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omg i thought the same thing when i saw this topic!

What is love?
It's everything.
Without it we would be nothing.
There would be nothing.
True love is saying it and meaning it.
True love is the love that made life.
And continues to make it.
Always think before you say
"I love you" to just anyone.
Do you? Truly?
Loving someone is caring about them.
Caring what happens to them.
Being "In love" is selfish.
That's when you care only about yourself.
Loving someone is not only seeing the good in them
but seeing the bad as well and loving them still.

love is everything... we as humans can't live with out it... but there are so many different types of love...

we need to be loved by someone... it's love (when were infants) that causes our parents to take care of us... it's love that causes the mto continue to take care of us, it's love that makes them want the best they can give for us...

there is also love that is developed over time... within friendships, and it's a deep feeling of trust, and familiarity... it's why we have "BestFriends"

then there is love at first sight... which is usually unstable... and is usually the cause of many peoples sorrow, and pain... because it pulls you in before you realize it... and you can't avoid it (no matter how hard you try)

then there is true love... which in a way is all the forms above... mixed together... but it enables you to know who you are, by simply knowing the other person... trusting someone that you would trust your life in thier hands... and do... someone that you can fall asleep beside everynight for the rest of you life, and never get tired of... someone who you care so much about that you are willing to give up what you want to do so that they can do what they want... love is the most powerful thing in the world... and it can be soo wonderful... and yet... it can also make you feel like your world's gonna end...

Actually, my doubting dearies, love is essential to human survival, or so studies have shown. Babies die without affection. Human development is stunted. Life has no meaning. You could not care for anything. You could not even "like a band". You would simply... be.

But this brings us back to our original question: what is love?

Love is something that I myself cannot fully comprehend, and I highly doubt that any of us do. It runs deeper than any one of us could ever begin to know.

I believe that love can be whatever you want it to. It is more than an emotion, and there really is no word for it. Emotions are simply bodily reactions, but love is most definitely something more.

There are simply no words to describe it. You could say "mutual trust" or "deepest friendship", but what do these mean? Are there words to describe them?

Well, I'm just going to say this: Love is. It simply is. It has always been, and will always be. Love will outlast everything in existance, and will always be there so long as there are beings to feel it.

~Tari

Love
Love is one and many
Power to ascend you to heaven
Power to plumit you to the abyss
Love is everything and intagiable
Love is selfless and forgiving
Love is deep and hardly vapid
It is the tango in the dance of Life
It is the stuff that myths are built on
And legends die in the name of
Its in a whisper,
In a thought,
In a touch,
In another's eyes.
Its two half souls becoming one
And different for every soul

I love talking about love! its something I know best! lol! For me to be in love means that everytime you hear his voice all your worries go away and your heart begins to pound. Being in love is when he can make you laugh when you don't even want to smile. Being in love is when you can be on the phone with him, niether or you saying a word, but you never get bored and you know what is going through that persons mind. Being in love is when you couldn't care less about everything else as long as he's right there beside you. Being in love is when no matter what mistakes he makes, you will always come running back to him. Being in love means that you would do anything just to make him happy (to a reasonable point of course.. you have to have some self-respect). Being in love is when no matter what you think about it always leads to thinking about him. Being in love is when you look at him and just smile for no reason. Being in love is when you don't think but you know you could spend the rest of your life with him. Being in love is when you realize that he is your everything and without him you are nothing.

Love is like lust, but its not because they say love is blind.

Love is emotional lust. Not just appearances, but not always perfect.

Love is uncomprihendable, its perhaps one of the deepest feelings.

Love is Blind lust.

[Edit: Love is a bond that does not have to be between a man and a woman, or between two humans for that matter, I CAN love my cat, and my friends, w/o having it on that "deeper" level. "Deeper" meaning romantic love.

Love is when you let someone into your shell. When you make yourself vulnerable to another person. When you let them try to make you happy and cheer you up.

Love is when someone makes you happy more than they make you sad.

Love is when someone makes you feel worthwhile. As if you're existance is helping someone, even in just a small way. They make you feel as if you're not just wasting away.

Love is when someone notices you, and understands you, and knows exactly what to do to help you out. And then actually helps you.

Love keeps you connected to this world. Somone realizes that you're drowning, and about to die, and then, just in the nick of time, they swim out, and save your life.]

Love is when you find yourself swept away and madly caring for another person. When you cry as you try to make them understand how much you feel for them... when you hurt when you're not in contact with them... (whether it be physically, mentally, emotionally, or socially)

Love is when you can be soooooo hurt and sooooooooo mad and in sooooooo much pain... and not want to let go, b/c even though they hurt you sooooooooo bad... you still want them

Love is when you never want to give up and never want to let go no matter what.

Love is when you aren't complete with out them... when you need them and they become part of your existance... your being and who you are...

Love is when you finally find yourself eloquent... eloquently expressing things that you've never needed to express before

Love is a deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, friendship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.

Love is a feeling of intense attraction toward a person with whom one is wants to be with forever

Love is when someone can make you feel content and happy in your own skin and being who you are.

Love is not an intense emotional attachment, as for a pet or treasured object (as the dictionary.com says)

Love is just a little part of showing your affection and emotion and attactment, and enthusiasm for... saying your in love doesn't mean you are... if you're really in love... you can tell... by actions... just by looking... or just by thinking... You can show love in sooooooo many ways... and you can be loved in differnt ways... and you can love in different ways...

To love is to embrace or caress a person... not just their body... but their whole being and self...

Love is when you don't care about imperfections... when imperfections are what makes someone perfect... when you don't even realize when they're imperfect...

Love is when someone can see you... the real you... and they love the real you... and think that everything is just right with you... and you wish that you were them just so that you could see yourself as they see you... and be happy with who you are b/c you're loved... and being loved makes you perfect and good...

[Edit: The hard part of love, is figuring out which definition someone is using, when they say that they love you.]