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What is Love?

So much more then a four letter word. Love is what is left when our physical body ceases to live. Love never dies and is the only thing that will exist for eternity. Not what we take from this earth but the Love we created and shared with another. That IS who we are when all is said and done. Love is what gives us worth, purpose and meaning. Love is what will live forever in the hearts and memories of all whom we have touched. Just thought we would share this with our friends.

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JoJo offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
Fort Collins, CO, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 minute after post)

That is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing it.

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~.^.~ offline Verified User (2 years, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 56 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (3 minutes after post)

Wow! You are both so right. I love what you said. It really makes you think about whats left of us here on this earth when our bodies are gone. That inspires me to do more. Thank you guys so much for sharing it.

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lynnsayhelp offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
US | 2 years, 9 months ago (3 minutes after post)

so touching i feel love is how we go though life with out love we have not only failed are selfs but also helped no one through the process.

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Qzzzz offline Verified User (3 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Montpelier, MS, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (19 minutes after post)

Ditto…as Jo Jo says, that rocks

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JoJo offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
Fort Collins, CO, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (20 minutes after post)

lol Q….you’re stealing my line..lol

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Qzzzz offline Verified User (3 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Montpelier, MS, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (21 minutes after post)

Lol..hee hee…

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MinnieLoves offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 5 #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (54 minutes after post)

that’s awesome! wowza…lol

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Davey at your servic offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 hour, 23 minutes after post)

Dont hurt me….dont hurt me…no more…

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 hour, 31 minutes after post)

you said it right candp i couldent agree more with you

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DancerLynn offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
US | 2 years, 9 months ago (5 hours, 33 minutes after post)

Thanks for sharing, Candp, you have a great point.

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Bryanston, 06, ZA | 2 years, 9 months ago (17 hours, 11 minutes after post)

Sorry for only joining in now,

Love, the thing that makes you want try, makes you want to carry on even after the worst fight, love the place where we go to for comfort. The one thing that no matter what you will believe in for when that memory or even wish dies, your soul dies.

Love, the single most powerful feeling that would make man, and women do super human things if that “love” was to be threatened in any way.

“Sometimes love is stronger than a man’s convictions.”
“Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.”
“Maybe love is like luck. You have to go all the way to find it.”
“Love stretches your heart and makes you big inside.”
“Love has no awareness of merit or demerit; it has no scale… Love loves; this is its nature.” -
“Love is like war: Easy to begin but hard to end.” –
“Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.” –
“Where love is, no room is too small.”
“Loves makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.”
“Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.”
“To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.”
“A love song is just a caress set to music.”

Each person would have his or her own view, mine, in short. The feeling that makes you realize that you cant live without that person, that you want to share the rest of your life with that person and wake up next to them everyday for the rest of your days

(I could go on and on about this for ages)

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Queen Elizatron 4000 offline Verified User (3 years, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (17 hours, 32 minutes after post)

What is Love?

Not what you see on TV!

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candp offline Verified User (3 years) Help.com Volunteer Moderator Long Term User Shouts: 146 #
Las Vegas, NV, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (17 hours, 45 minutes after post)

B, we expected much more from you!!!! You know we are just kidding!!! LOL

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Qzzzz offline Verified User (3 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Montpelier, MS, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (17 hours, 46 minutes after post)

Love is tuff at times, but when you have two people working together and sharing things, it is good.

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (17 hours, 51 minutes after post)

–Love Comes Through the Eyes That See–

Love comes through the eyes that see
And through the ears that hear,
For people are quite beautiful,
And words make feelings clear.

Love comes through the hands that touch
With unabashed affection,
For only skin-to-skin can love
Maintain its true direction.

Love comes through the tastes and smells
Of fresh and well-cooked food,
For in the gift of nourishment
Is much else that is good.

But though love comes through senses five,
Love comes from the heart,
For there resides the greater love
Of which ours is a part.

just thought i would you a peom

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Bryanston, 06, ZA | 2 years, 9 months ago (17 hours, 58 minutes after post)

oh but when i omes to this, do i ever stop. the Ultimate quest to find the lost love that time wont hurt or be taken away, something true

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theblastedking offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 21 #
Milton, WI, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (18 hours, 7 minutes after post)

love is a 4-letter word.

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Queen Elizatron 4000 offline Verified User (3 years, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (18 hours, 12 minutes after post)

Love is not a word, it’s an action.

Love is a action word so show it!

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Qzzzz offline Verified User (3 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Montpelier, MS, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (18 hours, 14 minutes after post)

Thought love was a feeling! Your actions shows your love, does it not?

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Queen Elizatron 4000 offline Verified User (3 years, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (18 hours, 18 minutes after post)

I don’t feel love from myself therefore I don’t show love to myself.

I would agree.

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theblastedking offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 21 #
Milton, WI, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (18 hours, 34 minutes after post)

l-o-v-e yep, that’s 4 letters.

but, yes, i believe love is just part of the energy that we’re made up of outside of our physical selves. only to be dispersed and shared after we “go”.

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Norfolk, VA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (21 hours, 18 minutes after post)

Love is catching the spider for your wife who is terrified by them. Then releasing it outdoors. But never telling her that they terrify you as well!

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JoJo offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
Fort Collins, CO, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (21 hours, 18 minutes after post)

lol…that’s awesome animal

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animal offline Verified User (3 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 29 #
Norfolk, VA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (21 hours, 22 minutes after post)

Not if your me! :-)

All I wanna do is crush the poor bastards! ;-)

Oh well, She’s worth it. And in time, who knows. Maybe by facing them, I wont be so scred of them…..

