Firstly, no, this is not a thread for you to Love other members in :P

 

OK the important question of the day:

 

How seriously is this word taken these days?

 

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We were discussing it a bit in the anti-love thread by Julia, and a few people realise that the word is getting thrown around a lot these days. Not just on the forum, but in life generally.

 

Is it becoming fashionable to love someone? Is being a person who is 'full of love' for everyone a good thing? Is it better to be a bit more protective about who you love?

 

There is a feeling among people who defend the widespread appeal of 'love', it goes like this:

 

'It cant hurt to love someone. Dont be afraid to love others, because its pointless to hold it back when you think you do.'

 

And I totally disagree with people who think like that.

 

To me, Love is a very sacred and powerful emotion. It takes up time but more importantly, energy. Loving people should be such a strong emotion that it is actually tiring to feel it, you love them on so many levels and think about them so much that it hurts.

 

The dangerous thing about loving everyone, is that how are you supposed to differentiate between those you'd trust with your life, and those that you have just met and seem nice?

 

It seems that many people cant see the difference between the two.

 

'Oh shutup Reilly and go love someone'

 

Contrary to popular opinion on here, I'm not a monster, and I do have plenty of love in my life. Some people I cant see as much, others, I talk to all the time, but the most important thing to me is that I love them because they are special to me.

 

If Love isn't special enough for you to think about the subject itself in very hard terms, then I'm not sure you know what love is. I'm sure you feel it, naturally, but with some people you give it away falsely, and thats just mis-leading.

Contrary to popular opinion on here, I'm not a monster, and I do have plenty of love in my life

 

Damn it, I lost a bet

:lol:

I think that if you say "I love you" to people all the time, it becomes meaningless. Just like if you say it to your significant other every five seconds or at the end of every single phone call, it just starts to be more of an obligation and less from the heart.

Good point. I find that especially when someone says 'Luv ya..' at the end of a phonecall its like, do you REALISE what you just said?!

i love the REAL things

Yeah, I have gotten the "Luv ya" after only knowing someone for a few days. It's just wrong. :o

I've never said 'I love you' to anybody. I guess I've never been in the position of saying it face-to-face

I have friends who date a person for a couple of weeks and all of the sudden 'I love you'. I'm not saying it's not possible,but when it happens more than once....

People find this word so complicated these days...people doesn't find this word seriously because they are afraid to feel it!!!! Love??? that word doesn't exist now because people is so selfish in this days...

To me, Love is a very sacred and powerful emotion. It takes up time but more importantly, energy. Loving people should be such a strong emotion that it is actually tiring to feel it, you love them on so many levels and think about them so much that it hurts.

 

I totally agree with you there Reilly!

I mean....it needs so much to love somebody......ok I have never been in a realtionship.....but I think you have to see a difference between having a crus on somebody and loving somebody......and as saintcity said....if you say "I love you" to everybody it becomes meaningless.........for me saying "I love you" is like kissing.......many people kiss 3 or more different guys/girls at a party.....but kissing has deeper meaning for me and it is the same with love.....I have many examples in my clique......my 3 best friends have a boyfriend.....one said she can't say "I love you" to him yet.....because it is too early for that....the other one says that her boyfriend has never said it to her although they are a couple since about a year!

I mean ok....sometimes I say to somebody "I love you"! but I don't mean it serious I say it if this person has given me something or did something for me)......but some people really mean it seriously if they say it here....and I can't understand this!

I only say it if I mean it. I have said it to one person in my life.

Oh... I wrote a whole entry on my blog about this...

 

Yes, the word is definitley thrown around meaninglessly these days. It's like, people have mistaken crushes and admiration and lust for love, and it's really quite sad... Trouble is, people are much too shallow these days, and don't think much before saying things.

 

Like Reilly says: Love is a sacred and powerful emotion.

And for all these reasons I love the the Doors' line:

"Hello I love you won't you tell me your name!"

 

But I already mentioned that!

Welcome back Justine ;) I havent seen you in a while.

 

People are we just talking about love as in boyfriend-girlfriend way? Because I'm also thinking of love for family and friends.

Hey Pai :D

 

And for all these reasons I love the the Doors' line:

"Hello I love you won't you tell me your name!"

 

But I already mentioned that!

 

Still a great line though ;)

It's really hard to express love to a family member(with words), I guess you're supossed to show it with your actions.

This is true......but this is aother love!

Reilly, I accidently clicked on your ignore button and I dont know how to unignore you.... help! :embarrased:

I had this problem once too..........I think there is a thread about that in the coldplaying.com section!If not......ask Ian he'll help you out! ;)

oh... mkay.. I'll go check... :embarrased:

 

*slaps forehead for being so clumsy*

haha....I checked out this section and there is just a new thread created about this!

I know!!! Funneh... So hey thanks, Whisperator, Reilly is now UNIGNORED!!!

 

Woot!

No problem! :)

I believe that you do have love...no one here knows you ..i mean KNOWS you enough to say you don't. I am sure there is someone that you have loved with a passion that no one can stop..yeah, for fun people throw the word around and say oh..love.

 

But really might not mean it in the LOVE way. You know?

 

They may love you and the person you are, but there are many types of love...so define the love you mean..and make this easier

 

but if it like, the passionate love between you know, man and woman...then that is something not to be fooled around with. It's something you get into and have to deal with in a day to day fashion..saying it and not meaning it would be an emotional lie that CAN hurt someone. So it is something that should not be taken breeze light.

For me,the love cannot be measured.

 

I love you like a friend? For me that's a little bit wrong.For me that's like a limit

 

I understand that there's A LOT of things that you can not do with a friend.

 

LOVE IS NOT JUST SEX!

 

I am agree with the people that say that if you say "I love" all the time becomes meaningless.

 

To be honest I just say it when I really mean it.You have to listen to yor feelings,but also you have to hear to your brain too.

 

To love up to your enemies? Difficult,is not it?