2007-03-16 11:14:47 · 25 answers · asked by Friend 6 in Family & Relationships ➔ Friends
I am not confused. I will tell you my thoughts later. I would like some answers here please, and some good ones. So far I have been getting some good and honest answers, and I do appreciate that. This is important, it helps to make this fun and relevant too, for the readers that come after us.
2007-03-16 11:38:51 · update #1
This is a serious question if it wasn't our government would not be spending billions of dollars a year on it so thank you to those of you that are trying to answer it. I am not going to explain more until I get some more answers.
2007-03-16 12:46:08 · update #2
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love is patient; kind; does not envy; boast, is not proud; rude; not self-seeking; not easily angered; keeps no record of wrongs; does not delight in evil but rejoices with the "truth", always protects; trusts; hopes; perseveres; never fails. – Bible
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life...love. – Sophocles
What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love! – Victor Hugo
Neither...intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius. – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The greatest happiness...is the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved "in spite" of ourselves.– Victor Hugo
The first duty of love is to listen! – Paul Tillich
The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost. – G. K. Chesterton
Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.
– Shakespear
2007-03-16 16:34:27 · update #3
Sex is instinct or attraction drawing one toward another in life, to arouse, to increase appeal; make more interesting, attractive, or exciting, character of female or male; physiological, functional, and psychological differences or sexual urge or instinct as it manifests itself in behavior
In 1382, they found a "state of being male or female, to seperate the genders. In 1911, they found sex objects and symbols. In 1918, they found sex drive. In 1924, they found sex appeal, and the Sexpert or "Sex therapist". In 1925, they found people sexy. In 1929, they found people had "sexual intercourse". In 1932, they found people engrossed in sex; or sexual attractiveness. In 1942, they found Sexploitation. In 1954, they found the Sexpot. After that they had "the war between the sexes", "sex in the back seat" "two categories of organisms (not orgasms)", "urge to gratify sexual impulses" "better sex" "sex and violence" "parts they play in making babies" and money and advertising.
2007-03-17 08:34:13 · update #4
I am getting ready to put this out for a vote, but I told you I would answer this. So here goes:
I say "I love you", because I know that if I don't I may never get a next chance to say it. Death happens! It is not convenient and it is not discriminate, it is part of life.
Sometimes like with my writing I freeze up and won't say it to someone, that is probably when I don't want to deal with the feelings that I have so I am afraid to say it because of what it really might mean.
I think there are all kinds of love, love does not mean sex at all, there are lots of people that I love that I don't want to have sex with, won't have sex with, and some that I love that I will never get a chance to for one reason or another even if I may want to.
Sex is great for consenting "adults", not dirty, if it is "good" it is responsible & mutually agreeable. If it is bad, it can be one of the most terrible things in the world. It is one of our human needs, it is also a human right.
2007-03-19 17:03:33 · update #5
Why do you say I love you? Only you can answer that. I love you means: "Unconditional acceptance." Sex: The act of sexual gratification which has absolutely nothing to do with love.
2007-03-16 11:20:55 · answer #1 · answered by Kooties 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually a persoj can think they are in love and it may just be a sexual attraction. I recommend courting. There are chrisyian books out there for this, only if you want to go into a relationship with your eyes open, so you can see a person good and bad side as well. There are also in love feelings that can wear off after time, when you see who the person really is, the romantic stage of a marriage or a relationship. Some people are addicted to the romantic love stage and can't get past this stage, or brake up once it is over, so they can never commit to anyone, because this stage can never be maintained. A realtionship that can stand the test of time, is truelly love. Just saying "I love you" doesn't mean love, actions always speak louder then words.
2007-03-18 10:34:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I usually look at the answers to see if they are of merit, and if so, I thumbs up. This time it will be after I answer this question.
Sex is REALLY good. to get an orgasm during is REALLY good. Love however is a totally different situation.
(You must be young.)
When two people have 'the connection" there is a responce on both sides. The worlds projection toward this is to get what you can get. The spiritual projection is: Every man you have is counted as your husband, and when you have sex, you are receiving that persons spirit and all the B.S. that goes along with it. Including potential diseases. The reason why women nowdays have problems (personal) is because they have had toooo many. ONE is good for your bodys well being. Scientist have found out that th more men that you have been with, the more you are prone have problems. Yes, there is a difference.
2007-03-17 23:27:20 · answer #3 · answered by Israel-1 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There most definitely is a difference between love and sex. You may love your parents, but you wouldn't necessarily have sex with them, would you? (Don't answer that. LOL)
Seriously, though, sex is an act. It's the physical action everyone sees in movies carried on between two people (or more sometimes.) Any animal can have sex, actually, HAS to have sex to procreate the species.
