What is Love?

Question

For those who have dated and have been a relationship I would like to get some insight as to what "LOVE" really means. I've never dated, nor kissed anyone. Is there a universal meaning as to what "LOVE" means? I've heard the word being used loosely, like "Hi's" but I feel that it should be more that just a word. Help me understand this word. I've been talking to this guy since June of this year and we live far from each other (5 hours away) and he's already been throwing the "LOVE" word and he told me that he feels really strong about me. Should I believe his feelings? I know I don't "LOVE" him but I can grow to. Anyone has any insight?Thanks everyone and thank you for your feedback on the previous question I've posted, it means alot. ;)

Answer 1

Love is wen u care about da person, u all ways think about dem, u cant live a second with out dem, and if dey r eva out of it u want to cry

Answer 2

well, there really isn't a specific meaning for love. it just is. some people think love means caring for a person and willin to go to any lenghts for the person. and some think it's being able to stand being in the same room with a person for more than 30 mins. yet there are some who think that a person beating you and watching everything you do is love, i don't think this type is a good thing though. it all depends on what your outlook on it is. i'm in a relationship right now and we've been through alot in the past 6 months. we love each other because we are there to hear each others problems and try to help them through them. we listen to each other (most of the time unless one starts rambling on about something stupid, like i do sometimes). you have to grow on a person and know the person really well. you have to trust the person and hope the person trust you back. you have to learn that not everything they say is bad. you have to get use to their sense of humor and allow them to get use to your. you need to learn that they are looking out for your best interest and that they aren't just there for the perks. the whole point i'm trying to make is that love can't be defined in one or more words, it's a feeling and it's the little things that show you how much a person loves you. so don't freak out if someone says the L word b/c your scared they may not mean it. just take it at face value. they may hurt you they may not, in the world of relationship you have to take the good with the bad. hope i helped. bye hon, take care

Answer 3

Love is always wanting to be with that special person, or if you can't be with them, you at least want to talk to them. It's about loving them for all of their positive and attractive qualities, but also embracing those qualities that you find annoying. Love is when you feel like you can act as crazy as you want or when you feel like you don't have to get all dolled up to see them because you know no matter what they will always love you, but despite that you still want to look and act as cute as possible. Love is when you call them right back after arguing because you can't stand the thought of them being mad at you. Love is being able to open up to someone completely and not worry about what they will think or how they will react. Love is being happy even when you're sad; smiling all the time, even if it's only on the inside. It's when your heart skips a beat when you hear their name, hear their voice or see their name on the caller ID. Love is the best feeling in the world, but it is not just a simple little four letter word to be thrown around. It's something that takes time and patience. It's something that is not taken as seriously today as it should be.

Answer 4

Love is a strong word that should not be used loosely. When you love a person, you think of them often and you understand their feelings. When you are in love with someone you don't care about their faults and you like them just the way they are. Love shows no color, no judgement, no guilt. Love is to be used in a way that only you and the other person you love can feel. the two of you will only understand what love you possess between each other. Never doubt your love, but always nuture love and make love feel wanted and express your love so much that you heart will overflow with it. So see why that person is saying that they "love" you. Ask if it is genuine, and if it is then tell them if you do not have those feelings. It sucks to love someone and they don't love you back. GOOD LUCK.

Answer 5

'love' is too broad... a book could be written analyzing all the different types of love. it is such an ambiguous word that it should be fully avoided when speaking of something specific. Is there CHEMISTRY? it doesn't last if you don't consider each other BEST FRIENDS and are EAGER to be with each other. Look at all the different dynamics of the relationship and DON'T feel any obligation to respond to the way he feels if it contradicts the way you feel. because then the emotions turn into nothing but manipulative words to get you to do what he wants you to which is psychological abuse. Respond to your emotions

Answer 6

I've been on a quest to understand what love is for about 8 years now.

There are of course different kinds of love.
The love of a parent.
The love of a sibling.
The love of a pet.
The love of a friend.
The love of god.

These are all very different, but valid...

The love I'm assuming you are talking about is a more romantic kind of love.

Here's what I've learned from the past 8 years of searching:

I used to think that love was something like how you feel all giddy when that person is in the room. Like a high. Like how you feel when you have a crush on someone. Where you have hopes of them being a certain way to you or to the world. You idealize who they are. You desire them to make you feel... pretty, loved, worthwhile, sexy... fill in any number of feelings here.

I think that in the past I looked to people to provide those feeling for me and if they didn't do or say things that made me feel that way, I didn't "love" them.

If they didn't fit into whatever category I wanted them to I didn't "love" them. Not that I thought poorly of them, just that I didn't "love" them.

I now understand that loving someone has absolutely nothing to do with expecting anything from them at all. It is knowing who they are and feeling nothing but gratitude for the fact that they EXIST! Wanting nothing but good things for them, even if those good things lead them completely out of your life. Feeling truly honored and blessed just to KNOW them. Feeling like the WORLD is somehow a better place because it houses a person that wonderful.

Love is a verb.

When you look at it this way, whether or not he really feels that way isn't entirely relevant... The question is... Do you? And if so, how do you want to express that love?

I can honestly say with all of my being that loving someone is a million times more awesome than being loved by someone. And that when 2 people get together and feel that way about each other, it is heaven on earth.

A famous quote on love from the bible:

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Answer 7

You can fall in love very quickly but a true love begins slowly when you know a person day after day. Until you know him very well and you want to stay with him all your life. The links between both of you become stronger and you see that life is sad without him.

Answer 8

ok, love is when you get that felling in you stomach and you know that it is there but you don't what anyone to know and if you really wait to know what love is go talk to someone that has been in love before ok

Answer 9

wait let me check with paris hilton, she knows more about these things then I do, I get back to you later.

Answer 10

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