every minute they can be together and that would be suffocating to someone else, i know couples where one works out of town, they see each other twice a month...its all in what works for them and can't be defined for them by anyone else. the success of a relationship is defined by the extent to which it works for the people involved, every one of the what do i do questions here is because the relationship isn't working for whatever reason for one of them, one person or the other isn't getting their needs met, and each individual has to decide on their own what their needs are to them.

Answer 2

I think True Love between a man and a women is: when you find someone that makes you quiver everytime you see him/her. its when you can sit and talk for hours about anything and everything. True love is when two people continue to love each other no matter what may come in between them over the years. You know it when you find it just don't make the mistake i did and ignore it.

Answer 3

a mutual feeling, understanding, indepth conditioning. It's both seeking qualities and finding them in the soul of their lover. It's loving them physically, emotionally, and endlessly. And it's being inlove with them on a level wich both can sense and feel rather others see it or not. It's those explosive moments that makes the loudest, biggest firework display SILENCE cause the kiss was better. It's misisng that person for no reason at all. It's loving them with and without reasons. It's everything in everyday, cant live, cant breathe, wont be without your baby. All those things u cant stand about him, u miss when he's not around. U smell his stinky shirt just to immerse yourself in a vision of a memory. U cook his food and dont add tomatoes cause u know he hates them. It's putting extra money in his pocket w/o him seeing u do it cause his pride wont let him ask, but your heart knows he needs it. It's letting him F-up from time to time without exploding cause u leave him with his diginity of picking himself back up and trying again, cause u let him be the man. It's love and if u dont feel this, u aint in it.

and yes i wrote all these words, on the spot :) nice huh?

Answer 4

According to Robert Sternberg's research, "Love" is an emotion consisting of three components: intimacy, passion & committment.

Intimacy, the feeling close and connected to someone (developed through sharing and very good communications over time). Intimacy is what makes you want to share and offer emotional and material support to each other.
-Intimacy alone is Liking (true friendship without passion or long-term commitment)


Passion, the feeling physically aroused and attracted to someone. Passion is what makes you feel "in love" and is the feeling most associated with love. It also rises quickly and strongly influences and biases your judgment.
-Passion alone is Infatuation (passionate, obsessive love at first sight without intimacy or commitment)

Commitment, pledging to your self and each other to strengthen the feelings of love and to actively maintain the relationship. Commitment is what makes you want to be serious, have a serious relationship and promise to be there for the other person if things get tough.
-Commitment alone is Empty Love (decision to love another without intimacy or passion)

Romantic Love: Intimacy & Passion, no Commitment
-Lovers physically and emotionally attracted to each other but without commitment
-“As in a summer romance”

Companionate Love: Intimacy & Commitment, but no Passion
-Long-term committed friendships or a marriage in which the passion has faded
-I love you but I’m not IN love with you

Fatuous Love: Passion & Commitment, but no Intimacy
-Commitment based on passion with without time for intimacy to develop
-Shallow relationship such as a whirlwind courtship

Consummate Love: A complete love consisting of all three components

Answer 5

For a man,
a woman who loves him come what may
a woman who does whatever he says
a woman who helps him
a woman who quietly accepts his whatevers
a woman who provides him financial security-nowadays
a woman who never says she is tired
a woman who will never question

For a woman
a man who knows her
a man who feels her
a man who senses her
a man who protects her, her dignity
a man who makes her feel loved, note, loves and make feel loved is what can make or break a relationship

men have this as a weakness they can love, not make feel loved and very few who can are great to be with.

So for man, love is great sex
For woman, love is a great man

Answer 6

Two people who make a commitment and dont play games and get to a point of intimacy. That is true love.

Answer 7

Here's some information about love from the books True Love Lasts, Straight Talk About Teen Dating, and Straight Talk About Dating:

“Unfortunately, lots of people don’t know what true love is and that’s a big reason why a large number of marriage relationships are unhappy. Many people think that true love is just a feeling. You know, the wonderful head spinning feeling of being “in love.”

If true love is just a feeling, feelings come and go. But true love doesn't come and go. True love is patient and kind. It isn’t jealous, rude, selfish, controlling, or easily angered. It forgives. It’s supportive, loyal, hopeful, and trusting.

Unlike the feeling of being “in love” which is relatively easy to get especially during dating, true love usually develops slowly over a significant period of time (often years). True love is so much more than just the feeling of being “in love” - it’s supposed to be a mutual lifelong commitment. When you say that you love your significant other, you’re saying that you’re committed to loving them for the rest of your life - for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, from this day forward, until death do you part. True love lasts - it almost never fails.

Think of it this way, if a person has true love for another person, it’s like the sun - it’s always there no matter what (remember that even at night, the sun is still there, it’s just shining on the other side of the earth - and when it’s cloudy outside the sun is also still there, it’s just behind the clouds).

On the other hand, the feeling of being “in love” is like sunshine - even though we’d like it to be sunny every day, the truth is that the amount of sunshine changes regularly. Some days it’s nice and sunny and the feeling of being “in love” is strong, on others it’s partly cloudy and the feeling of being “in love” is there but it’s not very strong, and on other days it’s cloudy and the feeling of being “in love” is barely there at all. I’m hoping that this explanation is helping you to see that it’s possible for a person to have true love for another person and not have a strong intense feeling of being “in love” with that person at a particular moment. (If you talk with married couples, I think they’ll tell you that the strength of their feelings of being “in love” changes regularly.)

So when you hear someone say, “I don't love him or her anymore” - take it for what it usually is. It’s usually someone saying that they’ve lost the feeling of being “in love”, that they don’t know how or they’re not willing to make the effort required to get the feeling back, and that they probably never had true love for their significant other to begin with because true love almost never fails.

Many times I’ve heard young women say, “my boyfriend loves me.” Unfortunately, most of these women have been fooled. How could their boyfriend possibly have true love for them if their boyfriend doesn’t even know what true love is? Sadly many people marry when one or both people don't have true love for the other - and the result is usually divorce because it's hard to keep a marriage together when it's based only on the feeling of being "in love."

My first suggestion is that you put in the effort necessary to become a strong person (if you’re not already). A strong person has good character (honesty, integrity, trustworthiness), a positive attitude (cheerful, caring, friendly, forgiving, helpful, and respectful), fulfills their responsibilities (for handling pains in a positive way, for always trying to make a good choice, for taking care of themselves, for serving others), puts forth their best effort, and displays self-control (of their body, anger, tongue and money).

My second suggestion is that you eventually look for this type of person (otherwise you are setting yourself up for a broken heart). Unfortunately this type of person is difficult to find – but save yourself the heartache and don’t settle for less.

(Please remember that you eventually want a 50 or 60 year marriage - not a 5 or 10 year marriage.)

Hope this helps!

Answer 8

a very deep bonding feeling. respect of the highest and most of all nothing i mean nothing not an obstacle can get in the way of your hearts. so until you meet this special person, i would advise you not to stay in a relationship that is not meaningful or going nowhere. you are depriving yourself of TRUE LOVE.........

Answer 9

it is hard to explain real love, maybe respecting each other, pation, delegating jobs at home, watching tv together, taking care of chidren together, etc.

Answer 10

women love for many different reasons as for men they don't fell in love anyway