Poll - what is love ?

Question

can u explain ?

Answer 1

Love is the most precious thing you can share not only to mankind but also to non-living things like your bed,pillow,and branded clothes and stuff toys.

It can move mountains,too as they say. It is given not asked because love springs from the heart.

Answer 2

friendship, family, food...

Answer 3

love is patient, love is kind, love isn't rude, it's not self seeking, its always there, but it's our chose to accept it.  

Answer 4

Love-

an intense affection for another person based on personal or familial ties.

A strong affection for or attachment to anther's person based on regard or shared experience or interest.

An expression of ones affection (send them to my love)

an intense attraction to another person based main;y on sexual desire. the deep tenderness,affection, and concern felt for a person with whom one has or wishes to have a relationship based on sexual attraction. the object of such an attraction beloved.

Answer 5

i think nobody can explain love. can u?  actually every people have different aspects and in love also opinions of people differ.  fall in love then only u will understand it in your own way. no subject can explain it also actually we all know the meaning of love but we cannot express it  right man?  

Answer 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsCXZczTQ...

Answer 7

Nowadays it's non existent

Answer 8

hi manu

I'm not sure how to put it into words

love is like swimming in a warm deep spring

its a thought or feeling that wont go away

its a place in your heart where you feel safe

x x x

Answer 9

An emotion above all other things that is very positive in ones heart and mind.

Answer 10

sexxing all night long.

Answer 11

i can;t explain it to you in words.....its just a feeling you get when you are with someone special......and then you know its love.....

Answer 12

Love is a waste of time

Answer 13

Baby, don't hurt me.

J/K

It's when you care about someone more than you care about yourself.

Doesn't mean you should let yourself be abused or anything, but if it came down to you choosing yourself or the person you loved, you'd choose them.

Answer 14

God is LOve :)

Answer 15

It's something you feel in your heart and sole.

Answer 16

Love represents a range of emotions and experiences related to the senses of affection and sexual attraction.[1] The word love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from generic pleasure to intense interpersonal attraction. This diversity of meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states.

As an abstract concept love usually refers to a strong, ineffable feeling towards another person. Even this limited conception of love, however, encompasses a wealth of different feelings, from the passionate desire and intimacy of romantic love to the nonsexual. Love in its various forms acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships and, owing to its central psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts.

Spiritual love, or longing for God, is highly valued and sought after by many religions of both Eastern and Western origin.

The English word love can have a variety of related but distinct meanings in different contexts. Often, other languages use multiple words to express some of the different concepts which English relies mainly on love to encapsulate; one example is the plurality of Greek words for "love". Cultural differences in conceptualizing love thus make it doubly difficult to establish any universal definition.[2] American psychologist Zick Rubin try to define love by the psychometrics. His work states that three factors constitute love: attachment, caring and intimacy.[3][4]

Although the nature or essence of love is a subject of frequent debate, different aspects of the word can be clarified by determining what isn't "love". As a general expression of positive sentiment (a stronger form of like), love is commonly contrasted with hate (or neutral apathy); as a less sexual and more emotionally intimate form of romantic attachment, love is commonly contrasted with lust; and as an interpersonal relationship with romantic overtones, love is commonly contrasted with friendship, though other definitions of the word love may be applied to close friendships in certain contexts. When discussed in the abstract, love usually refers to interpersonal love, an experience felt by a person for another person. Love often involves caring for or identifying with a person or thing, including oneself (cf. narcissism).

In addition to cross-cultural differences in understanding love, ideas about love have also changed greatly over time. Some historians date modern conceptions of romantic love to courtly Europe during or after the Middle Ages, though the prior existence of romantic attachments is attested by ancient love poetry.[5] Because of the complex and abstract nature of love, discourse on love is commonly reduced to a thought-terminating cliché, and there are a number of common proverbs regarding love, from Virgil's "Love conquers all" to The Beatles' "All you need is love". Bertrand Russell describes love as a condition of "absolute value", as opposed to relative value. Theologian Thomas Jay Oord said that to love is to "act intentionally, in sympathetic response to others, to promote overall well-being".[6]

A person can be said to love a country, principle, or goal if they value it greatly and are deeply committed to it. Similarly, compassionate outreach and volunteer workers' "love" of their cause may sometimes be borne not of interpersonal love, but impersonal love coupled with altruism and strong political convictions. People can also "love" material objects, animals, or activities if they invest themselves in bonding or otherwise identifying with that item. If sexual passion is also involved, this condition is called paraphilia.[7]

Interpersonal love

Grandmother and grandchild, Sri Lanka

Grandmother and grandchild, Sri Lanka

Interpersonal love refers to love between human beings. It is a more potent sentiment than a simple liking for another. Unrequited love refers to those feelings of love which are not reciprocated. Interpersonal love is most closely associated with interpersonal relationships. Such love might exist between family members, friends, and couples. There are also a number of psychological disorders related to love, such as erotomania.

Scientific views

    Main article: Love (scientific views)

Throughout history, philosophy and religion have done the most speculation on the phenomenon of love. In the last century, the science of psychology has written a great deal on the subject. In recent years, the sciences of evolutionary psychology, evolutionary biology, anthropology, neuroscience, and biology have added to the understanding of the nature and function of love.

Chemistry

Biological models of s*x tend to view love as a mammalian drive, much like hunger or thirst.[8] Helen Fisher, a leading expert in the topic of love, divides the experience of love into three partly-overl

Answer 17

deep devotion to someone that is never ending

Answer 18

nup...its inexplicable :P

Answer 19

"True love is your souls recognition of it's counterpoint in another."

~Wedding Crashers

Answer 20

a chemical state of pleasure and comfort in the brain.  

Answer 21

It was once something great... Now it's a cliche.