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JoJo offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
Fort Collins, CO, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (21 hours, 24 minutes after post)

Good luck with not being scared of them…and I commend you for your bravery..lol

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Norfolk, VA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (21 hours, 37 minutes after post)

:-) hehe….

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Kadoo wants a Coker offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Los Angeles, CA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 day after post)

What is love? Baby don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me, no more…

Sorry, couldn’t resist. This is really cool, thanks.

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hotsox42 offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 11 #
Fort Collins, CO, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 day, 2 hours after post)

**31 posts later, Hotsox waltzes into the room. Everyone turns their heads and……runs for cover! 8)**

Thanks C and P!! The post is beautiful!

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Kadoo wants a Coker offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Los Angeles, CA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 day, 2 hours after post)

Well, some of us are turning our heads and staring with our jaws dropped and drool coming out the corner of our mouths, but…

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Fort Collins, CO, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 day, 3 hours after post)

lmao!! Wouldn’t that be the day….hehe

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Kadoo wants a Coker offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Los Angeles, CA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 day, 3 hours after post)

Well, if you were wearing those socks I’d be staring, regardless of circumstances. Those are AWESOME socks.

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hotsox42 offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 11 #
Fort Collins, CO, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 day, 3 hours after post)

;] Socks are fun! Of course, I always wear them mis-matched, they never match. The only day I wore matched sockes was…I don’t remember. A while!

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Kadoo wants a Coker offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Los Angeles, CA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 day, 3 hours after post)

Dude, that’s so cool. I assume those aren’t your socks, then (they match). You oughta change it to an actual picture of your mismatched stocking feet.

Obviously, I meant the socks would be mismatched, not the feet.

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Norfolk, VA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 day, 9 hours after post)

Hotsox……do you remember Punky Bruster?

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hotsox42 offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 11 #
Fort Collins, CO, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 days, 1 hour after post)

I can’t say that I do, Animal. Should I? lol

Nope, these socks aren’t mine, but I have a pair that look exactly like them (Which is why I put them as my avatar…) What kind of socks should I put in the picture? Toe socks, normal, striped, dotted, random, cows jumping over the moon? Frogs, pigs, dogs, tie-die? lol

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Kadoo wants a Coker offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Los Angeles, CA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 days, 1 hour after post)

Any combination of two would be pretty cool.

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hotsox42 offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 11 #
Fort Collins, CO, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 days, 1 hour after post)

Ok, then. **Comes back ten years later** I found the ones I was looking for! Oh, shoot, nevermind, the sock monster just stole one. Now the other. Never mind that, I’ll find them in another 10 years! (Not that they are gone, they are lost in the majority of my socks)

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madisson_ offline Verified User (2 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 days, 6 hours after post)

Don’t worry if you don’t know what it is, when you find out, that is when it will be important!

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 days, 6 hours after post)

i agree. but i also believe that we can only learn to love others when we love ourselves first then we develop a love for others equal to or greater than that we have for ourselves

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Norfolk, VA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 days, 18 hours after post)

Toe socks rule!

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Montpelier, MS, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 days, 18 hours after post)

lol..she is a good one A…wish more young people were like soxs..toe socks..that is funny

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Kadoo wants a Coker offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Los Angeles, CA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 days, 23 hours after post)

“wish more young people were like soxs..”
I wouldn’t go that far, Qzzzz, because I value individuality, but I certainly wish more of us young’uns were as kind and respectful as Zox is.

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hotsox42 offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 11 #
Fort Collins, CO, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (3 days, 2 hours after post)

**Promptly jumps off the chair and does a funny, somewhat embarassing dance around the room** Go toe socks, go toe socks, it’s your birthday! (Sorry, I know that is a bad song, but it was calling) I love toe socks!

Thank you, Q and Kad! I don’t know what else to say, but thank you!!

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Kadoo wants a Coker offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Los Angeles, CA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (3 days, 4 hours after post)

You’re welcome!

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animal offline Verified User (3 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 29 #
Norfolk, VA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (3 days, 18 hours after post)

I like socks because I think feet are wierd!

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Qzzzz offline Verified User (3 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Montpelier, MS, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (3 days, 18 hours after post)

Kadoo, you do well in that area also my friend!

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Kadoo wants a Coker offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Los Angeles, CA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (3 days, 19 hours after post)

Thanks, Qzzzz.

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Fort Collins, CO, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (4 days, 3 hours after post)

Feet ARE weird, but if we didn’t have them, we wouldn’t have socks! lol

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 week after post)

love is not a meaning its a feeling……

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 week, 1 day after post)

For me, love is the golden rule of treating others like you want to be treated. It’s also being able to say to someone I can live without you, but I don’t ever want to.

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Las Vegas, NV, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 week, 1 day after post)

Happy to have you as a friend, skippi4.

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DancerLynn offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
US | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 week, 1 day after post)

Real love is a choice; involuntary “love” is actually infatuation and usually doesn’t last long. There is a lot more to love than a temporary obsession.

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 week, 1 day after post)

Thank you candp. I feel the same. This site is a true blessing.

