What's your idea of love?

Any kind of love - romantic, sexual, platonic, animal love, love for existence, love itself - the whole shebang. What are your ideas of it?

Love is the gene that destroys lonliness and keeps us on this planet like the bacteria we are.
companionship and lust are simply lesser raw forms.

I have two forms of love that I perceive.

One, physical. This is the sexual drive and lusting that occurs every day.
Two, mental. This is the endearing relationship that one finds a soulmate.

Of these two forms, I always keep them separate. That is, I believe that sex should be performed outside of marriage, and that endearment should be held outside of sex.

Huh... Love... Quite tough, but for me, it means having somebody really close by to comfort you and... giving feelings for you.

Main point: Love = Care

[Edit] Kinda covered your examples very generally cause we can come up with infinite types of love imho, interesting thread btw.

romantic- she/they're the one you think about all the time, for the stupidest reasons even if you want not to. simple, stupid and potentially painful but a part of you knows that's just the way it is.

Sexual - I don't believe in sexual love tbh, sexual acts can be a way to express romantic love or the act in itself could be something one loves but otherwise love has no place in sexual discussion.

Platonic - Idealized, standards that are unreachable IMHO, should anyone come close to those standards (at least in your opinion, of your own personal standards) it often leads to romantic love. Be it one sided or not. Otherwise its just childish hopes and dreams.

animal love - this is just love...because of love. Don't get me wrong its not love that's a direct result of being loved but rather general closeness one comes to develop over time. The best example I can give is siblings. No matter what shit goes down, in 99% of scenarios I can come up with, being siblings supersedes any other problem and one must act accordingly when shit goes down, and then deal with the other crap as it comes. Animal love is family, its good friendship etc.

Love in itself - IDK why, maybe im just pessimistic, but I think of love (especially romantic love) as guided by what one is willing to settle for. In romantic love its the approximation to our platonic ideal, and in "animal love" its how far one is obligated/expected by oneself to go in order to be satisfied in "doing right" by that relationship.

I gotta say I agree with M when he says:

That is, I believe that sex should be performed outside of marriage, and that endearment should be held outside of sex.

Many people have a problem with the word love, I used to... but I don't anymore. I used to hate those who tend to throw it around, and those who would never use it at all. I fear the problem with love is not in how often we use it, but how common it is for us to fail to be specific with it, to go beyond the word and express the kind of love we have for things. Which in turn leads to a lot...of well shit.

There's a ton of cheesy examples we can all come up with, (and admit it or not, wed more often than not agree with them/hope for them/enjoy the idea of them behind closed doors) but I think love is just one of those things we'll all understand but never really agree on.

...and that's kinda what makes it so awesome tbh.

Love at first sight. GO!

IDK if that was aimed at me, but infatuation/interest aren't the same as love.

@Luis: Aimed at everyone.
Saw a man online and knew instantly that I wanted him, So off i went straight to his appartment. Had a great time and missing him already. It's pure lust and passion with strong desires and a sprinkle of kink. From what I've seen so far of myself I would love to move straight in with him and be his forever.
So basically we discuss love at first sight for a while, like is it real, will it ever work, is it ever romantic yadda yadda.

I'm going to be boring and pull the definition straight from the dictionary (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/love).

I say love at first sight can happen if you're open to it, if you call it anything else then you really have no understanding of it. You wouldn't call a one-night-stand love at first sight would you? I wouldn't. If you look at the words love at first sight it certainly leaves a lot up to be analyzed and I think what's happening is people are over analyzing it and not keeping it simple and that's all love at first sight is, simple.

Love is when you like somebody REALLY HARD.

Love is when you like somebody REALLY HARD.

But my master does all the hard work :plod: I just sit back and take it :D

i dont understand it. i dont think ive felted it past for family and friends
i wanna feel it soon tho

*curious* Why?

*curious* Why?
Because, when the power of LOVE is on your side, nothing is impossible!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpN60KKBAjc

dernno. heard it was a pretty good feeling

Love can be horrible, especially when it's one sided.
Be it spending your days worrying about the loved one or simply never getting the responce you want.

Love can be horrible, especially when it's one sided.
Be it spending your days worrying about the loved one or simply never getting the responce you want.

"Scared money can't win and a worried man can't love."

If you liked someone, would you tell them?

most people can tell if I like someone and it becomes common knowledge quite quick O_o I'm like a book.

samesie. Its pretty obvious when I like someone (or at least I think it is? but I think over the span of 18 years, i've only liked liked 3-5 guys and 3 asked me out before I had to do anything, two were just little crushes I didn't pursue)

so no, I generally wouldn't tell them until after they tell me they like me.
its prolly an esteem/ pride thing, as in im not mature enough/ havent met anyone who I like enough to put myself out there on the line to get hurt.

I have a love. It's rare, but when you find it, it's wonderful.

love is when you find someone who you care about so much that if somebody were to aim a gun at them, you would jump in the way, and take the bullet in their place, because you would rather die than let anything bad happen to them. when you go to bed, and all you want is their arms to be around you, but they are far away, and you call them just to hear their voice before you go to sleep. when you find all their jokes funny, no matter how bad, cheesy, or corny. when you notice all the little things they do for you, and when you see the smile on their face that they only give to you. that is love.

I think in a sex-positive attitude, that is, I don't believe sex is something that is bad, that shouldn't happen, and it's one of the most basic and humanistic pleasures people can enjoy as long as both people are consenting and understand the risks.

That being said, I think that sex and love are separate. I love my friends, and I love my family, but I would never have sex with them. However, when you love someone and you have the capacity to have sex with them, it's something ~*~magical~*~

Uhh so love... Love is when you put someone ahead of yourself for the benefit of the boths of you.