Mistaking Lust For Love
Aug 4th 2010, 5:47 am
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Mistaking Lust For Love
Just thought this article was quite interesting...as well as the readers comments thereafter.
http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/love-s...icle-huib.html
http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/love-s...icle-huib.html
Aug 4th 2010, 7:33 am
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Re: Mistaking Lust For Love
Some of the comments are bloody depressing! makes me glad I'm single!
And as for the guy who recently lost his wife, I must be getting pmtish as was welling up!
interesting article though! Not sure where I sit as I don't think I believe in love anymore- think its just an emotion thats been celebrated by the card industry! It's basically called scared of getting lonely and wanting companionship and someone to have nooky/have babies with!
God I think i've been single too long lol
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And as for the guy who recently lost his wife, I must be getting pmtish as was welling up!
interesting article though! Not sure where I sit as I don't think I believe in love anymore- think its just an emotion thats been celebrated by the card industry! It's basically called scared of getting lonely and wanting companionship and someone to have nooky/have babies with!
God I think i've been single too long lol
Cynical kittycat
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Aug 4th 2010, 9:23 am
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Re: Mistaking Lust For Love
Phooey. There is an unstated premise that you can only be in love with one person at a time and that when you are, you must be with them exclusively.
I've been happily married for quite a long time. But I had another relationship when I was younger and would still say that I love that woman - in the sense that if she ever needed my help I would willingly do whatever was needed and I would be deeply upset to hear that anything bad had happened to her. I haven't seen her for 15 years and probably only swapped emails half a dozen times. But I don't think if you truly love someone it will ever stop. There is a rather poor saying that 'love is blind'. I disagree completely. True love sees everything, all the faults and flaws, but accepts them willingly.
On the other hand, I make a point of regularly falling deeply in lust which is splendid fun, usually after a few pints. To paraphrase a great French saying, "when you stop touching it's because you're married; when you stop looking it's because you've died".
I've been happily married for quite a long time. But I had another relationship when I was younger and would still say that I love that woman - in the sense that if she ever needed my help I would willingly do whatever was needed and I would be deeply upset to hear that anything bad had happened to her. I haven't seen her for 15 years and probably only swapped emails half a dozen times. But I don't think if you truly love someone it will ever stop. There is a rather poor saying that 'love is blind'. I disagree completely. True love sees everything, all the faults and flaws, but accepts them willingly.
On the other hand, I make a point of regularly falling deeply in lust which is splendid fun, usually after a few pints. To paraphrase a great French saying, "when you stop touching it's because you're married; when you stop looking it's because you've died".
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Aug 7th 2010, 10:55 am
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Re: Mistaking Lust For Love
Phooey. There is an unstated premise that you can only be in love with one person at a time and that when you are, you must be with them exclusively.
I've been happily married for quite a long time. But I had another relationship when I was younger and would still say that I love that woman - in the sense that if she ever needed my help I would willingly do whatever was needed and I would be deeply upset to hear that anything bad had happened to her. I haven't seen her for 15 years and probably only swapped emails half a dozen times. But I don't think if you truly love someone it will ever stop. There is a rather poor saying that 'love is blind'. I disagree completely. True love sees everything, all the faults and flaws, but accepts them willingly.
On the other hand, I make a point of regularly falling deeply in lust which is splendid fun, usually after a few pints. To paraphrase a great French saying, "when you stop touching it's because you're married; when you stop looking it's because you've died".
I've been happily married for quite a long time. But I had another relationship when I was younger and would still say that I love that woman - in the sense that if she ever needed my help I would willingly do whatever was needed and I would be deeply upset to hear that anything bad had happened to her. I haven't seen her for 15 years and probably only swapped emails half a dozen times. But I don't think if you truly love someone it will ever stop. There is a rather poor saying that 'love is blind'. I disagree completely. True love sees everything, all the faults and flaws, but accepts them willingly.
On the other hand, I make a point of regularly falling deeply in lust which is splendid fun, usually after a few pints. To paraphrase a great French saying, "when you stop touching it's because you're married; when you stop looking it's because you've died".
Aug 7th 2010, 12:07 pm
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Re: Mistaking Lust For Love
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