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 week, 1 day after post)

I like what skippi4 said about love and “being able to say I can live without you, but I don’t ever want to”. I think when you love someone for who they are and what they’re about in their heart and soul and accept them as such, then that gives you that inner strength to go on if your loved one goes away. No matter how much you love someone, you still need to be you as well and not base your life and who you are on someone else. I feel said when I hear both men/women say they can’t live without their loved one or they can’t go on and then they just let everything go including themselves. Love can give us so much happiness, but it can also hurt us very deeply.

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 week, 1 day after post)

Geez, another typo…I meant SAD and not SAID.

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Montpelier, MS, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 week, 1 day after post)

Love is fantastic when two people have their spirit and pysche together. When they trust each other, do things together, laugh together, play together, etc., it is fantastic.

During the process, there are times that things get tuff. This is when all the good times overshadow the few bad times.

My honey and I have enjoyed our traveling together. We have taken four cruises and flown to some really nice places over the years. The memories of those times together in a relaxed setting has gotten us thru the tuff times.

Also, we have enjoyed our golf. We have played in many mixed tournments over the years. Some that required travel. Those times were special.

Bottomline, play hard together and have fun together and this will get you thru those tuff times!

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Winchester, F2, GB | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 week, 1 day after post)

go on i could use anything right now?

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Montpelier, MS, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 week, 1 day after post)

We all been there and done that my friend. Relationships can be tuff at times, but try to remember all the good times when things get sticky…

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 week, 3 days after post)

umm my crush danced with another girl and thats not love i hate love i wish there was no love

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animal offline Verified User (3 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 29 #
Norfolk, VA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 week, 3 days after post)

Well….did you ask him to dance? If not, then why be upset by it?

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betta offline Verified User (2 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Toronto, ON, CA | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 week, 4 days after post)

There are different kinds of love. There is the love between a man and a woman, and there is love between a man and his sandwich.

Is it possible to love a sandwich so much that you don’t want to eat it?

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Aigburth, H8, GB | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 week, 4 days after post)

I don’t really agree with what you say love is. I aree you can have a very strong connection with someone but i can’t see how it is eternal or anything greater than life..

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Norfolk, VA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 week, 4 days after post)

so you play mostly blues then?

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Toronto, ON, CA | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 week, 5 days after post)

I agree with guitar. Saying that love lives on doesn’t really mean anything. Love is an action and the person who made that action is gone. Like a rock into a pond… the ripples go for a while after the rock has sunk but get smaller and smaller and eventually they die down to nothing.

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Norfolk, VA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 week, 5 days after post)

A single ripple can create a giant wave!

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betta offline Verified User (2 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Toronto, ON, CA | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 week, 5 days after post)

I think you have the physics of that backwards but it is a nice saying. Perhaps what your trying to say is more to do with chaos theory and the butterfly effect? …that the beating of a butterfly’s wings on one side of the world can have a minor effect on complex patterns such that possibly a hurricane on another side of the world would not have happened without the fluttering of the butterfly’s wings.

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Norfolk, VA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 week, 5 days after post)

OK, let me rephrase for those who choose to be overly critical and technical…..

A single ripple can join to a giant wave.

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Toronto, ON, CA | 2 years, 9 months ago (1 week, 5 days after post)

sorry, that’s a fault of mine.

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Aigburth, H8, GB | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 1 day after post)

I love those songs,my favourite love related Van Halen song has go to be “Why Can’t this be Love” though.

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 3 days after post)

Reading this has kinda opened my eyes..thanks everyone! Love to me is just not a saying…it’s the strongest emotion!! When you are in love with someone they are you’re #1, the most important person, you put them before yourself, you trust them, they make you happy..they’re all you can think about. Love is a great thing, the greatest thing I’ve ever felt, but if not handled carefully you can loose the one you love, and that IS the worst pain EVER! So, be true to the ones you love. And if you love someone tell them, and let others in..let others love you. Don’t be too scared of getting hurt, it can happen, but without pain you don’t know happiness.

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Marietta, GA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 4 days after post)

A little late to the party here, but I thought I’d chime in.

“Love is the commitment of my will to your needs and best interests, regardless of the cost to me.”

Profound, eh?

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 4 days after post)

very profound, yes!

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Las Vegas, NV, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 4 days after post)

Profound Gimli. Love is putting the others’ needs, wants and comforts first, above your own, 24/7. If you and your partner can reach and agree with that level of understanding and commitment you will both enjoy a wonderful, fulfilling lifetime together. The second anyone lets go of this wisdom and focuses inwardly nothing but trouble will ensue.

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Las Vegas, NV, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 4 days after post)

Kim, which world would you prefer to live in? Yours or ours? Did you ever read up on the study of human infants survival called “Failure to Thrive”? Take an infant and feed it, give it a place to sleep and change its diapers and walk away. The infant will fail to thrive and if not corrected with love and nurturing it will die. Want to talk more?

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Bonita Springs, FL, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 4 days after post)

truely remarkible

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Bonita Springs, FL, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 4 days after post)

erm…u 2 are awkword

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Las Vegas, NV, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 4 days after post)

Kim, We beg to differ. We each share the earth with others but our perceptions of of that it contains or offers is unique to each one of us. That is why we offered the choice to you. If you are happy living in your world, so be it. If you are not, you posses the power to change your perception of it. The example of failure to thrive was an attempt on our part to help you understand that no man or woman is an island. We all need each other and our ability to manifest love and accept love from another makes it all worth while. If you choose to live in a world without love that is entirely up to you, but don’t don’t complain when you find yourself alone. Remember, it was your choice.