Love on the other hand is a feeling, an emotion, that can be expressed through acts, but is not in and of itself an act. Love is that overwhelming surge of emotions you get when you are jealous your boyfriend is talking to another woman, the feeling of fear you get when you hear that your child has been in an accident, that fainting, lightheaded feeling you get when your husband brings you flowers for no reason (or does the dishes for the first time in 5 years LOL,) the feeling that makes you drive four hours in the middle of the night to surprise your boyfriend for his birthday when he's away at school, ... you get the idea.
Love is a feeling that makes you do crazy things that show someone you care. Love makes us move mountains. When you feel love, you'll know. It's quite powerful.
2007-03-16 18:36:07 · answer #4 · answered by am_i_helpful 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know why you say I love you, but I can tell you why I tell people that. It is because that I feel my life is enriched because of the other person. They help me to be a better human being.They make me feel more complete.
As for the difference between sex and love well there is a big difference. You can have sex with anyone there does not need to be love involved. All you have to do is look at the large porno industry to see the. For many (not all) sex is just something to do to make yourself feel good.
Love is very different. when you love someone you think more of the other person then yourself. You care more for how the other person is feeling. You want to see them happy. Even if it means that you are not. Now when you put love and sex together you get a wondrous thing.
2007-03-18 20:17:48 · answer #5 · answered by ravensongblue 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you have answered your own question. i think its all over-rated. there is a difference between sex and love. i dont think im too much different than others, just maybe a little more honest because i dont care what others think, but some of the best sex ive ever had is with women i didnt love. i and others i have known, have had sex with partners after the love was gone and you are at the end of the relationship. sometimes even beyond that. i think alot of people get confused about the difference between love and possessiveness. you can really love someone until they start doing things you dont like.
2007-03-17 18:11:57 · answer #6 · answered by chris l 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I say I love you, it means you mean more to me than myself. It means I will care for you and meet your needs to the best of my abilities. It means that the only place in the world I want to be is with you. Sex and love? If your lucky the love will come before the sex and then the sex will be fantastic. But you can love and not be associated with sex. Sex is primal, its an instinct. Its good and satisfying but love is so different. Its the mental connection that people have along with the physical, but not always. It just depends on the circumstance. Love and sex are not the same.
2007-03-17 09:37:14 · answer #7 · answered by lego 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To the majority of these Readers? It's all the same thing. But my many years of living in this Earth. I've come to know that Sex is just an ego trip. And Love is an Emotion. "Making Love" is the Reward of being in Love. But Sex & "Making Love" is two different things. But I can't seem to get this through to the Younger Kids. And it's getting very frustrating.
2007-03-16 19:27:27 · answer #8 · answered by Goggles 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sex is too often mistaken for love. Often, when one person is in the ecstasy of sexual excitement, that person will utter those words. They do not always (or even often) mean it in the "agape" sense, but more in the "erotic" sense. Sometimes sex can lead one to love, as it creates attachments that can open another person to the fullness of one's being and thus allow more complete knowledge of a beautiful soul. Of course, sometimes it leads to horror, as not all people have this beauty to open to others--many repress it or just do not have the ability to feel love or attachment. They can still have sex, though. Many people who are good at obtaining sex partners have learned how to approximate proper social interaction in order to create the illusion of "love." It is a tricky thing to discern, but it can be done with long study and careful observation.
In short, the erotic aspect of love is often instant, fleeting and fickle; agape is usually deeper and slower to grow.
2007-03-19 00:04:40 · answer #9 · answered by Black Dog 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I see you know 1 Corinthians 13. That's the "God kind of love." I was going to answer that love is an action more than a feeling. Love means to seek the very best good in the life of the one loved. I do not believe one "falls into" this type of love; it is something one does by an act of one's will.
That is why I dislike song lyrics that say things like "I don't love you anymore." When I say "I love you" to someone, it means that I am actively seeking good in their lives. True love goes on forever, because the one doing the love just keeps on doing it.
True love is not a selfish thing, but a giving thing. Many are the love songs that say "you are mine," but rare indeed are the love songs that say "I am yours."
2007-03-18 11:02:47 · answer #10 · answered by Gee Wye 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lots of great answers here to a good question. Just want to say that it sure is a pity that the act of sex is taken so casually nowadays. To me it's the greatest special gift reserved only for the one I share my deepest intimate feelings for and no others. It's quite sad to seek love through sex. It's bas-acwards to how it's supposed to be done.
2007-03-17 08:47:13 · answer #11 · answered by lawolifer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