What The Hell Is Love?

24.02.07

Posted under: Relationships, Thoughts

Many of you have probably seen this before, but below is a short list of what children between the ages of four and eight said when asked, “What is love?”

“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.”
“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know your name is safe in their mouth.”
“Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.”
“Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.”
“Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss.”
“Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.”
“Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.”
“Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.”
“When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.”
“Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn’t think it’s gross.”
“You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.”

Those are all examples of love, yes, but how can you tell for yourself? What’s the turning point that just makes you know that you love the other person? Is it good enough to only think that you do? What exactly makes you sure that this is the one? That no matter what happens between you two, you want to fight with your life to keep it together? Is it when you realized that you would take a bullet for them? Is it when you realize that even if s/he’s shitting in the other room, you still think it’s kind of cute? Is it when you just happen to be lying next to him/her and all you want to do is lie there forever listening to the heartbeat?

What is love?

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Julie answered:

Saturday, February 24, 2007 @ 1:31 pm GMT-8

I don’t guess you really can tell or pinpoint it. You just know.
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Mari shouted:

Saturday, February 24, 2007 @ 6:26 pm GMT-8

I have to agree with Julie. It’s not something you can scientifically say. Emotions are never very scientific.

Love is more of an intuitive thing. You just know, and it is.
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Stockton Boy said:

Saturday, February 24, 2007 @ 9:45 pm GMT-8

Love is a song that never ends. When you say it, you must feel it when it comes out of your mouth that it is forever. Love and hate are eternal emotions. All others pass. In that, just like previous posts about how you only know something when something converse to it happens. Same with love and hate. Until you have felt the pleasures of hate you will know what love is. Hate is easier to feel and understand. When you have hate in your heart, your love will be just as strong. And then is when you will know what your feelings are.
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Makiyo remarked:

Sunday, February 25, 2007 @ 12:39 am GMT-8

Thanks for sharing. It’s a really interesting article. But to me, I don’t think that love’s not a something that you can describe it literally. I mean, you know when it’s there, or when it’s not. But what do you actually love more than love? This question has been pondering me since when I don’t even remember.
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Maria remarked:

Sunday, February 25, 2007 @ 1:09 pm GMT-8

Julie, Deanna Marie
- Yes, it’s all quite unclear and intuitive. I suppose I knew that when writing, but was just hopeful that someone could give me an answer, or a really good example of it.

Stockton Boy
- *cough cough* I hate you *cough cough*

Makiyo
- I think that you should love the person more than anything else, more than the notion of being in love, more than anything else you could possibly think of (ruling out your family and close friends). If you love someone that much, then it should be a definite thing, something that you don’t doubt and are unsure of. Love should be concrete, definite, and everlasting.
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Ivory shouted:

Monday, February 26, 2007 @ 11:40 am GMT-8

Great Post..
I wouldn’t know how to describe that feeling. It’s almost as if you and that person just know, you want to be with each other all the time, talk every second of the day. I just lay with my “future husband” all day; we talk, watch movies. I guess it’s a lot about enjoying each other’s company every second of the day.
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Angel wrote:

Wednesday, February 28, 2007 @ 2:50 pm GMT-8

Those are certainly very cute answers, however I don’t think love can be defined. I do, however think love is different for everyone, and what one may think of as love, another may disagree. What I do know is love is ever encompassing and unconditional. And it remains even when you think it’s long lost..
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Jules remarked:

Thursday, March 8, 2007 @ 10:32 am GMT-8

There are so many answers that it’s hard to pick just one. But a big one for me is one I’ve copied and pasted…

Is it when you just happen to be lying next to him/her and all you want to do is lie there forever listening to the heartbeat?

That’s what I need. That’s one way I know.
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