Love

• Hanna wrote on 2013-05-26 17:40
  it's a chemical reaction in the brain that releases dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin
• Campylobacter jejuni wrote on 2013-05-26 19:55
  More accurately it's the state of mind that hormonal release puts you in.
  
  Also it's more about what sort of stuff gets this going for you. What is that for you?
• Phunkie wrote on 2013-05-29 08:01
  I personally love the Bible's definition for love:
  
  

  "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails."
  
  1 Corinthians 13:4-8

  
  
  
  But I'm not gonna lie, loving someone is retarded. Retarded good, retarded bad. I shouldn't even be using the word 'retarded,' since it's so mean towards people who do indeed have mental or physical defects, so forgive me; I'm trying to make a point.
  
  Love itself, I believe, is perfect. Relationships are flawed. Humans are flawed. Our interpretation of things can never be perfect. Our decisions can never be perfect, not even our feelings. But love? Love is perfect.
  
  I get mad at my boyfriend sometimes when there's no reason to get mad for. It's me. I'm impatient, lazy, angry at my worst. Being with someone really brings all your traits out to the table: both good and bad, haha. And then there will be the times where I'll do something that will irritate him so much. That's him. He's strict, sometimes leaves no room for options, reads into things a lot. He's wonderful.
  
  We come together knowing these differences and so we try to work them out. That's what love is, giving. Love is all about giving. Relationships are about give and take. The latter takes work and practice. Loving someone is work. But it's really amazing. The bad days are bad. But those days where you can just go a whole day holding their hand. Oh man, that's special.
  
  If there's anything I wish ANYBODY could experience throughout their lifetime, it's real, mutual love. When people complain about it being overrated or cringe at the sight of two people making out in public, I always laugh. Deep down, I think it's what most people want; the companionship, the physical and emotional intimacy, the trust. Love is really the reason why most of us are here today anyway, and the theme behind so many songs in the music industry as well.
  
  Without a doubt, love blows oceans away.
• Aubog007 wrote on 2013-05-29 11:51
  Love is love, each person feels it differently, it is by no means something easily identifiable, just happens when it happens.
• Episkey wrote on 2013-05-29 19:53
  Love is patient, Love is kind ...
  
  Those are some funny words - since I recently read that passage in 1 Corinthians.
  
  
  You know, it's nice when someone recognizes what true love is. True love is agape love ... it's quite amazing. Sadly - agape love is not something humans can consistently show on a regular basis, either.
  
  Which of course makes things difficult! Haha.~
• Episkey wrote on 2013-05-29 19:54
  Love is patient, Love is kind ...
  
  Those are some funny words - since I recently read that passage in 1 Corinthians.
  
  
  You know, it's nice when someone recognizes what true love is. True love is agape love ... it's quite amazing. Sadly - agape love is not something humans can consistently show on a regular basis, either.
  
  Which of course makes things difficult! Haha.~
• Mentosftw wrote on 2013-05-29 19:56
  Love is when a tsundere realizes that they need to make their feelings incredibly obvious by reluctantly denying it.
• Chiyuri wrote on 2013-05-29 22:03
  Each individual have their own concept of love, so in a way you can't say there is one true form of love.
  
  I personnaly like to compare love to a flame. Some people have a nice flame the shine brightly, others have a small ember that can turn into a strong flame, some work hard to add fuel to other people's flame and some try to do the opposite. Some people have blaze of flame, so strong that it burn themselves out. Many have their flame burn out while a very rare few have golden fire that never wane and never will extinguish itself.
• Sepia wrote on 2013-05-30 02:47

  Quote from Chiyuri;1097523:

  Each individual have their own concept of love, so in a way you can't say there is one true form of love.
  
  I personnaly like to compare love to a flame. Some people have a nice flame the shine brightly, others have a small ember that can turn into a strong flame, some work hard to add fuel to other people's flame and some try to do the opposite. Some people have blaze of flame, so strong that it burn themselves out. Many have their flame burn out while a very rare few have golden fire that never wane and never will extinguish itself.

  
  
  Guess I would compare mine to a smoldering candle, then.
• Cho wrote on 2013-05-30 03:22
  I don't believe there is an objective definition of love, as it is different concept for each and every person.
  
  I've never actually been in an actual relationship before, but I think that love is something that really fills you up as a whole. You'll feel like you're missing a piece of yourself when that special someone is gone, feeling like you'll never be the same person again.
  
  It is not something where there are conditions set down, where someone only loves you because you do the things they expect/want you to do. It is a very fragile and unconditional thing that can bear fruit to a lot of happiness.
  The opposite can also occur, but I believe that some of the best things to be experienced are sometimes the things you sacrifice some of your courage to fight for. But it is ironic how the thing that can possibly give you the most happiness also give you the equal amount of sadness.
  
  I think it's beautiful how that special someone looks at you as if they see the whole world in you, because that is how love changes people. Subconsciously without realizing, sometimes they become like the centre of your universe.
  
  But I'd rather have experienced than to say that I didn't try at all. The outcome of that experience may become something extremely valuable in the future someday, and may perhaps serve as a reminder that you've really accomplished something you never thought was possible or expected.
• Campylobacter jejuni wrote on 2013-05-30 06:46

  Quote from Cho;1097745:

  You'll feel like you're missing a piece of yourself when that special someone is gone, feeling like you'll never be the same person again.

  
  
  Portuguese actually has a word for this.