Love....

[Nightloser]

Love, in my opinion, is just a simple fact. Two people who are in love, are ready do sacrifice everything for each other's happiness. Well, it's simple in theory at least. The basic parts of a successful realtionship founded on love are communication and trust. Only by being completly honest with one another you can make love happen.

[Solnath]

What's the difference between "normal" love and platonic love? And is romantic love normal love? And what's Love?

[Nightloser]

Ok now, isn't platonic love based on sharing wisdom and basically gayness?

[Solnath]

Yes, but aren't you based on unnoticed rape?

[St Oz]

I don't know what love is ^_^ to be truthful...

[Khem]

love is painful if its romantic love. platonic love is a wonderful thing however it is full of comradery and respect. willingness to deal with your best friends drunken ramblings is a good sign of platonic love.

[Khablan]

Gayness?  If I have a platonic relationship with a male friend, how is that gayness?  Silly you.

[Solnath]

A reference to Plato who had platonic love with his male students. In the ass.

Platonic love with a touch of romantic attraction is the best combination I've encountered.

[Khem]

Love: more complicated than a woman yet simpler than a mans needs.

[Allama]

Young love: lust touched by wisdom.



Why do I say this, you ask?  Sounds a little cynical, coming from me?  Nay, I say!  Young love is when you lust for not only a mate's body, but his soul, his mind, his company... You feel a deep, heart's desire for all aspects of a person that shakes you to the core.  This does, of course, evolve with time into a more mature love; a deeper, abiding, less earth-shattering thing that gives you a sense of peace and wholeness even when the other is absent.

I'll not muse on love as it ages over many years, as my understanding of such is all second-hand at this point.  Perhaps I'll revisit this topic in about 20 or 30 years, neh?

[Solnath]

Love is acceptance of the inevitable. Also, it's a death and a rebirth.

[Allama]

Very true, Soly.  When you give in to love a part of you is lost forever, though not necessarily in a negative way.  I'm not sure how to express that which you lose; that which dies.  The old you passes on while a newer, in-love you is born.

Damn, there was a lot I thought of to say on that when I read your post, but it died itself during the page-load.

It does feel inevitable when you fall in love, though, doesn't it?  That's precisely the word for it.  When the man or woman or troglodyte that your heart desires hold you and you allow yourself to feel the depth of your emotions for that person, it feels as though it was always meant to be that way, every time.  Even if your heart moves on to another person, another love, it never stops feeling like that.

[Solnath]

What I can't comprehend, though, is how people can have the arrogance, naivety and stupidity to believe they can only love a finite amount of things. Well, maybe they can't love everything. Joke's on them.

And as for what Al' described, it's like unlocking a new, amazing level in a magnificent game.

[Khablan]

Al', I can assure you that the feeling you described doesn't necessarily change over time.  True, some people fall out of love, but in the relationships that thrive, the feeling lives on to the end.

[Khem]

hmmm a new question to go emo for a second. why does all romantic love fail for me? basicly why do i always wind up broken hearted?