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Las Vegas, NV, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 4 days after post)

Kim, so sorry. When we read your reply we sensed a lot of pain and reached out in an attempt to offer you some help. That is all.

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Norfolk, VA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 5 days after post)

C&P, its no use arguing (oops….debating) this subject matter to deaf ears. Kim is a person who completely disregards others thoughts or rationals. If Kim were to accept anything you or I had to say, It would contradict what Kim believes, then she/he would have to admit fault in that logic.

Kim, How exactly do you take maternal instinct, the love a mother has for her child, and the love the child needs from the mother and claim that love isnt a factor? The study’s C&P refered to only proves that love is necessary to sustain life at infanthood.

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 6 days after post)

Thats really nice candp.thank you really cool……

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DancerLynn offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 6 days after post)

I agree with Kim in that there is a great absence in our lives where love should be. Perhaps someone could present a possible solution to this problem. Any suggestions?

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candp offline Verified User (3 years) Help.com Volunteer Moderator Long Term User Shouts: 146 #
Las Vegas, NV, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 6 days after post)

DancerLynn, Hi, long time no hear. If you are living a lifetime devoid of love the answers must come from you. No one else has the power to provide them to you.

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Guangzhou, 30, CN | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 6 days after post)

Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;
Love’s ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;
It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;

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DancerLynn offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 6 days after post)

Actually, I was talking about the world in general, not just myself.

As for not talking: Unfortunately, with competition season starting, I doubt that I will be on here as often as I used to be. Sorry.

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Las Vegas, NV, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 6 days after post)

don’t be sorry. We wish you all good fortune in your competion. If enough people in the world offer and feel love for themselves, wouldn’t the world feel it?

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DancerLynn offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 6 days after post)

Can you rephrase that? I’m not quite sure what you’re trying to say.

Thanks, I really think we can win this year!

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Las Vegas, NV, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 6 days after post)

Since humanity is all connected if one negative based person changes their polarity the effect of the change will ripple throughout mankind.

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Norfolk, VA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 6 days after post)

In a christian sense, God is within us. Each and every one of us. The more people that can harness that Love, the better the world will be.

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DancerLynn offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 6 days after post)

That’s what I was thinking. One of the biggest problems is that everyone has something in them that makes it hard to love them, so it takes a lot of effort to love them. It’s hard to love someone who’s killed someone you know. It’s hard to love someone who’s made a decision that you don’t approve of. It’s hard to love someone who’s stolen from you. It’s hard to love someone who’s betrayed you. It’s hard to love someone who abuses you or someone you know, or even someone you don’t know. It’s hard to love someone if you feel like no one loves you. It’s hard to love someone when you’re hurting yourself. It’s hard to love someone who has something you want. It’s hard to love someone who scares you. And yet, the coolest form of love is the love that you feel when you realize that you’ve overcome these difficulties and managed to truly love someone who you thought was unlovable.

I haven’t yet figured out how that whole youtube thing works, so I’ll just post a link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs8iwz…

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Norfolk, VA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 6 days after post)

Dancer, thats where patients and forgivness come in the mix. You are right, sometimes its not easy. But that love is always with us. Its up to us to be able to learn to appreciate our differences and be comforted with patients. Forgiving with ease. This all takes a little time. For some never learn it, and others understand it at an early age.

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US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 6 days after post)

Yes, I know. Just trying to put thought into words. It always seems to get lost in traslation… What I was trying to point out is that love takes effort, but people are often lazy when it comes to that kind of effort. If not lazy, then just lacking in strength. Like someone trying to lift a rock: some aren’t willing to put the necessary effort into it- others simply don’t have the muscle. How do you encourage the lazy person to put more effort into it, and how do you help the weaker one develop the strength?

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Norfolk, VA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 6 days after post)

I dont know what you mean by effort. The way I see it is that the love is within us, therefore it would take effort not to love someone. Do you mean like in a relationship, or marriage?

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DancerLynn offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
US | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 weeks, 6 days after post)

I’m talking about how people have a hard time loving someone who does something they don’t like or don’t agree with (murder, theft, voting for a certain politician, not allowing you to do what you want, etc. See above for a more complete list). Example: some people have a hard time loving President Bush*. And I’m not talking about romantic love. Think about it: “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast. It is not proud, it is not rude. It is not easily angered. It keeps no record of wrong; love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth.” I don’t think that describes people’s attitudes toward a lot of things.

*This is just an example, please don’t think that I want to discuss politics.

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Norfolk, VA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (3 weeks, 1 day after post)

OK, I see what you mean. When you truly love someone romantically, It means you love not only thier positive traits, but you accept thier faults as well. (My wife drives me crazy with tissues! Silly I know. But her allergies get quite bad. I find used tissues all over the house! Its gross! I’ve found them on my Pillow!) My point is, its part, its part of what makes her unique. Though it can get to me at times, I’ve learned to laugh at it. Because its something she and I share. I wouldnt want her giving her snotty tissues to any other man! So I can accept them.

The same holds true to other types of love, just not as extreme. There are people that I do not care for or like very much. But I accept them for who they are. It doesnt make me hate them or not love them. It just means that I dont care for thier actions. I dont seek them out to be a part of my life or active thought processes.

I love people, unconditionally. I do so because it feels right. Its how I was made. But just because I feel love for them doesnt mean I have to agree or like the decisions they make, or their actions.

