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So, wtf is it?
So, in last night's discussion, at least one of the purposes of this work1 came up(viz. what is love, at least as people speak of it), and an answer was suggested. I don't like it very much.
Is love just infatuation that lasts a long(er) time? The idea of "the person who first comes to your mind" is romantic, but surely that's more subject to logistics and scheduling than anything else .. and the idea of someone who only they can make you feel better when you are down .. sounds a little bit off. Not that's it isn't an attractive idea, mind you. I do get that part.
Overall even, I don't buy this. Infatuation (previously referred to in these pages as "chick-on-the-brain") is transitory, is it not? Is this not the same commonly cited error as mixing up "crushes" (aka puppy love) with "real love" (whatever that is).
I understand the long term aspect, and the commitment it implies. It's completely daunting and improbable, but I can certainly understand the appeal.
Bah. Seems that experiment's failure was completely non-productive. I don't seem to have learned anything, and that pisses me off.
1: By which we mean obviouslyslamming my head against a brick wall in a steady rhythm dating
Edit 21:18: updated the upic with a more appropriate one
Is love just infatuation that lasts a long(er) time? The idea of "the person who first comes to your mind" is romantic, but surely that's more subject to logistics and scheduling than anything else .. and the idea of someone who only they can make you feel better when you are down .. sounds a little bit off. Not that's it isn't an attractive idea, mind you. I do get that part.
Overall even, I don't buy this. Infatuation (previously referred to in these pages as "chick-on-the-brain") is transitory, is it not? Is this not the same commonly cited error as mixing up "crushes" (aka puppy love) with "real love" (whatever that is).
I understand the long term aspect, and the commitment it implies. It's completely daunting and improbable, but I can certainly understand the appeal.
Bah. Seems that experiment's failure was completely non-productive. I don't seem to have learned anything, and that pisses me off.
1: By which we mean obviously
Edit 21:18: updated the upic with a more appropriate one
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Love is what happens when you stop looking at the shadows, turn around and look at the person. (having to do with plato's cave/shadows analogy of life and human interaction)
Love is infinite. There is no end to the amount, or variation to the type, of love one can feel.
Love is grokking.
Love is a verb. It is an action.
Romantic love is that glimmer of awareness of someone else's existence and the wish to immerse yourself in that awareness.
That is also infinite.
Love is gleeful. Love is ecstatic. Love is sad. Love is happy.
Love is.