Define love

I've never been in love so I can only guese, but I know how rare it is to find someone who makes you truely happy. I think when you put time and patience into a person who makes you happy and get to know the real them, you allow yourself to really understand that person, ( I think understanding someone wholey is possibly the nicest feeling ever) with this understanding and giving each other the space they need over time creates a solid trust and I think somewhere round here is real love.

In a nute shell:

ADMIRATION / DEVOTION / TRUST / UNDERSTANDING / COMPROMISE / RESPECT / TIME / SPACE

TIME probably being the most important ingredient

LOVE:

The cynical definition:

A completely irrational state of human condition whereby a person will disregard their own safety and wellbeing for the sake of someone else. People within this condition will also tend to sacrifice inordinate amounts of time and money for the subject of their affliction. Many people suffering from this condition will defend their position, claiming that it brings them great satisfaction and joy to be in this condition. This lends further credence to the idea that this condition is actually a self-sustaining delusion.

The romantic definition:

It is joy and peace and happiness rolled up all into one. It is knowing that you can come home and cry on someone's shoulder if you need to. It is growing old with someone and sharing the journey together. It is depending and trusting someone with your entire being. It is perfect.

The pragmatic definition:

Love is an emotion.

The philosophical definition:

Love helps facilitate and perpetuate the human race. It's really just a gimmick to get two people to stick together long enough to procreate. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

(if you can't tell, I'm extremely bored at the moment!)

On reflection of what i have wrote, its made me think just how strange I think it is that some people claim to be in love with someone yet might not even be their close friends. Without the trust and real understanding of that person love seems to me impossible....though maybe I'm just young and naive.

Mutual Admiration and Respect - in ridiculously massive quanitites.

Triarius, amazing response! I was laughin so hard I...well, you do not want to know what I did...the response I was looking for however was not anywhere near this.

Like most responses, these describe how love makes you feel and how relationships "should" be...none of them define love...true, unadulterated love. Just one emotion...

Zuriel wrote:Triarius, amazing response! I was laughin so hard I...well, you do not want to know what I did...the response I was looking for however was not anywhere near this.

Like most responses, these describe how love makes you feel and how relationships "should" be...none of them define love...true, unadulterated love. Just one emotion...

I'm not sure what kind of answer you're after. You'd get a descriptive answer what ever emotion you asked to be defined. I could try and explain sadness but I cant really define it to you because everyone has a unique experience of that emotion in their own mind.
Also it would be impossible to sum up love in one emotion because it is made up of many.

Love: an emotion, typically regarding the emotional bonding between two persons, or between a person and a pet. Rarely, people proclaim to love various objects.

Emotion; neurocognitive pattern influenced by environmental and situational circumstances. Also influenced by genetics and past experiences.

What sort of definition are you after?

I came across different definition of love. Love not as an emotion or emotional state that takes you over. Love as an act of will, caring and willing the good of the other without wanting or desiring that person. Basicly you don't need to be in love to love. This is not the romantic love, this is something bigger.

Well, the definition I have stumbled across is something I do not think exists in people. I am referring to "unconditional acceptance". It's interesting how all of the negative emotion in life such as fear and greed determine the boundaries for what "love", a positive emotion, can truly be.

Love = contentment, definition, satisfaction, completion. Unfortunately life often brings about different meanings for those words as we evolve, hence the phrase - "Love is never enough."

Love is the abolishin of all fear.

love is different for everyone but for me it's comfortable silence. there are few people you can achieve this with and the people i 'love' i am comfortable in silence with.

Zuriel wrote:Without using the word love - define love. I have heard many different responses to this question but very rarely do I hear the definition. Typically, people describe how love makes them feel...but do they really know what love means???

When you say "I love you" to someone, it really should have nothing to do with them...it should be about you!

Perception.

It's the level at which I assign meaning to the sensations I recieve from others. It determines whether or not I am happy, satisfied and at peace. Also living with dignity, respect and emotional intergrity. If I don't have a pure and healthy love and regard for myself, I can't possibly give it to anybody else. When all that falls into place, I can give it away and expect to have it reciprocated.

An advanced connection between two people so strong that they see perfection through each others flaws- on a deeper level than anybody else near them can feel.