"ancient lovers belived that a kiss would literally unite their souls, because the spirit was said to be carried in one’s breath"
~eve glicksman

so i wanted to start a discussion about what love is to you.

for me:
love is not a thing that can be defined by words or pictures. love is something that is so complicated, so complex that you can’t narrow it down to one meaning within a few sentances. [but goddamn, i’m gonna try!]

i believe that there are many different kinds of love. there isn’t just love of family and love of somebody, but whatever love you are talking about, i see it like this:

i belive that love is based on inadequacies. i believe that it is the imperfections in people that makes them so perfectly suited for eachother. love is never based solely one thing, it isn’t based on looks. it isn’t based on personality. it’s not even based on breast size. [i know, shocker, right?!] love is based on the fact that you can’t even begin to fathom how meaningless your life would be without that other person, how you would rather fight with them all day long than fuck with anybody else, how even if all physical contact was eliminated, you still couldn’t get enough of them. love is the kind of drugs that teenagers binge on and artists long for. love is that feeling in the pit of your stomach that even though you’re scared out of your mind, everything is gonna be alright because you know you’re not in any real danger. love is that kind of hot-cold, sufficating,-hyperventilating, best-gift-ever, worst-headache-ever, pop song that you hate to admit that you want to hear and pretend to not hear it when it’s played everywhere around you. love is waking up thinking of that person and going to sleep with their name on you lips. love is fucked up. don’t get me wrong, it’s a beautiful thing, but then again so is an exclusive hollywood party.

love can’t be everywhere all at the same time, lets be honest, it’s not a good multi-tasker. some people go through their entire lives without finding love. love is not only a feeling, it’s an ability as well. some people are better at it than others. you have to be open to it before it can "sweep you off your feet."

love is one of the main motivations in life. love, greed, and jealousy. those are the main three. [think about it, is there anything you do that isn’t ultimately fueld by one or more of the three?] love is why you breathe, love is why you brush your teeth, love is why you get out of bed everyday, love is why you poke bruises. [seriously, it’s totally "love training" scaled down! it hurts but you can’t stop doing it! you can’t, can you?]

love is a natual freedom that you find when you’re tangled up in somebody else. love is knowing that you are at your best with that person, because they make you feel like being your best. love is not confined by gender. love is the way that every pore of your being screams out for you to be with that person. love is compassion. love is passion. love is accidental. love is presice. love is every single contradiction in the book.

most of all, love is just love.

love is the source of everything.. love moves the earth! the people! everything!

Lol, I have no idea what love is... :( But I do know that I love my mommy and daddy. :)

Originally Posted by Snort Like A Pig

Lol, I have no idea what love is... :( But I do know that I love my mommy and daddy. :)

lawl!

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

;D

My husband bought me two books with his birthday money. He got a LOT of birthday money, but it is so wonderful that he shares. To me love is the automatic need to share with people. I make his these silly little things and he treasures them, because I made them out of love. Gifts are not love, but the desire to give them is... He has taken me to see movies he knew he would hate to see me smile, and I don't go out drinking with him so he can have a good time. I would spoil the good time, I wouldn't mean to, but I would. Love is wanting to be with the person, but also knowing that the person must sometimes be alone, or with someone other than you.

Love is the fact that when he smiles at me he has two dimples, when he smiles for anyone else he only has one.

i gave up on it a couple years ago. if i find it i find it, if not, i guess I'm just on my own as per usual.

Love, Hate, Passion, Rage...

Very similar, I think. If you invest enough energy in something, you're forever bound.

I think love is that investment of time, energy, thought and emotion.

Whereas the best way to offend someone is to put no thought or emotion or time into them at all.

I dated a girl for 3 years and in that time I thought I knew what love was.
Dated. Key word.

When we broke up and I started dating my boyfriend(complicated-fiance?) I realized I had no idea what love felt like before him. I can't put into words exactly how he makes me feel. But I know that it's love.

To me, love is who you keep running back to, and true love is only found in a person who will wait patiently for you while you go fuck up, and be standing with open arms to embrace you when you come stumbling back home. Love is support, it's loyalty, and it's trust that you'll always welcome it back.

i like all of your responses.

Something a priest said at a wedding of all things really touched me. He said
You know its love when,

" You love someone because of their flaws and not inspite of their flaws."

Love is all about give and take, tolerance and acceptance.

Love is a mix of stuff.. It's hard to put into words actually. Umm.. let me think.

> Love is staring at your phone and the computer screen for ten hours and then seeing his name appear and you're so excited that you can't think of what you wanting to say to the guy.
> Love is laying in the grass and just wanting to sleep outside forever in each other's arms.
> Love is spending the day he leaves playing Mario Kart.
> Love is spending the day he comes back in bed the whole time. .__.;;
> Love is "losing the game".

I've had several boyfriends in high school. But I only said "I love you" to one guy, and he means the world to me. I only see him twice a year (unless I drive to visit him x.x) because he had to change colleges, but I soak in every moment he gives to me. Eep I'm red.

This doesn't have to do with your topic you wrote about (sorry!) but I needed to say that I really like your avatar!

Originally Posted by amyymickss

This doesn't have to do with your topic you wrote about (sorry!) but I needed to say that I really like your avatar!

mine?
i love bees. :P

Love is matching up to an imperfect person perfectly. And they match your imperfections perfectly. Like a jigsaw puzzle.