I just looked it up in the dictionary and find the definition very weak. I find the definition of commitment equally so.

What does love mean to you? ( The type between consenting adults)
[Edited 3/31/08 17:33pm]

I've forgotten.

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

defined that way, i guess it either means how i feel about my mom or my best gal pals. even though i'm not straight, i do have love for several women in my life. of course, it's not the same kind of love that i have for my boyfriend, but i guess the heteronomative nature of this question (perhaps unintentionally) raises the point that love can mean a lot of things to a lot of people, which is why dictionary definitions tend to suck hard.

i haven't one.

Love is someone who holds your hair back when you throw up

Being able to do an outrageous fart in your partners' face.

JDInteractive said:

I don't care who you are, you fart in my face intentionally you're GONE.

Love is when u can wake up in the morning without brushing ur stankin ass teeth..and kiss each other in the mouth.

CarrieLee said:

Seriously!!

I'm not sure ... I'll orgnote you when I know ok ?

I can't get past the man-woman restriction?

So, we can talk about brother-sister, mother-son, but not two people of the same gender loving?


I'm confused.

If you mean romantic love, it transcends gender so why the ban?

It's lying awake at night when you're not near the one you love utterly consumed in thoughts of holding them, smelling them, touching them, and drifting off in to the darkness with them.

It's working long, hard, hours, at a desk, in a mindless maze of cubicles, while your mind is miles away, wrapped in a soft, warm, afterglow of the phonecall you had the night before

It's walking down the hall smiling to everyone one you see aching to hug each stranger just to give them a tiny sample of what you're feeling that day.

It's feeling as if the wind in your lungs has been knocked the fuck out of you each time the other person laughs, each time you hear them sigh, each time they admit to you that they have fallen for you.

It's hearing your name spoken , and for the first time, liking it.

It's a fork in the road that suddenly appears, and a direction you take without hesitation.

It's willing trade a lifetime of glory for just one night alone with them.

It's a willingness to discard this hardened shell of illusions and pretense and be vulnerable enough to cut my self on baby's breath.




I imagine.

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

When you look deep into their eyes and see a far better you, looking back

my 3 second answer

Anxiety said:

Argggg.. You know thats not what I meant, I was trying to refer to love between two concenting adults but didnt want to weaken the stance by saying "lovers". ( not parents friends etc..)

love is when you can bitch at someone for twelve hours straight without any problem.

see this guy below??

This motherfucker LOVES Prince. Words. cannot. describe.

Imago said:

Oh man, someone is such a romantic.
But I like the way you said that.

Protege said:

then they snap and beat u with a bat

wildgoldenhoney said:

are you hot?

orgnote me :ky;

CarrieMpls said:

Tell me about it. It was suggested by my teacher that i should begin my paper with the definition .. I however, find the dictionaries definition weak and then it occurs to me, maybe we all have added a whole lot of expectation to the literal meaning of the word.

CarrieLee said:

I've known true love in my day then! How goes it lady?

CarrieLee said:

If i don't kill ya first!

DanceWme said:

it's amazing, isn't it...

One4All4Ever said:

I'll hold my breathe.

Imago said:

Neither can his plastic surgeon!

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

I think I've grown far too cynical for romantic love. Sure, certain stories (movies, books, etc.) can still make me all ooey gooey, but it's kinda like me and church/religion/etc.. I appreciate the romantic notion of it all, the traditions, the poetry and such, but I can't choke down that it's actually really "real".

SynthiaRose said:

Accidental. i am literally writing about a man and woman 9 michael and Frances) so its in my mind is all.

you didn't like my answer ?

Mach said:

Thats lovely!

i think it's just a pseudonym for all the things you value in your partner...
we're so lazy to name each thing, but love is such a romantic notion, it just seems to fit...
for me, love is the following plus SO much more..:

- admiration
- devotion
- respect
- fear
- passion
- compassion
- trust
- honesty
- lust (i think it's necessary)
- the ability to care
- selflessness to a degree
- selfishness to a degree
- understanding
- the ability to LISTEN and not just to hear
- the ability to observe and appreciate the little things
- appreciation in general

there are so many things to add to the list
but a combination or all of these things to me equal love
i think there are degrees of love, and it depends on how many characteristics apply...

and i don't think it's limited to the man-woman, man-man, woman-woman, human-human situation...

...i'm in love with my art, and i care for it the same way i would for a man, and that's not to cast any kind of negative or positive light on it - it is what it is...