What is your opinion on my perspective of love?

I say I love you to people all the time, but as a girl, I probably get far less shit for it than you. I haven’t thought about it much, but I bet that’s why. I think you have a lovely view on things.

What I got from your perspective on what love is is that there is no ambiguity in your description about any of it and I think that is terrific.

You seem to be very open and candid about so many aspects of love itself and that probably speaks alot about your character and your feelings toward others. I’m really impressed with your views about all of it.

That’s really nice :) I feel the same way about a few people.

You are wise, young one :)

For the record I recently had to translate that passage from Latin to English on one of my finals for last semester. It made me laugh, and appreciate my Latin Professor even more.

Secondly…just wow. Your opinion is impressive and I would have to agree. Love is more about continuous respect than anything else and isn’t a word to be thrown around lightly.

I think your interpretation is spot on. :)

Pure unconditional love. What would our lives be like if we were all capable of truly showing it as it should be? It’s really meant to be a way of life instead of the simple temporal emotion we usually feel in the heat of any given moment. To think of all the ways we use the term love and how much we cheapen it when we fail to do it justice. It’s pretty sad.

Elumas, have you read “The Four Loves” by C.S. Lewis? (It’s kind of academic in style, but) I love how he further realizes the meaning of love by explaining the four Greek words for it, how versatile and universal in nature it is.

You hit the love button my friend! Exactly what i think!

Have you read Scott Peck’s book The Road Less Traveled? It has a great discussion of love. The thing that is emphasized is that love is a commitment and requires effort. In particular, love means being truly present for someone, listening to and understanding what they are saying and feeling.

Do your actions meet your words?

Sounds good to me! I don’t actually say it very often or to many people, but when i do that is exactly what i am trying to convey in less words. Overuse makes it lose its meaning especially if you use it and are unable to uphold your intent.

@introv I’m not sure that you can overuse it to be honest

@lynneblundell I love you! ;)

True love is a decision, not a warm fuzzy.

@steelmarket warm fuzzy sounds lovely though!! I’ll have warm fuzzy if theres no love going

although it sems there is…. @introv

There are many kinds of love. Saying “I love you,” means all kinds of different things (particularly about relationships), depending on the context. People look at you funny when you say it and they can’t figure out the context in which you are saying it. When someone means “love” in “The Love Guru” kind of way, but it sounds like the intimate kind of way, people will be confused.

Perhaps a bit of explanation, such as what you have given here, except shorter, might help.

So Thomas,
Have you reevaluates how you use the term ‘I love you” because of this epiphany? Are you more cautious since you know realize it’s a solemn vow?
As a fellow Christian I love it when I see peoples world get a little bigger as a result of Bible study. Thanks for sharing your heart in such an open and potentially vulnerable setting. Your spirit bears witness to mine.

Well, if I had a crazy stalker guy always following me around saying, “I love you! I love you!” then I’d consider the phrase quite overused. But luckily I haven’t had any of those in a while. :P

@Introverted_Leo, your post brings to mind a college friend who was constantly being followed on campus by a student from Iran. He would appear once or twice a day, and say “Debbie, my heart burns for you.” And then just stand there and profess his love. We found out later he did this to several girls, hoping one would marry him.

That’s…kinda creepy.

Yeah, it is now. We were oblivious to the danger in some ways, and found it both annoying and humorous. Too many episodes of Law & Order, I guess.