Question

[The Wang Master]

What is love for?

[Wallie Wildo]

people who cant make it alone

[Laggy]

um..to help you through hard times?...to make you feel things in new ways? a way to keep from being alone?...many things love is for..

it can be good and bad things

the good things out do the bad and meaning love is great...i think so anyways

[Lancet Jades]

Perhaps as a way to make sure our species has a better chance at surviving.

Also, maybe its a way so that two people can feel needed, wanted. To feel like they belong.

[The Wang Master]

Should it just be felt between two people? What about a love between parent and offspring? What about my love of all things shiny?

[Laggy]

love has many wasy of showing up..it can be in anything anywhere...if your open to loveing that thing...like my love to final fantasy, or cacaws love for cheese lol

[Wallie Wildo]

or my love for cheese

[idgaf rpgfan]

I though we went through this before, FoD. Love is a chemical reaction in the brain that stimulates the pleasure centers. Now that the scientific mumbo-jumbo is done with, love is the driving force that causes ppl to do things that they alone could not motovate themselves to do, be it get a job, quit drinking/drugs, or many other things.

[Wallie Wildo]

damn you laggy you beat me too it lol

[Chaos Theory]

Love is just something we created and it is used as a way to pass the hardships and dark hours of life.

[The Wang Master]

Are you sure we created it, how exactly did we create it?

[Saberstar]

Love, sadness, hatred, desire, etc. They're all the same. They're all emotions that you have, to show others how you feel. Whether this is a good thing or bad thing.

Love does not have to involve between 2 people.
Most of the time, IMO, love toward a living thing appears to be a lot more important then to a thing. Such as...shiny things. >_>
Your love towards someone, you would just want what's best for them. Mainly your parents, or friends, etc. Unlike your g/f or b/f. You show affection, and desire.

[The Wang Master]

Note to self, check to see if there is more than one post from my last visit to a thread.

Well I guess it is for those things. Ins some cases we can't control it? Alot of the comments I've read make it seem like something we can turn on and off. In most of the cases I've read or heard of, it was something that just happened. Why does it just happen?

[Chaos Theory]

well that is my belief

I think Love is like God

there is no physical proof it turly exist yet most believe it to be real

[Saberstar]

It's true that there are time you could control it, and times that you couldn't. It all depends how strong your love is towards that certain thing or person. Such that, if you really love someone, there's a chance that you'll protect that person no matter what. Or perhaps you'll do any means to get together with that person and your personality as well.
While others, even if they do love that person very much. It's hard for them to express it. Due to their shyness, etc.

Why does it just happen? >_> Well i'm no love expert, so I wouldn't know.
But things like this are instant. Like, if someone is about to punch you, you'll dodge it. Same with this, I suppose.

[nightsavior]

love is a mystery. i'm sure it is partly a chemical reaction but other things play into it such as emotions and in some cases a spiritual connection. there are also different levels of love such as sexual and romantic love but also the love for family and friends. alot of ppl try analyzing love and using words to express it but i think it goes beyond our compacity to explain.

[The Wang Master]

nightsavior, I'm looking for a reason why it is there, not what it is.

Like, if someone is about to punch you, you'll dodge it.
Well if you didn't know what the result of being hit would be, would you dodge it? I don't think love is a reflexive response.

With me it sometimes comes about, but lessens to a degree where I would merely take two bullets for that person. Is it an excuse to be noble? Or is the act of self sacrifice a biproduct that is seen as noble? But then, if no one else is there to witness it, why do people still do it?

[Rick_dowg2099]

love is in the weed.....i must come off as a crazy no sence havin stoner lol .love is faith trust and time..and its in tha weed lol

[Saberstar]

Well if you didn't know what the result of being hit would be, would you dodge it? I don't think love is a reflexive response.


I don't know. You dodge it because you know it might result injury, hurting you. Knowing that you'll feel pain or what not. And it's what the mind tells you to do.

The same way you fall in love with something, I suppose. There are people who falls in love with something he/she sees. It's just instant. Thinking the person is hot or something.


With me it sometimes comes about, but lessens to a degree where I would merely take two bullets for that person. Is it an excuse to be noble? Or is the act of self sacrifice a biproduct that is seen as noble? But then, if no one else is there to witness it, why do people still do it?

It's just another one of this signals for you. Your eyes are their to know whats going on. Your brain's the one that functions and tells you want to do. I mean, you don't have to dodge a bullet for another person. But, it really depends how you yourself feel. There are people who love that person, thus the reason why they do it. Others feel like their life is worth not living. And giving his/her life to save another would be honorable or perhaps something else.
Humans aren't the only one that knows or feels love. I'm sure if you have a pet, mainly a dog. If you're in trouble, it will hel you out. If someone is robbing you, it will risk it's live saving yours.

[nightsavior]

hmm...well without love i know human beings would have a more difficult time surviving. think about it when you're going through tough times love keeps you going whether it's the love for your friends or the love you harbor for yourself. i think in a way love binds us all together like a hive collective in that way we are able to draw strength from each other in times of conflict. ever see a mother bear protect her cubs or a father lift a car to get it off his daughter? also, many jews survived the atrocious conditions in concentration camps through love and hope . such things happen because love can make us do the impossible. of course many say love can be taken to unhealthy extremes but in my opinion when that happens it becomes more of a compulsive obscession.

[nightsavior]

hmm...well without love i know human beings would have a more difficult time surviving. think about it when you're going through tough times love keeps you going whether it's the love for your friends and family or the love you harbor for yourself. i think in a way love binds us all together like a hive collective in that way we are able to draw strength from each other in times of conflict. ever see a mother bear protect her cubs or a father lift a car to get it off his daughter? such things happen because love can make us do the impossible. also,many jews survived the concentration camps just through love and hope alone. of course many say love can be taken to unhealthy extremes but in my opinion when that happens it becomes more of a compulsive obscession. by the way i apologize for posting twice. i don't know what the hell just happened. i went to edit to change something,reposted it and now i have 2 post.

[The Wang Master]

Humans aren't the only one that knows or feels loveI never said it pertained to just humans.

well from what I've seen humans are born to be protective. A survival instict. Why would someone refute that instinct and take the bullet? Is that a measure of love?

Can't believe I'm doing this
ever see a mother bear protect her cubs or a father lift a car to get it off his daughter?Isn't that just a survival instict, you need the offspring to survive to preserve your seed? Keep them in the gene pool. So is that what love is for?

I thought the car thing was adrenaline. At that point you are invincible.

is it used to fortify willpower to a greater degree?

[nightsavior]

hmmm. that's a good point fairy. i suppose it is adrenaline but that adrenaline has to be triggered by some kind of emotion. but you might be right maybe love is partly a primal instinct so we can continue to survive as a race. still,when i have felt love it was so deep and profound. it felt like more then just chemicals firing off in my brain. but love can be selfless. for example you may feel compelled to give your own life to save someone you care for. statistically whether you die or he/she dies a life will be lost either way. if love was simply a drive to preserve our offspring or species sacrifice would not be logical. still i'm sure there are impressive arguments contrary to this point.

[The Wang Master]

so deep and profound
I hate that phrase so much, the words are "meaningful" but the phrase is trite.

Well I brought that point up else where the other day. I would only take two bullets for some people. Lifting a car is also a selfless act, you can mess up your back and maybe dislocate something.

Then there are the people that find a way to use "love" to manipulate others, even if they don't know it.

The question still remains to be answered for me, what is love for?

Maybe, it's like how one person answered "what is love?" it just is. But that sounds too simple to comprehend or lazy in thought. (no eternal did not give me that answer, lazy)