If you feel hurt for someone who commits an act of violence, why would you feel that towards them? Its because you love them and are hurt that they put themselves in that situation. It doesnt mean you have to like what they have done. But you are hurt because of it.

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US | 2 years, 9 months ago (3 weeks, 2 days after post)

Yes, I know what it means to love someone and not like them. I really didn’t like some of the stuff I read about Hitler… I’ve just reached the point in my life where I’m realizing how precious life is, and how, once you loose it, it doesn’t come back. It’s hard to love someone who thinks of living beings as nothing more than statistics, numbers, tools, objects of pleasure, bundles of chemicals, or valueless animals. But I also know that it is a lack of love that causes those views, so it is only by loving those people that we avoid becoming them.

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Norfolk, VA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (3 weeks, 2 days after post)

Good point! Remember, even Hitler had the capacity to love. God was within him as well. He chose not to see it. Not to value God’s word. Thats the difficult part of humanity having free will. It is a choice to open our hearts to God.

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Johannesburg, 06, ZA | 2 years, 9 months ago (3 weeks, 3 days after post)

I can’t define it, thanks for helping me.
Good stuff!!

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 8 months ago (3 weeks, 4 days after post)

love is simply when you see some one and you feel like you are going to faaint its those butterflys in you stumach it is when you will do and thing for anyone

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 8 months ago (3 weeks, 4 days after post)

Love is willing to sacrifice. Feeling comfortable around someone No matter what

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San Diego, CA, US | 2 years, 8 months ago (4 weeks, 1 day after post)

candp what is your month/day of birth? i want to k now your zodiac sign

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 8 months ago (1 month after post)

Love is totally different from Infatuation…. just absorb that first and then think and feel something else.. You’ll realize what love is when it comes and when it lasts for a lifetime…

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Las Vegas, NV, US | 2 years, 8 months ago (1 month after post)

C is 6-20 and P is 4-14

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 8 months ago (1 month after post)

yeah coz even when people or pets die there is still love for them and we dont forget them

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 8 months ago (1 month after post)

love is when you would help someone and take care of someone no matter the bad things that they had done to you, even if they had never apoligised. Love is where you care for someone, never wishing bad things upon them, always wishing them the best, even if their wishes do not make you happy. It is caring about other’s happiness. Making them happy and feel special

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 8 months ago (1 month after post)

c may be a gemini, p is an aries

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 8 months ago (1 month after post)

love can also suck-***, but hey really beautiful :)

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 8 months ago (1 month after post)

That feeling I have for my sons.

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US | 2 years, 8 months ago (1 month after post)

just don’t forget time is an illusion so love can be as long as you make it but make sure that your love has meaning and is not meaning less.

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US | 2 years, 8 months ago (1 month, 1 week after post)

What do you mean when you say, “time is an illusion”?

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 8 months ago (1 month, 2 weeks after post)

I think LOVE is something people take for granted im meen seriously LOVE is a really strong word and opeople just toss it around like its nothing

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 7 months ago (1 month, 4 weeks after post)

i love this… its so true…

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 7 months ago (1 month, 4 weeks after post)

it can be warm and fussy, it can hurt, it comes when u don’t expect it but it’s the most amazing thing

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 7 months ago (2 months after post)

Love Is Some Thing I Wish I Had In My Life…

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Las Vegas, NV, US | 2 years, 7 months ago (2 months after post)

Sooooooo Inspirational hmf. Thank you.

Crista, keep doing what you are doing which is preparing yourself to recognize love when you see it, be wise enough to let into your life, be sure in your self enough to give it freely, keep doing what you are doing Crista and your life will be filled with love. In case you have not noticed it has been.

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 7 months ago (2 months after post)

Love - why can’t i feel this love for my wife and daughter. Especially my daughter, she hasn’t done anyone any harm yet i can’t seem to have this inner feeling of love that seems to make everyone tick

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Richmond, VA, US | 2 years, 7 months ago (2 months after post)

You described all kinds of love with that one.

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 7 months ago (2 months after post)

It’s so good it even makes sense scientifically, because love is a kind of energy, and energy can never be destroyed, only reused.

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 7 months ago (2 months after post)

I agree with your post. What we leave behind in this world is the only thing that matters. The lives you touch, the people you help, and the posative things you have created are what makes life meaningful. But how do you know what love is… what if love only touches briefly and then moves on…. is that really love then?

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Las Vegas, NV, US | 2 years, 7 months ago (2 months after post)

nik223, If you share love with another and they move on at some point it does not change or cancel the love the two of you each created and shared. Love lives forever and is bigger then each of us individually.

nc, love may be a positive energy life force but cannot create itself here on earth. It must be created and generated by members of humanity. Once created it takes on a life of its own and effects not only the creators of it but any observers. There have been studies conducted on kind acts. The receiver of the kindness, the generator of the kind act and the witnesses to the kind act all experience a release in their brain of serotonin and endorphins which may all feel real good.

Mr. Fullball, because you have not allowed yourself to experience it.

