2006-11-29 18:49:48 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Lovers call it by many different names, its defined differently and uniquely by each and every person. Matrimonial ceremonies claim that love is not jealous or boastful. Love is not a gourmet dish, a domesticated animal, or a latest trend. Love is not a strategic defense mechanism nor the best kept secret at the Pentagon. Love is not a seasoning to bottle and stick on the dust lined shelves of the spice rack. Love is not to be confused with adhesive tape.
Instead, love is a great counterpart to late evening thunderstorms on hot July nights. Love goes well with cold pizza on picnic blankets. Love is cold, wet sand between bare toes. Love is a capitalistic sell-all for novels, top 40 pop songs, summer movies and greeting cards.
In its simplest terms, love is a four letter word. Much like other words of similar letter make up, when expressed it can evoke pleasure, desire, tenderness, laughter, pain, and anger. Love is food for a happy mind. It is kindness, devotion, or affection to another. Love is the most wonderful experience in the world, yet it can hurt you more than anything, physical pain hurts less. Love is sacrifice. Love is quite good if shared between two with trust and understanding, and at the same time dangerous.
Love is so hard to define because its felt, expressed, and viewed differently by each and every person. We all come to know love over time though, the good and the bad side, one way or another.
2006-11-29 21:23:02 · answer #1 · answered by micktobi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love is god, love is blind, love is sex, love is money... I wish there's an answer to that. But the only thing that I have come to an understanding is that how does love define who you are?
It doesn't take Doc Phil or Martians and Venus goddesses to tell you the answers about love. If you feel it, then how does it change who you are inside. It doesn't have to change your personality on a completely different level, it allows you to just express it in your own words, meaning that you're allowing that moment to reach out that special someone and one day she (or he) will answer.
The answer is already inside you, then how do you feel?
2006-11-30 02:56:09 · answer #2 · answered by once_a_nerd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on who you are and what your definition of love is.
No right or wrong answer here.
“What is love? This mystical, mythical question goes back to ancient times—without a coherent answer. Each person’s experience of love is uniquely varied, and each person’s understanding of love is different from the next. Love varies from one period to another along the length of a human life; a person can have many loves, but each experience will be different from the next. Summing it up, or pinning it down, are both impossible.
2006-11-30 03:00:47 · answer #3 · answered by Pam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
“When you look at love, you're looking into the face of appreciation.”
Yes, love is an emotion, a feeling, a wanting, and a “being”. We know it feels good, but what specific feelings, wantings, and beings are present when we feel love? Here are the common denominators of love...
Love is Accepting:
Acceptance is labeling someone as "okay" and having no particular desire to change them. Who they are is perfectly fine with you. You pose no condition on whether you will love them or not. This is call unconditional love. When your love IS conditional, the moment they step outside your set of conditions, love evaporates.
Love is Appreciating:
Appreciation is one step beyond acceptance. Its when your focus is on what you like about another. We look at them and feel this sweeping appreciation for who they are, their joy, their insights, their humor, their companionship, etc. When someone says they are "in love" with another, they mean their appreciation is so enormous for this person that it consumes their every thought.
Love is Wanting Another to Feel Good:
We want those we love to be happy, safe, healthy, and fulfilled. We want them to feel good in all ways, physically, mentally and emotionally.
When people fails in love or confused about love, they say:
love is life,
oscen of tears,
valley of death,
end of life.
But let us consider love sa a beautiful flower and it should grow and blossom!
2006-11-30 02:59:23 · answer #4 · answered by namrata00nimisha00 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
love is knowing without that special person tomorrow wouldn't be worth living...without that person its not even worth taking ur next breath...its not being able to see urself with any other person for the rest of the days that u r graced to be beside that special person
2006-11-30 03:26:39 · answer #5 · answered by aidanshope 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love is something made up by our brains and minds to satisfy that emptiness that we can't explain.
2006-11-30 02:55:26 · answer #6 · answered by Chant 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hi anand,
sometimes ago i was in same confusion as u r in now what is love.now i feel its a sweet feeling in both of us which makes u more possesive and caring about each other.it is like somthing u wanna do it but with mazey se u knw .!!!koi khaass ehsaas jo ek dusre ke pass aney pe majbur karta hai jab kisis se baatein karne ka har waqt mann karta hai jab kisi ki awaaz sunney bina chain nahi aata jab kisi ko dekhey bina sabar nahi ata
i think that's love for me this is wat i feel now ........!!!!!
2006-11-30 04:04:02 · answer #7 · answered by harpreet kaur 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dearest Anand,
"Love is Care and Trust !"
If You really really care for a person and if you trust him/her firmly then you love him/her. He/she may be you beloved, your friend or your family member. If you care and trust then its LOVE. :)
Nice question you asked..........!!
Good luck with your love !!
2006-11-30 03:27:29 · answer #8 · answered by shon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
love is eating that burned steak that tastes like a tire covered in bad gravy, just so she won't cry.
2006-11-30 02:54:56 · answer #9 · answered by up all night 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a built in emotional mechanism to preserve the species
2006-11-30 02:51:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