Posted by likelife on February 6, 2003, at 0:16:37
OK, feel free to yell at me, but I felt like putting this out there. Valentine's Day is coming up--not always the happiest holiday on record for me. I'm finally in the midst of a stable relationship and am relieved that my husband and I will be doing absolutely nothing to celebrate.
Anyways, I started musing to myself (one of the late-night variety muses) about the nature of love. And I find that I have a hard time putting a finger on what exactly it is, or perhaps more appropriately, what exactly it means for me. I've got some ideas, some of which are very concrete, like going out to my car and finding that my husband has already scraped off my windshield for me, and the way hearing him breathe rhythmically and open-mouthed with a heavy whoosh calms me at night when I can't sleep. Something about that signals love to me. It sounds trite, but I see it as the interpretation of simple things as meaningful.
I get stuck on some of the more intangible stuff though. Does love mean that someone will never leave you? Probably not. Does it mean you'll always be happy together. Over the long run, maybe, but I don't even think it's necessary.
So then, what is love? Romantic, platonic, cosmic, seismic, whatever...
poster:likelife
thread:36439
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