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love-hmmmm! love is when i and me just vanishes-it becomes we-it becomes that naturally-there is some work involved sometimes-but that work comes out of love to build love-its that feeling that you cant describe-when two people love-theres no comparisons-because two people feel that bond btween their souls.if they look around wether it be someone has more looks-money-more of anything-it doesnt matter cuz when two people share love it cant be put to words or compared-its wonderful!it doesnt happen often in this world-two strangers meet and share pure true love-nothing is forced-two people feel complete empathy for eachother-and want eachother to feel great!they want eachother to grow and they do cause eachother to grow-but that whole want word is thrown out cuz it just happens.man ive been on here writing all these posts bout my ex-i felt love for the first time in my life and i guess she didnt and cuz i felt it and i guess she didnt or wed be together i feel like an a-bomb went off in me-destroyed me-cuz it was foirever-so love can take you to heaven or hell-just has to be reciprocated-(prob spelkt that wrong)lol! its like walking on water

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Las Vegas, NV, US | 2 years, 7 months ago (2 months after post)

Frost7, that was beautiful and insightful and you will find it again only next time it will be reciprocated. Good Luck to you.

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 7 months ago (2 months after post)

Love Is Something Im Being To See Right Here With Friends…xoxoxo..

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GM | 2 years, 7 months ago (2 months after post)

Hi i am expresing my emosinal feeling about you and the rest of your friend.Too crista ilove you so much.A police man can stop a car but he cannot stop the love i have for you . my name is Habib Fatty e-mail (email removed) thanks from habib f To my love crista Bey

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 7 months ago (2 months after post)

Thanx..And ur e-mail got removed….

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 7 months ago (2 months after post)

That is the most beutiful thing i ever read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!you gotta teach me to write like that!

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 7 months ago (2 months after post)

1 Corinthians 13
Love
1If I speak in the tongues[a] of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,[b] but have not love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8Love never fails.

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Scio, OR, US | 2 years, 7 months ago (2 months after post)

Love is something you can give to a person who is sick and you don’t want them to ever leave you in a time of need. (Just like my dad.)

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US | 2 years, 7 months ago (2 months, 1 week after post)

“Love has no awareness of merit or demerit; it has no scale… Love loves; this is its nature.”

Einstein, who said that? I think that is my favorite one.

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 7 months ago (2 months, 1 week after post)

that was great. no better way to say it really.

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Milverton, ON, CA | 2 years, 7 months ago (2 months, 2 weeks after post)

Wow, that brought tears to my eyes. good job

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Yorktown Heights, NY, US | 2 years, 7 months ago (2 months, 2 weeks after post)

love is when you feel like you have feelings for the person that you like

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“When someone you love hurts you, you have only two choices: to stop loving them, or to love them a whole lot more.” - Colonel Potter M*A*S*H

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 7 months ago (2 months, 2 weeks after post)

I Know i am the last post or almost last but what is love if you think one thing then later you do not have feelings for that person how will you know and please dont say you just will know cause that wont help me l-o-v-e is a wierd term i dont think you actually fall in love cause how come people do not stay together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

READ MYNE PLEASE

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 7 months ago (2 months, 3 weeks after post)

Everything is either based in fear or love. F-E-A-R stands for False Evidence Appearing Real. So love is really all there is.

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 7 months ago (2 months, 3 weeks after post)

loove is caring more about someone slse’s needs than your own….unfortunately most people will never experience this beacause people are incredibly selfish

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GB | 2 years, 7 months ago (2 months, 3 weeks after post)

i live in engalnd so we dont have states and im sorry but i’ve never heard of a
emancipationry so i dont no what one is, i dont think we have them here

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 6 months ago (2 months, 3 weeks after post)

Beautiful…

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Norwich, CT, US | 2 years, 6 months ago (2 months, 3 weeks after post)

What is Love? Baby don’t hurt me. Don’t hurt me no more.

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 6 months ago (3 months after post)

I want her… I love her… She loves me, but not as much… what can I do??? I thought I knew love, returned love. Now I only feel pain. And I love her still.

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London, ON, CA | 2 years, 6 months ago (3 months after post)

You relly know your stuff candp :>
I’m sure there’s something more detailed out there, but that one gets to the heart, more than good enough for me =)

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candp offline Verified User (3 years) Help.com Volunteer Moderator Long Term User Shouts: 146 #
Las Vegas, NV, US | 2 years, 6 months ago (3 months after post)

Thanks, Canoso! It’s been a while since we talked! how have you been?

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Canoso offline Verified User (2 years, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
London, ON, CA | 2 years, 6 months ago (3 months after post)

Ohh I gave you a shout because of my absence ;)
I had apendicitis, that transformed into peritonitis because the doctors didnt know what it was, they left me in the hospital for like 3 days and when I was…..not having my best time they found out what it was, it was mid-late and life threathening but after these last months I’m still walking and happy to be =)

Back to help.com, I guess I’m not done helping people :D

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Northampton, PA, US | 2 years, 6 months ago (3 months, 1 week after post)

pretty quote

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Dublin, OH, US | 2 years, 6 months ago (3 months, 1 week after post)

Love is like racing across the frozen tundra on a snowmobile which flips over, trapping you underneath. At night, the ice-weasels come

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Burnaby, BC, CA | 2 years, 6 months ago (3 months, 1 week after post)

toucher man its so true the meaning of love

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Dubai, 03, AE | 2 years, 6 months ago (3 months, 1 week after post)

L-lake of tears
O-ocean of trouble
V-valley of enemy
E-end of life

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Maxton, NC, US | 2 years, 6 months ago (3 months, 2 weeks after post)

Very well thought! brilliant!

