hey umm, i have been in love once, and from somebody elses opinion, what is love?
2006-10-08 09:50:59 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
Love is a profound feeling of tender affection for or intense attraction to another. It is considered a deep, ineffable feeling shared in passionate or intimate interpersonal relationships. However, in different contexts, the word love has a variety of related but distinct meanings: in addition to romantic love, which is characterized by a mix of emotional and sexual desire, other forms include Platonic love, religious love, familial love, and the more casual application of the term to anyone or anything that one considers strongly pleasurable, enjoyable, or desirable, including activities and foods. This diverse range of meanings in a single word is commonly contrasted with the plurality of Greek words for love, reflecting the word's versatility and complexity.
Although clearly and consistently defining love is a difficult task, and often a subject of much debate, different aspects of the word can be clarified by determining what isn't "love". As a general expression of positive sentiment (a stronger form of like), love is commonly contrasted with hate (or neutral apathy); as a less sexual and more "pure" form of romantic attachment, love is commonly contrasted with lust; and as an interpersonal relationship with romantic overtones, love is commonly contrasted with friendship, though other definitions of the word love may be applied to close friendships in certain contexts.
2006-10-08 13:26:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is probably the most difficult question ever asked " to define love" I am 23 and I have had lots of boyfriends but I have only truly been in love once.With my husband. I have thought I have been truly been in love in the past but now having experienced the love I have with my husband, i know now that it wasn't truly love.
To me I think love is more than a feeling it is a commitment. It is wanting to give all you have to someone. Love is still wanting to spend your life with someone even if you don't really like them that day. Love is never ending. Love is never letting go. love is something that comes form your soul, it is not based on looks or sex. it is a connection deeper then time or anything else. When you are in love you'll know.
2006-10-08 10:01:38 · answer #2 · answered by Katie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Helen Fisher, an anthropologist who specializes in the evolution of love, it is a drive as powerful and meaningful as the sex drive.
She breaks down what people call "love" into three categories. Each category is tied to a specific center in the brain, and to a specific neurotransmitter. This has been shown through MRI scans that she has ran on people in relationships, people who aren't in love, and people who have been dumped.
Her three categories are sex drive, attraction and attachment. Each of these influences our interactions with one another. Sex drive is the initial "woah!" reaction one has. Attraction is what she calls passionate romance. Attachment is what keeps couples together in the absence (momentary or not) of the other two.
Essentially, this complicated interplay of brain centers is necessary to keep us together long enough to raise kids to the point of self-sufficiency. This isn't as vital now in many societies for sheer survival, but 40,000 years ago it sure was!
The reason why Fisher calls love a "drive" instead of an emotion is that these centers release chemicals, they don't react to them. Emotions are how the brain reacts to things. Drives create chemicals that influence behavior.
Interestingly, the exact same brain centers and neurotransmitters are responsible for drug addiction. This helps explain why relationships can end violently even after seperation. The same obsessive behavior results from love as from chemical addiction.
Note that sex is NOT the same as love. The sex drive CAN play a role, but it is NOT required for that. People can literally fall in love with just about anything or anyone. The same brain centers, in different ratios, are involved in everything from passionate crushes to lifelong friendships to the way we relate to our families.
2006-10-08 10:04:32 · answer #3 · answered by almethod2004 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have NO idea, having no emotions to base it on. However, supposition from observation would indicate that love is enhanced infatuation, gradually diminishing over time as the polish wears off.
2006-10-08 09:54:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love is a biologically precipitated emotional bond that occurs in lots of animal species and maximum mammals. because of the fact it is so strongly felt, a lot of people confuse it with magical issues, evaluate it to final for eternity, think of that they have got discovered their "soul" mate, have faith they have been "made for the different" and multiple different misconceptions. there are various explanation why nature would have chosen for an exceptionally good emotion of love in our species and technology would possibly no longer have chanced on all of them. i could say that close to the precise of the record could be to maintain the mothers and dads jointly long sufficient to guard, to grant for and to teach the youngsters. The effectiveness of this, as you comprehend, is very variable. in line with risk extra couples stay jointly for existence than people who don't, yet while actual, it truly is plenty from an overpowering majority. there are various species that are plenty extra effective than people in ultimate paired for existence. .
2016-10-02 02:20:27 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
love is when you cant live w/ out that person in your life. they are the last thing you think of before you fall asleep and they are the first thing you think of when you wake up, love makes your life enjoyable. it is fulfillment and happiness to your life. love brings light upon your life
2006-10-12 04:21:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
love is a complicated thing but my deffinition is it's when two people are madley in love and have such feelings for each other that when they are a part they can't wait to see each other!! can't wait to be in each others arms again!!this is what i believe love is!!
2006-10-08 09:54:09 · answer #7 · answered by Mater_rocks!! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i could try but i never would be able to love is much more then something that you can put in words but i can tell you that it distracts you if you really are in love
2006-10-08 09:55:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love is a decision - not an emotion. You choose to love. :o) Choose wisely!
2006-10-08 09:52:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no real answer to this question but what I have learned of what love is to me and that is the word LOVE itself holds the answer.......
(L)isten: and validate them by hearing and empathizing.
(O)verlook: their minor character flaws as they will overlook yours.
(V)alue: who they are and what they mean to you.
(E)xpress: how you love them not just with words but with actions.
2006-10-10 14:30:51 · answer #10 · answered by Wolfie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