2007-08-16 10:57:34 · 27 answers · asked by Page 4 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Maybe there isn't any....I don't know!
I have never been in Love so please enlighten.
2007-08-16 10:58:47 · update #1
I dont think there is a difference. But by the wording being in love is commonly attributed to romantic love the immediate and fairly overwhelming sensation of love. Its the sort that lasts for a brief time and during which if you keep your head about you one build the foundations for something that lasts longer.
Truely love in its perfect and complete form is an other centered activity. Hence I will digress onto the roots of depression which is when the self is held above all others to the detriment of the world. Thus true love is an antidote to depression when the work of a person is put into the making of anothers life better.
2007-08-16 14:40:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
You can love someone like you love your parents or good friends and it is simple. Your parents can hurt your feelings and you will get upset, but all in all, it's simple.
But when you're in love, it's a different story. It's the having to know where they are and the having to hear there voice. It becomes the next chapter in our lives. We fall in love and make a new family. I just think about how much I love my mom, but if she doesn't call me today, I'll be okay. If my husband doesn't call me, I worry and wonder.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I just feel like my life, right now, as a mother and a wife, without my husband wouldn't be right.
2007-08-16 18:05:58 · answer #2 · answered by ANDREA 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think "in love" to most people probably means "infatuation", the feeling of euphoria. "Love" (when contrasted with "in-love") is more of a stable "I really like, respect and enjoy you" type of thing. If I understand correctly what other people mean by it, it's like a difference between being in a normal good mood ("love") and a temporary euphoria and a sense of well-being that can be brought about by alcohol or drugs ("in love"). But heck, I can be completely off the mark here... I, personally, feel that the distinction is lame.
2007-08-16 18:07:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lots of good answers here, but I think Jessie says it best. Being "in love" is pretty much a euphoric state over which we have little control. As others have noted, it is a wonderful feeling, and the world looks ever so much more wonderful when you're in love. Cynics contend this rather hallucinogenic state is necessary in order to get folks to commit to marriage -- a choice, they argue, no one would make if in his or her right mind.
Loving, on the other hand, is a choice, a commitment, a set of behaviors that honors, respects, comforts, supports, helps the person you love. It's not always easy and not always fun -- and its not always acknowledged. It can last a lifetime where the euphoria of being in love is only a temporary high.
2007-08-16 18:33:20 · answer #4 · answered by argawarga 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
They are subjective terms, but to me:
being in love is the passionate almost overwhelming feeling you get when you think of a person or are with that certain person. (not platonic)
Loving someone is knowing their heart and soul and accepting them for who they are. (Can be platonic)
Another definition is this: You can love someone and them not love you back but some people consider being in love a two party affair.
2007-08-16 18:18:34 · answer #5 · answered by Devil's Plaything 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I think there is a difference. When you are in love, you think the world of your partner, think about them all the time, and want to spend every spare moment with them. The unfortunate thing, is that you can fall out of love with them.
If you truly love someone, you will love them and remember them for the rest of your life. Its unconditional (Ex: your kids or parents...no matter what they do, you always love them.)
If you are lucky, you will love the person that you fall in love with.
2007-08-16 18:05:10 · answer #6 · answered by JayFlo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Loving someone means that you care for the other person no matter what the situation is but does not extend to an intimate/sexual relationship. Being in love, means that you would like to extend the caring relationship to an intimate/sexual relationship. For example, you love your guy friend who you hang out with and care for a lot but you are not in love with him that you want to date him or have an intimate relationship with.
2007-08-16 18:04:03 · answer #7 · answered by Michael K 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The difference is something like this:
I love my mom, but I'm certainly not in love with her.
Being in love is about romantic love, where just "loving" someone usually isn't.
Ideally, in a good romantic relationship, you will have both kinds of love: passionate romantic love, as well as a more "mature" kind of love.
2007-08-16 18:03:47 · answer #8 · answered by Adam S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I Love you.....ie...I care about you and your in my heart and on my mind.
I am in love with you...ie..
I would die for you, when you are not near me I am not whole, the sky is not as blue and I lay awake at night missing the feeling of you being near me.
You are of my heart, you are my hearts echo.
As for how I feel toward my children. During their first years I am totally in love with them, but as they grow that love turns to a mothers love...that is all together different then being In love and loving. It is a bit of both.
That my dear is the difference. And YES after almost 20 years of marriage I still feel that way toward my husband.
2007-08-16 18:26:24 · answer #9 · answered by honeykoen1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you are in love it's loving someone and being in the love and completely whole hearted love energy that makes you feel pain when you hurt the
one you're in love with, or when you see a beautiful sunset you wish he was there
to share it with. Or you're on a beautiful trip and you're having wonderful time but somehow
you feel a void in your heart because the one you're in love with is not with you to connect and share these joyous moments.
Loving someone is the person you tell your experiences about the person you are in love with, that special friend . Loving is sharing love with a person that you're very good friend with.
You must be a loving person- your interests are in a loving energies. It's a good interest.
2007-08-16 18:21:05 · answer #10 · answered by Sarale 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