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US | 2 years, 6 months ago (3 months, 2 weeks after post)

C and P that is really beautiful I’m going to read it to my wife.
One poster asked how you could tell if you were in love or just had a crush.
Hmm? Well everytime I lay down next to my wife to go to sleep I think to myself . ” I love her so much I couldn’t possibly love her anymore than I do right now “……Amazingly enough every morning when I wake up I realize That I’m even more in love with her than the night before!!! By the way, as a youngster I would talk to my dad about the girlfriend of the week and way too many times I remember telling him that this one is THE ONE for sure I know it and he would tell me ” NAW SON YOU JUST GOT A CRUSH ON THAT GIRL… AND CRUSHES ARE JUST PRACTICE RUNS FOR THE REAL THING… God just wants you to get used to the ups and downs when the real thing comes your way.”
I didn’t know what he meant back then. But now I know the difference between telling someone that you would die for them and telling them how much you are willing to live for them.

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Abu Dhabi, 01, AE | 2 years, 6 months ago (3 months, 2 weeks after post)

Don’t get me wrong here, I am in no way ‘religous’ or a preacher. Nobody can experience TRUE love without knowing God first. Knowing God, I mean REALLY knowing God means that you realize that he is inside YOU! Once you realize that He is inside you, you begin to love yourself (not the narcissistic kind) and you can’t really love anyone unless you love yourself, knowing that no matter what happens in your life, there is this inner bastion inside of you where He resides. Love is God.

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La Jolla, CA, US | 2 years, 6 months ago (3 months, 2 weeks after post)

love and hate are actions peoples feelings change all the tiome only god always lovesus no matter what we do!!!!

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Melita, 00, MT | 2 years, 5 months ago (3 months, 4 weeks after post)

really nice word

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2 years, 5 months ago (4 months after post)

Just something to think about:
Can you still love someone if you separate yourself from them in an effort to protect yourself?

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Abu Dhabi, 01, AE | 2 years, 5 months ago (4 months after post)

I am going through the same thing right now…I just try to think about the person I fell in love with and not the person they ended up really being.

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Sandgate, G5, GB | 2 years, 5 months ago (4 months, 1 week after post)

I’ve read the most beautiful replies from this post.

One thing that gets me is unconditional love working, well, i gave away love to some1 regardless of their faults, but it got to the extent where it just didnt feel worth it anymore.

this bloke i saw for a short period of time was saying words like, “if you love me you would come and see me” and said I would make him happier if i went to see him more (pretty much the whole time). realistically, Ive realised now only he could bring happiness for himself, and while he was r*ping me he said “if you love me you would do it” and “I’m doing this because I love you”. during he did what he did, I felt like he was sucking the happiness out of my soul. and I think it was the control effect because he was taking my freedom away from me to an extreme extent, like trapping a bird in a cage. I had no freedom and i felt posessed. he was loving me to how he wanted to love me and not allow me to be how i wanted to he. so it is undertandable to me now when people say rape is about control. i felt awful aftwards and overloaded. he must’ve realised i was feeling that way and carried on to make him feel better about himself.

is giving away love worth giving to some1 who wants to keep you trapped? so it has to work both ways for it to realistically work?

im scared of giving any unconditional love away anymore because I fear of asking for r*pe again. I fear of being attractive to a person, and I blame myself and think that me being attractive to this guy was what caused it. he blamed me as i told him i felt forced and he replied “it’s not me, it’s you, you are so sexy that when i’m around you i cannot resist myself, i really like you and i think you should know that’. and one time before then he was kissing and hugging me and i tried to push him off me, he said,( this was over a wk before the r*pe) “i cannot help it, you are so beautiful”, and then carried on. but he had complete control in public and not away from it. it was so freaky.

after the r*pe he encouraged me to meet up with him again and I did, and he asked, “what can I do to make you happy?’, and i said “you can’t make me happy, that is something you can never do”. he then left me a valentines gift and said, “i can’t make you happy”, gave me a kiss on the head and walked off and left me while i was upset. i was trying to be open to him about how i felt. but he didn’t listen. i didn;t care about his valentines gift or his money.

Is it better for there to be an extend to what can be accepted back when giving away love? shud there be limititations? i thought in this case it was best to be safe. I told the police soon afterwards what happened as he was constantly contacting me aftwards and i was scared. they arrested him. they told him to keep away from me. he was released. the case didn’t go forward to court due to lack of evidence. so everything has now been dropped.

I start my r*pe counselling next tues.

Also, i’d like to ask, if giving away unconditional love? that is accepting some1 for who they are regardless of faults? is it that what is infinate about it? as no matter how much love u can give away to some1, there will always be more to give away?
as “my love is as bounty as the sea, the more i give to thee the more i have, for both are infinite”. good old shakespeare. that links? I would love replies from this. and thanks for reading.

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Marietta, GA, US | 2 years, 5 months ago (4 months, 1 week after post)

Ouch, Florence. My heart goes out to you…

I wish that I had the right words to help you make sense of it all, but anything I could say would only sound shallow and trite.

I would have to say, however, that letting this guy have his way with you is not showing him love. It’s not meeting his (real) needs, or in his best interest, or any of those things. It’s letting him commit a crime.

I also think that in order to really love someone else you have to be able to love yourself to some degree. I don’t mean that you should be selfish, but at the same time if you don’t value yourself, how can you value someone else?

I know that the repercussions of what happened to you are devastating and can be long lasting, but I hope that you will be able to recover all that you lost.

Feel free to vent anytime. We’ll be listening!

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 5 months ago (4 months, 1 week after post)

I enjoyed reading all the previous posts :).

Let’s see, what can I add to this.

