What is love?
Is it a chemical reaction? Is it a cultural phenomenon? Maybe something metaphysical?
What are your thoughts on the matter?
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QuidamOutrepont
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Aug 29, 2020
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“If you have to ask then you’ve never experienced it”... or so the old saying goes! There are two separate points to make in relation to romantic love, as opposed to parental/filial love. #1..there is being in love, and #2...there is loving.
Let’s take the first one...being in love. This is a heady irresistible need and longing to be with the object of your desire (chemical reaction) which can leave you feeling physically weak at the knees, and send the heart and pulse racing. This is never a permanent state, although it can last over quite a lengthy period of time, but will most likely eventually lead to two outcomes, fizzle out completely and you split up, or change into a deeper more caring and affectionate type of love.
The second one is what I would call real love, one in which the physical and sexual attraction, whilst still strong, becomes less important than the mental connection and the wish to nurture and care for your partner. Some very successful relationships can survive for years without sex, as can be evidenced when one partner, either through injury or illness, becomes unable to be physically intimate. But it will not do so without a deep emotional connection and a regard for each other’s wellbeing.
Marionville
Level 10
Aug 28, 2020
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Great answer 
Thanks for sharing. So is the second part a rebellion against our natural tendencies?
@tsallinia No the part two is the natural state after part one...when the heady intoxication turns into a more enduring state of equilibrium and contentment, a more rational, less being led by your hormones all the time state! It’s a better state to raise children together in. Of course men can become restless when parenthood starts and mother love kicks in, because men can feel excluded and ousted from the woman’s affections, that’s a dangerous time in any relationship and many men stray and look for affection elsewhere. All relationships need attention and work, complacency can be a bigger threat to a relationship than actually having an affair!
Love is an affliction. I've suffered from it more than I can stand. If there was a vaccine I'd take it.
BitFlipper
Level 8
Aug 28, 2020
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I loved your post 
What Is Love, and What Isn't? - Psychology Today
LiterateHiker
Level 9
Aug 28, 2020
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These are manifestations of love. The article doesn't explain what it is though. Thanks for sharing 
Love is an emotion. There you go.
Love is the absolute full enjoyment of another..
Cutiebeauty
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Aug 27, 2020
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