What does "love" mean?

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I wouldn't quite think so. Are you saying it's possible for someone to give their all to someone upon first meeting?(the Love at first at first sight idea?) I don't think that happens; if at all it's rare. It'd be kind of weird of someone you hardly knew came up to you and declared their true love to you without spending time getting to know you beforehand. Or am i just taking you too literally?
I think your second question makes more sense since sometimes it can take time for a person to really decide if they love another. I'm thinking about a love beyond just the immediate attraction. I think it builds from shared experiences and a shared life and that only comes with time.

Romantic love is made possible by an amphetamine-like neurotransmitter called phenylethylamine.

Another amphetamine neurotransmitter is noradrenaline, the "fight or flight" hormone, which facilitates the emotion of fear.

Love and fear are similar in that they are energetic states of heightened alertness; they differ in that while we seek and cherish those we love, we fight or avoid what we find threatening.

What do you think?

No that's engagement.

Love is when you don't have to pay.

I love it!! !

It's demands need not be listened to.
Sadly.




We disagree so much on this. Indeed, I wonder
if love an hate can exist without being tied together.

I always thought hate was where love MIGHT go,
as no one you don't love could possibly hurt you
enough to end up hating. But, I'm beginning to
wonder if the two aren't always in a sort of balance,
once you care. I'm slipping into oddness now, and
things are changing - so some of these views may
shift a bit.





Only if I listen.

As Warren Buffet put it, low expectations.

Sadly? Aren't you all about freedom?



Don't you ever wonder if you've been poisoned, in a way?



Yeah, I just don't identify with that. When I love, I just love. I don't hate. Not anymore.

In fact, the closest thing that I experience, to hate, is directed towards the person I least love.



Just you wait.

Oh, I wasn't trying to insinuate that I think one way or the other. They were just honest questions to see what you thought.

But no, I don't think I believe in love at first sight, exactly. To feel a real affection for somebody, you need to know something about that person. But at the same time, if love really is a decision, I suppose that love at first sight would be possible.



I agree that there is something deeper about the love of a couple at their fiftieth wedding anniversary than young love, that's true. But I think that young love could still qualify as love, provided there's something solid behind all the hormones and attraction. Perhaps it's just untested love.

Don't remind me. It only makes it worse.
Look, there's a difference between willing
yourself towards what you may want, and
simply neglecting things for "better reasons."
I'm guilty of favoring the latter over the former,
and convinced that that destroyed my marriage.


Do you ever wonder how long one can survive without
ingesting everything that might harm them?



See, I've not hated, by my old definition.
But, I like where this one might lead. I'm
playing with it. We'll see.



I KNOW that it doesn't count, if it's not real.



I admit, I had to peek (always hoping for porn or something
I guess) . Didn't stick at
all though.

For the insane.

Being emotionally out of control, and liking it, sometimes.

I like that.

Its really just an unwritten social contract. If your really in love you've met someone who really adds something as well as adds meaning to your life, that in turn makes you want to do the same for them to the same degree. Its something where if its real and solid between two mental-adults it means that whenever life throws problems at the relationship they strive to resolve it and set things right, mainly because they know that the commitment they have between each other, the shared memories, the shared values, and the way they have each other's back when things get hard is something that's very difficult to find and the fact that the other person invested as much in them makes them realize that nothing is really worth getting in the way of it (save if the other person does have that much of an internal change for the worse or starts getting small about certain interpersonal issues, points of authority, or can't keep it in their pants).

I think another thing about people who are in love and know how to stay in love like that they know its going to be work, know it won't be easy, and also know how to communicate. Respect is an absolute must, if a couple starts having a reserved attitude toward each other in situations because of unsolved conflicts it means that love is really failing and that both people would do much better to just cut their ties, reflect on things for a while, and figure out what they may have done on their part to contribute to the problem before they go on to the next person.

Love: A term that loses all meaning if it is defined

a lie

Bingo.