tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507000978622569497.post8507326529321815850..comments2023-05-25T02:34:44.749-07:00Comments on The Human Condition: Now, you say something.Libby Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621744095054412830noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507000978622569497.post-22395872189988479912010-07-01T07:15:04.153-07:002010-07-01T07:15:04.153-07:001. I don't really know if anyone really knows ...1. I don't really know if anyone really knows what love is. Everyone has their own idea what love is, and people who don't really know what it is just pretend they do like how Christians all pretend they know what "sanctified" and "consecrated" mean just so that they don't look bad, even though most have absolutely no idea. Some confuse love with lust, feeling that love is physical. Some confuse love with security, expecting the object of their love to fulfill the void left by an emotionally absent parent. Some expect love to fix all of their shortcomings. They figure that the person they love will make up for everything they just can't get right.<br />I don't know exactly how to explain what I feel that love is, but I can tell you a million things that love isn't.<br />2. There is absolutely a difference between loving someone and being in love with them. I love my family, but I'm definitely not "in love" with them.<br />3. Yes, being in love is pivotal to a happy, maintaining relationship, in my opinion. However, there are many other dynamics that have to be present for a relationship to be successful. Most people expect their love for one another to be the sole element sustaining their relationship, and that's just unrealistic.<br />4. When I was in high school, there were a couple of times that I thought I was in love. I really didn't know anything at that point. By now, I think it was just social pressure to be in love or have a girlfriend because that what everyone else wanted. It was thought that in order to be a good person, someone had to want to spend the rest of their life with you. I so do not believe that anymore.<br />5. I was 16 or 17. I didn't know.<br />6. I'm not in love now. I don't know if I'd like to be. I've worked so hard at being independent. It's been my #1 goal for so long. I wouldn't be a good boyfriend or husband because I don't want to share my life.Stevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14607247914090092618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507000978622569497.post-7356766586255531962010-06-22T07:40:18.295-07:002010-06-22T07:40:18.295-07:00I would like to answer question #1 and #2 together...I would like to answer question #1 and #2 together. I believe that, as with any other emotion, there is a range of severity. In the realm of love, and my opinion, the difference between happiness and joy is equal to the difference in kindred love and romantic love. <br />#3 I believe that love definitely plays an important role in happy marriages, but I believe that the role of maintenance is mainly played by commitment.<br />#4 I have been in love once.<br />#5 I knew that I loved JD when a) it was requited b) there was serious commitment and c) I knew that there was literally no one else on the planet that would fit me better than he does.<br />#6 I am in love, yes.<br /><br />I do love that movie, but it only made me wish that Charlyne and Michael were ACTUALLY a couple.Jamie Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04637306241396474657noreply@blogger.com