What defines love????

I was thinking about how some people do get love, mixed up with intense liking or attraction.
What makes love last?
Why do some couples last longer than others?

I found this interesting.
5 Ways That Theories of Psychology Explain Love

What are your theories?

 

Not the notorious 5 'F's that I have heard so much about. I dare not post them. lol

 

Hints are welcome.

 

Find them, Follow them, F*n**r Them, F***, them and Forget them.

 

Wow deep stuff. I think all long term relationships go through phases made up of the different types of love described in the article. And each type is not mutually exclusive. A couple couple be experience several of the types simultaneously.

 

Oh no!!!!

That is not love at all.

 

This is true, depending on how long a couple has been together.

 

Which is why I felt that they must be mentioned.

 

Yes, some people do believe that.
I think for love to last, trust must be considered.

 

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Love hearts wont last. lol

 

Wrote these lines when I was much younger and far less cynical.

Did you ask about love my child?
Well I'll explain.
Some say it's what a carpenter once taught
Even as he hung dying on a cross.

Love is the girl next door
Your queen in jeans whispering in the darkness.
Or a mother's eyes as she accepts her babe for the first time
These things are love my child

 

Yes, those are good explanations.
You have found love, so you understand.

 

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Nope you cannot win a heart with wine. Sorry.

 

How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1806-1861

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

 

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Top 6 Definitions Of Love That Everyone Should Know

 

Oh yeah

 

Fairly certain I had no idea what love was throughout my early years. Thought I did, I suppose. Mouthed the words occasionally. Then my first child was born---and I finally knew exactly what real love was/is.