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31 Jul 2011, 12:40 pm

Love is a deep attachment to someone/something. I think this quote explains it quite well.

"I've grown accustomed to your face."


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31 Jul 2011, 12:54 pm

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i do not know.

my doctors told my parents that i had a diminished capacity for love. one doctor said that i could love to the extent that a child may love a pet, but no more than that. how can you love more than the love you feel for an innocent animal?

anyway i would say that i "love" someone if i accept them without question. i can not see love to any deeper degree than that.



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31 Jul 2011, 12:58 pm

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:
Love is a deep attachment to someone/something. I think this quote explains it quite well.

"I've grown accustomed to your face."


That sounds right. :)



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02 Aug 2011, 7:07 am

Erisad wrote:
TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:
Love is a deep attachment to someone/something. I think this quote explains it quite well.

"I've grown accustomed to your face."


That sounds right. :)


I don't know about that, I have grown accustomed to the phone that sits on my desk, but I don't love it.



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02 Aug 2011, 7:45 am

hurtloam wrote:
Erisad wrote:
TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:
Love is a deep attachment to someone/something. I think this quote explains it quite well.

"I've grown accustomed to your face."


That sounds right. :)


I don't know about that, I have grown accustomed to the phone that sits on my desk, but I don't love it.


That's because it's an object, not a person capable of expressing feelings. :/



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02 Aug 2011, 7:52 am

Erisad wrote:
hurtloam wrote:
Erisad wrote:
TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:
Love is a deep attachment to someone/something. I think this quote explains it quite well.

"I've grown accustomed to your face."


That sounds right. :)


I don't know about that, I have grown accustomed to the phone that sits on my desk, but I don't love it.


That's because it's an object, not a person capable of expressing feelings. :/


So, love must be reciprocated to be love? One cannot have feelings for an inanimate object? What of people who cannot express their feelings? Can they be loved?



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02 Aug 2011, 8:10 am

wefunction wrote:
Erisad wrote:
hurtloam wrote:
Erisad wrote:
TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:
Love is a deep attachment to someone/something. I think this quote explains it quite well.

"I've grown accustomed to your face."


That sounds right. :)


I don't know about that, I have grown accustomed to the phone that sits on my desk, but I don't love it.


That's because it's an object, not a person capable of expressing feelings. :/


So, love must be reciprocated to be love? One cannot have feelings for an inanimate object? What of people who cannot express their feelings? Can they be loved?


I know some people can feel love for objects. Ugh. I don't want to get into an argument today. >.<



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02 Aug 2011, 8:22 am

I'm just nitpicking. It's a pet peeve of mine when love is treated like an emotion instead of an action.

I can't think of a greater scapegoat than love. People simply cannot admit they're acting on lust and hormonal impulses. No, it must be love. One can't be held accountable for one's actions if it's love! :roll:



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02 Aug 2011, 9:30 am

wefunction wrote:
I'm just nitpicking. It's a pet peeve of mine when love is treated like an emotion instead of an action.

I can't think of a greater scapegoat than love. People simply cannot admit they're acting on lust and hormonal impulses. No, it must be love. One can't be held accountable for one's actions if it's love! :roll:


Love is not an action, but a feeling. Just because an action is done out of love doesn't mean the person isn't culpable. Personal responsibility should always be in effect.


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02 Aug 2011, 9:34 am

hurtloam wrote:
Erisad wrote:
TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:
Love is a deep attachment to someone/something. I think this quote explains it quite well.

"I've grown accustomed to your face."


That sounds right. :)


I don't know about that, I have grown accustomed to the phone that sits on my desk, but I don't love it.


I never said the two things are the same in every case. We won't love everything we've grown accustomed to.


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02 Aug 2011, 9:36 am

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:
wefunction wrote:
I'm just nitpicking. It's a pet peeve of mine when love is treated like an emotion instead of an action.

I can't think of a greater scapegoat than love. People simply cannot admit they're acting on lust and hormonal impulses. No, it must be love. One can't be held accountable for one's actions if it's love! :roll:


Love is not an action, but a feeling. Just because an action is done out of love doesn't mean the person isn't culpable. Personal responsibility should always be in effect.


Love is something you do, not something you feel. See my first comment in the thread.

Wedding vows bind one to love, honor and cherish. These are actions. How in the hell do you vow someone to an emotion? It makes no sense. People have just gotten ridiculous with labeling everything love that clearly is just not love. Most of all, claiming it's an emotion, because then you can say and do whatever you please while still claiming to love someone. Love is a verb.



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02 Aug 2011, 11:23 am

The human brain is hardwired to look for romance. Researchers have found out that romantic love is produced by specific chemicals and networks in the brain.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... z1TtB9dDTv
http://www.youramazingbrain.org.uk/love ... celove.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 150611.htm



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02 Aug 2011, 12:17 pm

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love is something no one will ever be able to describe. it is beyond anybodies wits.



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02 Aug 2011, 12:40 pm

b9 wrote:
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WHAT IS LOVE?

love is something no one will ever be able to describe. it is beyond anybodies wits.

YES.

it makes me feel as though my brain is simply not advanced enough to understand it, like when i try to try imagine an example of a concept like infinity.

i can describe some personal experiences, but it's not like i could create a detailed field guide so that someone else could identify love when they see it. and i think that it is not the same for every person so my experiences and descriptions are sort of irrelevant.


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02 Aug 2011, 1:18 pm

hyperlexian wrote:
b9 wrote:
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WHAT IS LOVE?

love is something no one will ever be able to describe. it is beyond anybodies wits.

YES.

it makes me feel as though my brain is simply not advanced enough to understand it, like when i try to try imagine an example of a concept like infinity.

i can describe some personal experiences, but it's not like i could create a detailed field guide so that someone else could identify love when they see it. and i think that it is not the same for every person so my experiences and descriptions are sort of irrelevant.


i do not know whether "love" can be analyzed. i have never tried to do it.

if i love something, then i know i love it, and there can be nothing said to me.that will make me doubt it.



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02 Aug 2011, 3:10 pm

wefunction wrote:
TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:
wefunction wrote:
I'm just nitpicking. It's a pet peeve of mine when love is treated like an emotion instead of an action.

I can't think of a greater scapegoat than love. People simply cannot admit they're acting on lust and hormonal impulses. No, it must be love. One can't be held accountable for one's actions if it's love! :roll:


Love is not an action, but a feeling. Just because an action is done out of love doesn't mean the person isn't culpable. Personal responsibility should always be in effect.


Love is something you do, not something you feel. See my first comment in the thread.

Wedding vows bind one to love, honor and cherish. These are actions. How in the hell do you vow someone to an emotion? It makes no sense. People have just gotten ridiculous with labeling everything love that clearly is just not love. Most of all, claiming it's an emotion, because then you can say and do whatever you please while still claiming to love someone. Love is a verb.


I'm not going to argue with you over this. Love is, ultimately, many things to many people. We all choose to define it the way it makes most sense to us.


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