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how would you define LOVE?
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blynch



Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Location: UCLA

PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:38 am    Post subject: how would you define LOVE? Reply with quote

my definition: love is a magnet.
this saying refers to the attractive power of love. love draws out of every situation the best.

bonne nuit...
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the1andonly



Joined: 08 Feb 2007

PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Love is......

ridiculous...

inconvenient...

consuming.
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waltjocketty



Joined: 09 Oct 2006

PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What else is love but understanding and rejoicing in the fact that another person lives, acts, and experiences otherwise than we do?

--Friedrich Nietzsche
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flakfizer



Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.

PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

pointless*












*in tennis
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rednblack



Joined: 12 Jun 2006
Location: In a quiet place

PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Geez Blynch, something must have happened to you over the past few weeks. Gotta say this style beats the wording of your previous posts/replies. Long may it last!

What's Love... who would know! It's hard to sum it up. Got married at 21, divorsed 19 years later, married again...what is love?

The bigger question is, how does one keep love going once the infatuation has worn off?
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 3:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Finding happiness in causing happiness in her life.
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itaewonguy



Joined: 25 Mar 2003

PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

a confusing emotion which runs wild in your body!

songs, poems, stories etc.. have al been writing about this little 4 letter word!.. and still everyone is confused about it..

to many meanings for the word!!
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mnhnhyouh



Joined: 21 Nov 2006
Location: The Middle Kingdom

PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oscillating between the sublime and the ridiculous, I think it is either the best and worst life has to offer, or a chemical addiction to another saliva and pheromones.

Certainly it has offered me the best and the worst times in my life, and having an addictive personality, I often fall in love.

With the wrong people at times.

But that is for a much needed "Why do boys fall in love with bad girls?" thread.

h
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hubba bubba



Joined: 24 Oct 2006

PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Love is giving without expecting to recieve.



Boo-yah! You have been enlightened.
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Rteacher



Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA

PostPosted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, real love has that selfless aspect (like most mothers used to have for their babies...)

Here's an example of Love gone bad (though she's straightened out a lot and even credits Mel Gibson with helping her get off drugs ...)

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ella



Joined: 17 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You mean romantic love, I assume? There are so many different kinds of love...

I would say romantic love is a feeling and behavior that develop over time through mutual respect, admiration, and attraction. The feeling and the behavior both have to be there or it isn't love, IMO.
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Adventurer



Joined: 28 Jan 2006

PostPosted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Love, Lieben, L'amour, Lubov.... Well, there are all kinds of love as Ella stated. But they come from the same source. It is kind of like talking about a sport, you need to be fit to be a good athelete. You have to have a certain emotional, psychological wiring to give love.

Leo Buscaglia says that it is something taught. It could be somewhat cultural and taught. There are variations. Leo is an Italian-American.
There is a lot of expression of love in a very verbal sense in Italy. I think it is something you are often born with.

For me, love when you manifest towards someone else, you think deeply of someone else and not only of yourself, you think of ways to please that person and let them know in your own way how special they are whether it is your brother, mother, father, or your mate. You are conscience of their needs. You are patient with them, tolerant, understanding, not trying to be proud or boasting over them. When I love my friends, I strive to defend them, remember their birthdays, check on them to see if they are well, and work hard at listening to what they say more than listening to my mind and what I want to say.

Loving is not so easy. I mean real love. It is an art that needs practice, sincerite, and patience. It is like a meditation and a physical exercise combined with your emotions.

Maybe what I said sounds corny, but I can say Amo, J'aime, I love....
Quand on s'aime, on vit...
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traxxe



Joined: 21 Feb 2007

PostPosted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Love is like sticking your *beep* in a blender. Then turning the setting on to fine chopped. Then keeping the power switch off while the woman you love comes home from work, it's her time of the month, and asks you if you think she is fat while fondling the switch.
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the_beaver



Joined: 15 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

a commonly believed myth
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blynch



Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Location: UCLA

PostPosted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

rednblack wrote:
Geez Blynch, something must have happened to you over the past few weeks. Gotta say this style beats the wording of your previous posts/replies. Long may it last!



u got that right.

(hint: the mods... )
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