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What is love?
Haddaway posed this very important question in his 1993 Eurodance hit, and as far as this American can tell, all we got out of it was an incredibly funny Saturday Night Live skit.
I really want to know, what is love?
On the clinical level, I suspect that it is a hormonal response tied to human social interactions. Okay, that's my working definition, but I want more.
I'd really like to hear the TAG audience attempt to describe this fantastic and tragic human emotion.
I'm not sure I've ever experienced it. I have children and I do love them, I'd die to protect them in a flash.
However, I'm not sure that is really love. No matter how incredible and awesome I think my children are, I'm bound by biological programming to feel that way about them.
To focus this question on an aspect that is more relevant to the TAG forum, let's set a few parameters.
What is romantic love?
What is an example of you giving it?
What is an example of you receiving it?
My response:
What is romantic love?
I'm not sure, but I suspect that it involves performing an act that might be contrary to one's safety or self-interest.
What is an example of you giving it?
I drove 500 miles to Georgia one time to pick up an ex-girlfriend who was in a bit of trouble. The thrill was gone between us, but I still cared for her enough to do that. It might be the purest example of love or altruism that I have.
What is an example of you receiving it?
Another one of my Ex GFs stopped by my place with a six pack of beer and a box of chicken wings on my birthday.
That simple act surpasses anything I've ever experienced in the sphere of someone doing something just for me. Sure, she might have had ulterior motives, but I didn't sense them. I really believe that she just wanted to do something for me, because she loved me.
That's all I have on this subject, and I really want to know more.
What is love?
Haddaway posed this very important question in his 1993 Eurodance hit, and as far as this American can tell, all we got out of it was an incredibly funny Saturday Night Live skit.
I really want to know, what is love?
On the clinical level, I suspect that it is a hormonal response tied to human social interactions. Okay, that's my working definition, but I want more.
I'd really like to hear the TAG audience attempt to describe this fantastic and tragic human emotion.
I'm not sure I've ever experienced it. I have children and I do love them, I'd die to protect them in a flash.
However, I'm not sure that is really love. No matter how incredible and awesome I think my children are, I'm bound by biological programming to feel that way about them.
To focus this question on an aspect that is more relevant to the TAG forum, let's set a few parameters.
What is romantic love?
What is an example of you giving it?
What is an example of you receiving it?
My response:
What is romantic love?
I'm not sure, but I suspect that it involves performing an act that might be contrary to one's safety or self-interest.
What is an example of you giving it?
I drove 500 miles to Georgia one time to pick up an ex-girlfriend who was in a bit of trouble. The thrill was gone between us, but I still cared for her enough to do that. It might be the purest example of love or altruism that I have.
What is an example of you receiving it?
Another one of my Ex GFs stopped by my place with a six pack of beer and a box of chicken wings on my birthday.
That simple act surpasses anything I've ever experienced in the sphere of someone doing something just for me. Sure, she might have had ulterior motives, but I didn't sense them. I really believe that she just wanted to do something for me, because she loved me.
That's all I have on this subject, and I really want to know more.
What is love?
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