"Those three words are said too much..."
~Snow Patrol
People use the word love WAY too loosely. I personally do not believe in the concept of love at first sight....there can be no such thing, there is only lust a first sight, or lust a prima vista. I have recently had an argument with a "friend" who has had a boyfriend for about 3 months (her first one to be technical) and she believes that they are in love. Of course I don't believe that, because love is something that takes time, and NOT just 3 months. I did not, of course, say anything to her because who am I to say that she's not in love or she is. She took my simple statement of opinion and turned it into a personal attack from me on her relationship. That argument is not the reason for this blog, though, it is simply an example of people using the word . I just simply believe that we as teenagers (and some adults too) use the word love too loosely and we need to take a step back and analyze our situations and determine whether we are only lusting after that person or if it is really love. There is a fine line between love and lust, but the difference is immense.
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I definitely agree. I feel that when we use the word love to express our feelings towards those that we really do in fact love, it has become such a overused phrase, that it does not carry the meaning, the significance that it should.
My take on love is that it is something that is learned over time. I agree with you that there is no such thing as love as first sight. I think that it is a long process, and that is what makes love so special, the fact that one is patient enough to wait for true love to develop.
I agree with this post entirely. My twelve year old brother has had about ten girlfriends in the last year and i find him whispering "i love you" to each one over the phone in hopes that neither i nor anyone else in the house will over hear. It is cute though.
I have been in a relationship for nearly 3 years now. As most beginning couples do, we told eachother I love you very early on. Yet, in recent discussions between us, we have both come to realize that we did not actually love one another until just recently, anything before that was lust and attraction. Not to say that lust is a bad or weak thing. Lust is a strong feeling regardless of the fact that it is not love. It is very compelling. But to truely love someone takes time. it may take years, or even decades to truel love a person as deeply and intensely as you once lusted them. I like your post.
~"nonviolence is the highest of ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other beings, we are still savages" -Thomas Edison
Yeah....a lot of people have agreed with me in school and outside, it was just this one girl who thinks that a boyfriend or girlfriend should come before all others in your life...I personally don't believe that's true...neither should be more important than the other...that you shouldn't give up your friends in any way, shape, or form. She believes that a boyfriend should pretty much run your life which is NOT true. Anyways, thanks for agreeing with me!
Funny post but it contains all the truth there is to know.
Love is indeed something different than what most people think of, the lust you refer to is better to be named or be seen as a form of mutual attraction.
It’s that attraction that is mostly translated into love by the ones that experience this emotion.
This emotion can kick in anytime, regardless if you are single or already in a relationship, when it presents itself, your cooked! Haha
That’s why people say, love at first sight! But they are like you say, not in love, It can be whatever, his smell, her noose, his ass, her hair, his eyes, her voice or even his ears,,, lol
It is something we can not control and can drive us crazy when this attraction is not a both way situation.
Our minds play tricks upon us, so we are rapidly referring to love being the thing that has us in our grip, while this is all wrong.
If you really love someone, you should be able to set this love free, meaning, it shouldn’t hurt your feelings when your love would kiss another right in front of you!
To many this makes no sense at all, but to some it will make sense overtime, the few that will experience real love, will eventually say or bring up the same thing.
Love exceeds all and is quite a sensational emotion to live!
Go for it,,,lol
Wow....that was the most awsomest agreement that I have gotten so far, the others were just truthful, but yours was awsomely comical!!!! Thanks!
Wow....that was the most awsomest agreement that I have gotten so far, the others were just truthful, but yours was awsomely comical!!!! Thanks!
Wow....that was the most awsomest agreement that I have gotten so far, the others were just truthful, but yours was awsomely comical!!!! Thanks!
ummmm i believe in love at first sight. everything that fallows is just an appriciation of who you are. we feel closer to people the more we learn about them and in retro-spect to what we have experienced and view as love. the only thing i dont understand about love is why people think they have to get married. marriage is something that should just happen. like love does. not to be administered by an ordained priest so god can see that you guys are getting married. like he doesnt know. like he cant see that two people are completely and totaly in love. love and lust are no diferent. people just think they are.~}chatiks si chatiks{~