Posted by 64bowtie on December 7, 2004, at 1:52:54
(((AuntieMel))),
Now that we can talk about love at our favorite Babble love sight, 'Relationships'.......
I promised a million years ago to explain my vision that I count at least six different uses of the word LOVE, thus indicating some confusion if the right one isn't used at the right time, or something to that effect. I could research archives, but better I just roll up my sleeves and get at "it"...
1. Garden variety "I love you" invocations, spouse to spouse. (genuine caring without obligation and/or expectation)
2. Parent to child and Child to Parent genuine "I love you dear/Mom/Dad". (familial caring without obligation and/or expectation)
3. Child to parent when child is in approval-seeking mode, (quid pro quo), "I love you Mom/Dad, so buy me that ########, please?" (highly conditional holding the parent(s) obligated to the child's expectation(s)...)
4. My unconditional caring for my 1964 Chevy (bowtie) Pick-up, "Ya' gotta love a truck you still own after 30 years!" (hmmmmm....)
5. Hollywood buzzz, "Luv ya' Hon..." (notice the different spelling connoting insincerity)
6. On the first date, the couple maneuvering around the issue of the man's obvious arrousal, when he says, "I love ya' Babe!!?!" (manipulative almost to the degree of coercion).Confession... I sense that their are more, and I am missing one from that original list of six... Although we may say the same phrase, love has vastly different connotations for each different type of [noun] => people, place, thing, idea. exempli gratia: "I dig your new concept, Man!" (The 'Beat' (generation) goes on...!" 'Concept' pertains to a new idea, while 'dig' is a love likeness, sorta....) The 'Madison Avenue' version sounds more like, "I love your new idea for the e-Market account" Love in this case is more a synonym for 'appreciate'.
Feel free to slate others you can think of and see how they work differently with different [nouns].
Mel, sorry I waited this long.... OhByTheWay, is Mel short for Melanie?
Rod
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