Love- What is it?

[alainbryden]

oh and here are my guesses to how old you are. I get three right?
10?
9?
8?

[AstralArcanum]

no one cares how old you are, and if you didn't even bother to read Specs fantastic post who's gonna read your's - almost as long.

Spec, I can't beleive I only just read your post, but, despite that you were pissed when you wrote it, but I agree entirely with it. I can't really say much more. If you think of how evolution works, love is not what it is portrayed to be.

if you just read his then why did you guess on the age?


I say...oh...
16
23
18

im soo off... =p

[alainbryden]

Spec, I can't beleive I only just read your post

I didn't mean that I only read his post, I meant that I had just read his post for the first time. Learn to comprehend english.

[JustJono]

I was about 11 when I learnt what true love was. Since then, I've gotten a lot of respect for it.

[Ice-Dragon]

nickadeemus wrote:
I can't give you a reason for anything in this world because I, too, believe that there is no point in anything. If I have kids, I'll soon be dead. They will soon be dead also. If they make a difference in the world, it won't matter because the Earth will NOT last forever. If we manage to travel elsewhere to start a new civilization, that will eventually be meaningless too. "On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero." If you manage to find a "love" in your life, big deal, you have accomplished nothing, as you will soon be dead. There is nothing to live for in the long run, other than death. The only point I can find in life is to do stuff that will temporarily appease your body and mind, don't let worries or the need to find "love" stop you from being happy. Life is a lot better when you are happy, so anything that bothers you now, just let it go because it doesn't matter.

So you're basically saying we should just ignore instead of try to fix all of our problems in order to be happy? I agree that happiness is a big part of life... but I don't think just saying "f.u.c.k it, it won't matter once I'm dead anyways" can bring about happiness. The world would be alot shittier if a majority of people used that reasoning...

We attain happiness by satisfying our "needs" and desires. I agree that love does not necessarily have to be found... it is not a necessity, but it is a desire for many. To deny that desire is to deny the chance at greater happiness. You should not feel that you have done something wrong if you cannot find it, but you should not stop looking if it is what you want.

I also disagree with "If you manage to find a "love" in your life, big deal, you have accomplished nothing, as you will soon be dead." If this is true, then what defines an accomplishment? The word "accomplishment" would be non-existant because what you're saying is that nothing is an accomplishment because in the end we're all screwed anyways.

"There is nothing to live for in the long run, other than death."

If you see your life as a waiting period for your death then you're obviously not happy with life... but your advice was to ignore the things that bother you instead of trying to fix them in order to make you happy. Did you not take your own advice? If that's the case then your advice obviously isn't very good...

[Arch0wl]

I think the first post was pretty stupid as you rambled on with way too much text about something, Love is just a much stronger version of like and it was warped to different shit, enough said =\

[Specforces]

[sarcasm]Thank you for your invaluable input Arch0wl. It was quite enthralling, your handle on diction was stunning, I wish I had the competence you do.[/sarcasm]

Your definition is flawed, however, mostly because your lack of proof and discussion. You merely said that my arguement was

"pretty stupid"

One tip: don't try debate, not your thing.

Try looking up words in a thesarus too, it might help you look smarter. And that is enough said.

P.S. Middle school loves you.

Specforces

[fusi0n]

ooh...surv'd

so i guess.....

its on.

[Specforces]

It's on eh?

Specforces

[themanwithsauce]

Why are you people all trying to give definitions and boundaries to what 'love' is? Love is not limited by just one aspect, you can have love between two beings or the love of a peticular food/item. In my opinion, love is just a term used to describe feelings we get...over what depends on the individual, and i didnt completely define love either for i am one person and have experienced one person's viewpoint for all my life-me. Maybe some people will have an entirely different view on the concept of love as you so accept it and move on. Realize that maybe they experienced the feeling of love at one point in their life but when you were in the same situation you felt nothing. This whole subject is very hard to write about, mainly because we will never experience everything that brings us love.

Be it love for family, friends, a spouse, or just a love for life, love has no boundaries and trying to give it a concrete definition is impossible.

[Chrissi]

evilbutterfly is 13! I think.

Oh, and about love - I'd say that I'm currently in love, so maybe I'm biased, but I think you can't define love. You can, however, say that love is NOT what most people think it is, the people who get divorces for financial reasons after saying they're in love, etc.. shame on them.

[Anonymous]

In my humble 18-year-old opinion....(I just thought I would throw my age in there just in case someone wants to know.....there seems to be quite the debate over age in here.) =) I think that themanwithsauce has a point...love doesn't have boundaries or limits, and I don't think we have the power to try and explain it...it is a feeling, a feeling that is different for everyone. There isn't a right or wrong in this situation. I will be the first one to say I am all for love. I am not a romantic, by any means, in fact, I have trouble keeping down meals when guys go off on mushy tangents. I do, however, believe very strongly in love, and the power of love. I don't believe that telling your girlfriend, boyfriend, spouse or partner that you love them everyday is a necessary thing, nor do I think that gifts, compliments or things of that nature are esstential to a loving relationship. Love is what you make it...and what it means to you, and only you, and I don't think there is a one here who can define it.

[ayanepuck]

and that was me....forgot to log in....heh...I will just run along and play now.

[RuhielRaptor]

In my humble 14 year old opinion, love is becoming more and more of a commercial selling point. Valentines and sweetest day are both just stupid reasons for people to go to hallmark and buy things. We need to focus on enjoying the other person for being who they are. i'm not saying never buy anything for anyone just make sure that what you give your special someone says "I love you for you".

And Lifetime Channel needs to die for their description of love is rape.