Love is a connection to energy.
Something that sucks out your energy is not love.
Love is tapping into the pool of limitless energy, by reaching out and connecting.

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Delft, 11, NL | 2 years, 5 months ago (4 months, 1 week after post)

Hi Florence!

I don’t really think that ‘unconditional love’ is truly love when it means giving respect and not receiving it back because that means that you don’t love yourself enough to separate from a person who does not treat u the way u SHOULD know u deserve to be treated. Gabriel Garcia Marquez said: “If somebody truly deserves your tears, that person will never make you cry”

It’s perfect to give all the best u have to another person without limits.. that’s what love is about!! But you have to be smart when choosing that person. I don’t remember where I heard this: “every as***le in this world says he loves somebody.. but it’s not about what they say.. it’s about what they do to the person they say they love”.

How to I personally choose? I look at their actions, how they think, what are their plans.. do they look down on other people? Are they shallow? Are they smart? Are they flirty? etc etc.. just looking how a person acts with others and u know a lot about that person.

I think that true love between 2 ppl is real when after they get to know all about each other: virtues (personality, intelligence, looks, etc) and defects (nasty habits, being messy, or having differences of opinions in religion or politics.. if u can call that a defect etc), and after all the tests of time they STILL care for each other, respect each other, and TRY to be better for the other in respect to their defects, and love each other in a way that what they have together..STILL seems better than anything else.

Also if u loved someone but didn’t work.. yes u can love again and again and again. Nobody is really unique. There’s no such thing as your 1 and only charming blue prince out there. There are many potential ‘princes’ for u out there. It’s like Skipp said up there, u have mature and real love for sum1 when u r able to say: ‘I can live without you, but I don’t ever want to’

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Mottville, NY, US | 2 years, 5 months ago (4 months, 1 week after post)

I like that good job

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Fayetteville, NC, US | 2 years, 5 months ago (4 months, 1 week after post)

Love is that warm protected feeling you get when you are with a loved one.

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Sandgate, G5, GB | 2 years, 5 months ago (4 months, 1 week after post)

thanku mauri!
in future i make sure i leave any1 who treats me bad.
I’d really know how to treat people good. and if i think a relationship is about happiness, that would cause the neediness to get into one? and id be in a needy relationship lol.
atm im trying to learn to accept my own faults and errors. think that would help make me have better relationships with people. then id expect less from myself, or anything from them.

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Delft, 11, NL | 2 years, 5 months ago (4 months, 2 weeks after post)

why do you think you have faults and errors ???
What you consider “errors” maybe you can consider as lessons…

It’s ok to be “needy” for the other person when that means:
missing that person, waiting to see them again, longing to hold them, to kiss them.. it’s all good and it’s awesome!!, that’s living! knowing that you deserve all that! and enjoying it! it’s all good!

BUT it’s ok only as long as you are capable to LEAVE that person if he disrespects you. That’s the balance that you need… to be able to be in a relationship without the constant fear of: OMG! my life is over if he leaves me!! that’s plain wrong..

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Forest Hills, NY, US | 2 years, 4 months ago (4 months, 3 weeks after post)

Nice words, love is definitely a great feeling, emotion and way of life. Love is one of the few things in life, maybe the only thing in life that can be given in so many different shapes and forms.

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Boondall, 04, AU | 2 years, 4 months ago (4 months, 3 weeks after post)

thats awesome.

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Sandgate, G5, GB | 2 years, 4 months ago (5 months, 2 weeks after post)

this is my favourite post. so many different opinions and different thoughts. i think love is an infinite source and accepting others for what they are. giving away and sacrifising for free and not feel the need for anything back in return. to be able to say that you sorry. to not hurt them and allowing them the freedom to make their own choices and decisions and accepting them too!

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Las Vegas, NV, US | 2 years, 4 months ago (5 months, 2 weeks after post)

very good, florence! You are maturing right before our very eyes! What a wonderful view of love that you have!

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Sandgate, G5, GB | 2 years, 4 months ago (5 months, 2 weeks after post)

lol thanku :D

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Solihull, M2, GB | 2 years, 4 months ago (5 months, 3 weeks after post)

it’s when your heart begins to contract everytime you take a step away from the person you luv. it’s when you smile and cry without obvious reason. it’s when you wish 2 die for someone but wouldn’t dare because you’re not that selfish to leave them to suffer in this life on their own.

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Solihull, M2, GB | 2 years, 4 months ago (5 months, 3 weeks after post)

it can protect you from pain at a price of offering you pain at the same time so therefore many people believe that love doesn’t exist. but when your partner cancels out the pain that comes your way, all you can ever feel is a shield of happiness. and the day that you fall in love is when the feeling of vulnerability loses it’s role in your life… because that’s when nothing else matters. nothing but the one you love

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AU | 1 year, 11 months ago (10 months, 1 week after post)

There is nothing to live in this world because every think will destroy in future but our thought is valuable just close your eyes try become thought less you can see another world so you can know about end of life what will happen when love end with marriage
Nothing will been there but when your love simple failed you can remember for ever her thoughts will around with you when you feel this that is true love so start to forget all past
And start new life with meditation just think about end of life and help for poor daily bread love makes any think but our brain take to other world another world is there so start to become thought less just close your eyes

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 9 months ago (1 year after post)

Very well put candp ,and I agree totally.

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Las Vegas, NV, US | 1 year, 9 months ago (1 year after post)

Thank you Felicity

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