How do you define love and what does love mean to you?

[MertJK]

You can write in detail

[jorfan3]

I define love generally, and by type. The Greeks described 8 different types of love. English only has one word for love. This makes this more complicated in some ways.

Generally speaking, love means "to have good will, intention, and beneficial actions towards another person or oneself". This is the most basic, generalized definition I can think of. You can apply it to anyone. You can apply it to your dog. You can apply it to strangers. It will always be true.

The Greeks had 8 different categories of love:

Eros: sexual passion
Philia: deep friendship
Ludus: flirtatious love
Agape: unconditional love from God
Pragma: faithful love
Philautia: love of the self
Storge: family love
Consummate Love: a balance of intimacy, passion, and commitment

We do not give eros love to children, nor do we have the capacity to give agape love the way God does.

Love comes in different forms and is expressed uniquely, depending on the person with whom we're interacting.

A belief I live by is, "Love is unconditional, intimacy is a privilege". You can love someone from a distance if they are hurting you, and draw them close once they stop being toxic.

That's my opinion :D

[bobalife]

“Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.”


“ Love is always patient and kind. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish.”


Love is giving… to just see my person smile and be the reason they smile/laugh. I think to accept someone for who they are, both wanna bring the best out of each other, and be the best for each other. What does love means to you?

[BarryLiverstone]

Ty for sharing

[bobalife]

Your welcome, I like yours too 😊

[BarryLiverstone]

I appreciate you, very kind

[bobalife]

Thank you, but what makes you say that?

[BarryLiverstone]

Because you expressed that love is giving. That seems kind and selfless to me

[BarryLiverstone]

Or am I wrong in understanding that you are a kind soul?

[bobalife]

Hehe awww… why thank you, you’re very sweet 🤭 I just love people and the community. When it comes to my person, nothing makes me feel more whole than making them feel special, love, and happy (and vice versa).

[CozyCoffin]

Love is being brave enough to trust someone with the ability to tear you apart, all the while knowing that they'll build you up instead. It's being present, supportive and accepting, without expecting anything in return. It's about feeling comfortable enough to share thoughts while forgetting you’re beside someone else because it’s as comfortable to be with them as it is when you're alone. These I feel both in familial and friendship relationships. I expect it will be the same if I ever have romance.

[OtterMan68]

There are different kinds:

Familial love: you love your family, you're connected to them, want them to do well, and would do anything for them.

Friendship: you found a person whose well being you care about and love and support

Romantic love: You find a partner you want to share your life with, even your most inimate moments and give yourself to and want them to give themselves to you.

Love: I love french fries!

[Sonorous]

Chemicals in the brain.

[SuperDumbButt]

Maybe love is just when you like someone a lot and want to be with them, but is that even real love? I mean, Donald Trump seems to have a lot of people who like him, but does that mean he loves them? Or is it just politics and manipulation?

I guess love is just a word people use to describe a feeling they have for someone else. But what does it really mean? Does it mean you have to put someone on a pedastal and ignore their flaws? Or does it mean you accept them for who they are, including their mistakes?

I don't know, maybe love is just a concept that's too complicated for a dumb girl like me to understand. But I do know one thing: love shouldn't involve spreading lies and hate about anyone, especially not about somebody like Donald Trump.

[TentPoker]

I define love as the moments when I publicly set up a tent. And I'm not talking about a roof over my head, I mean the poking stick in my pants.

[BarryLiverstone]

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

To me it's being there for someone when they most need it, to be committed, loyal, to place their needs above our own, to protect them from harm's way, to tell them things that might be beneficial to them even if they don't want to hear it.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

Also while protecting them from harm's way, we also encourage them to protect themselves since if we truly love them, we might die or not be around to protect them anymore and then if we truly love them, we don't want to see them helpless in those situations. So if we love someone, we don't just take care of them but also teach them and encourage them to take care of themselves.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

This might also be a Japanese way of thinking about love, but love to me is about actions. It's not a feeling since who, for sure, knows how every single person who loves another feels about it? The feelings don't matter very much to me. Love is about actions.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

I remember encountering a Q on here which read like, "How do you know if your SO loves you?" Such a question is looking at love as a feeling, not a series of actions. My wife definitely loves me, without question, according to my way of thinking about love as actions because her actions are the actions of love. I might never 100% understand her deepest feelings on the subject but it doesn't matter when we define love in terms of actions.

[genericname85]

pretty much the urge to express affection to a person and recieve afection from that person.

[LiamJHayden]

Love, to me, is seeking the better/the best for the other person.

[OddBeMe]

An emotion, probably the deepest you can feel toward someone. Although hate and anger can sit with people for years.

[captain_voidwalker]

Like this

[Anonymous]

A vulnerable state your mind getting into. A condition similar to drug addiction. You become dependent on someone to be happy and you start putting your happiness aside to please them. Last but not least. I define it as a load of bollox.

[AngryCarl]

Love means having sex whenever you feel like it.

[SoJust]

I think so this love not see, this love is feeling

[BigGirlblue]

I can't explain it

[MertJK]

Why?