[QUOTE=Osteoknot;2671219]I assumed that people would prefer to be in love with their significant other than not, and that mutual love with another person is a beneficial state. Silly me.
Love is a complex subject about which someone who knows more about it than I could certainly write a book. Love is a powerful invisible force. Right there next to nuclear energy, jeje.
I am not saying that love is a requirement or necessary in a person's life and I have heard many people say that don't ever want to fall in love, usually as a result of bad experiences, but not always. So called emotional "damaged goods. " A significant other can be a very nice place for your love. Better than loving Tussi.
There are many different kinds of love. You can love money, music, material objects, people, relatives, pets, a lifestyle, religious icons, movies, works of art, so and so on. For example, Christians believe in some sort of "Agape" or highest form of love that is held for their God. I don't believe love is solely a matter of degree although there are certainly degrees of love, including for people. Would you lay down and die for everyone you loved, if you loved anyone?
Almost invariably, if a person feels he or she is in True Love, they will tell you they are happier and better off for it. Lack of self-reported love in a person's social support system is a predictor or risk factor for depression. "It is better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all..[/QUOTE]Sadly the above is a lot of horse shit, but all fittiing to the sign on the marquis, "stupid shit," most notably the claim that "love can cause murder. " Such reasoning betrays someone as deranged or just saturated drugs, the latter being the most likely cause in this case. But rule number one, never take advice about "love" from a monger forum. That's the last place you'd want to look.
