Do We All Have A Different Definition of Love!?!?!?

Answer 1

not only is there differences in the definition of love....
there is a difference in being in love and loving ...
love is shaped by perception... perception is shaped by life.... our life is shaped by our experiences............

Answer 2

Most of us don't even have a definition of love. People who do often change theirs. The problem is that english calls a lot of different things love.
I love coffee. I love my daughter. I love reading. I love my best friend. I love my gf. I love my dog.
There is no way those are really all the same love, but we use the same word for them.
The language is confusing+ emotions are confusing= confusion about love. Ain't it grand?

Answer 3

We all have different definitions of love, yes. We feel different 'loves'. The love for a significant other is of course different than the love you feel for your dog, is then of course different from someone elses love for their significant other. There are a infinite amount of different 'loves' and different definitions. =D

Answer 4

I think so because we each have different expectations. The best definition I've heard is this one:
"Love is simply the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own"
--- Robert A. Heinlein

Answer 5

We Just Don't Want To Accept The Standard Definition Of Love, Which Is:

It can describe an intense feeling of affection, an emotion or an emotional state. In ordinary use, it usually refers to interpersonal love.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love

Answer 6

Of course we do, but when one is in love, I'd imagine that the feeling is pretty similar. Its like this: Different things make someone happy or sad, but happy and sad are the same emotion for everyone.

Answer 7

Because it is more of a chemical nature than of mental origin.

Imagine an invisible, undetectable force that's powerful
enough to override your sense of reason yet draws you
to someone with an almost animal passion. These aren't
Cupid's mythological arrows, but real shots of human
pheromones.

http://health.discovery.com/centers/sex/aphrodisiacs/phermones.html

Welcome to The Scent of Eros:
Mysteries of Odor in Human Sexuality -

'Scientists in Philadelphia have established for the first
time that the human body produces pheromones, special
aromatic chemical compounds discharged by one individual
that affect the sexual physiology of another'....

http://www.athenainstitute.com/discovery.html

Do pheromones work in human sexual attraction?

They may be odorless and colorless and their function may be
mysterious, but human pheromones at last have the zest of
scientific truth. Researchers at the University of Chicago
have demonstrated that compounds swabbed from the
'underarms' of young women at different times of the month
can alter the length of other women's menstrual cycles,
compressing or expanding the cycles in predictable
fashion....

http://www.ishipress.com/humanodo.htm

http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9803/11/pheromones/index.html

What is the force that lights the fuse between two
complete strangers? What current pulses through their veins,
engorges their hearts, occupies their minds and numbs their
texting fingers?

As magic formulas go, sexual chemistry must surely
be the most valuable. It's intoxicating effects are more
pleasurable and more powerful than any drug and when it hits,
it hits hard. There are the rushes of ecstacy, the gut wrenching
anticipation, fluttering, dizziness, and the diminished
concentration that turns day-dreaming into a full-time job.
And then there are the side effects. A positively Colombian
annihilation of appetite and its confidence- boosting by-product,
weight loss.

But no one knows what "it" is. Scientists have managed to
map our genetic blueprint. They understand the subtleties
of hormones and the complexities of the emotional brain.
But the thing that makes two people click remains a mystery.
Theories abound as to what, or why. Those looking for a
magic bullet (or Cupid's arrow) tend to favour the notion
of pheromones - scents secreted by the sweat glands in the
'armpits'....

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20030629/ai_n12741733

Science of Love - Cupid's Chemistry:

Why do we love, what is passion, and why is intense
desire between two people sometimes called "chemistry"?

There are, in fact, three distinct stages of love; each with
their own characteristic emotional profile and scientific explanation.

First is lust. Lust is driven by our sex hormones testosterone
and oestrogen. These hormones are what get us 'out on the pull'.
After lust comes attraction. This is the love-struck phase;
the time when we lose our appetite, can't sleep, and can't
concentrate. This is what we know as falling in love.

http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/articles/article/clairemcloughlincolumn1.htm/

http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/interviews/interview/446/

The psycho-physico chemistry of love:

When two people are attracted to each other, a
virtual explosion of adrenaline-like
"nuerochemicals" gush forth.

Also, involved in chemistry are dopamine and
norepinephrine, chemical cousins of amphetamines.
Dopamine makes us feel good and norepinephrine
stimulates the production of adrenaline. It makes
our heart race!

These three chemicals combine to give us
infatuation. Tht is why new lovers feel euphoric
and energized, and float on air. New lovers can
make love for hours and talk all night for weeks
on end.

Now, imagine the combined effect of hormones and
pheromones.

It's bound to be mind boggling!

Answer 8

yes..just like we love the people in our lives differently.(for different reasons)
but love them just the same

Answer 9

yeah, thats why it is so difficult to understand