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In Love vs Love
- Thread starter dgirl1986
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Father Heathen
Veteran Member
The latter is a more intimate, romantic sort of love.
chinu
chinu
Not a very big difference, its something like this...
The man who was on the way to his home saw a white little puppy following him from such a long distance, finally.. he put the chain in his neck to take him home along with, Thus.. this means "loving a puppy"
After few days when he was on the morning walk with the chain in the neck of that puppy, the puppy runed by pulling out the chain from his hands, Now.. this time that man ran after the puppy, Thus.. this means "Being in love with puppy"
The only difference is that in the situation first, Puppy was following that man and in the situation second man was following that puppy.
I hope you can understand
Levite
Higher and Higher
One can love a lot of people, to varying degrees or to the same degree, and in many different ways simultaneously. One can love one's parents, one's siblings, one's friends, one's mentors, one's children, God, country, all at the same time, and all in very different ways, and all wholeheartedly.
But being in love with someone is specifically romantic and sexual, and usually a person cannot be truly in love with more than one person (or, unfortunately, sometimes two people) at once. To be in love with someone-- truly in love-- is more than just wanting to get it on with them, it is finding that they have a place in your heart, based on real appreciation for who they are as a person; and it is genuinely wanting their happiness, their welfare, wanting what is best for them-- even if what is best for them is not you. And yet to be in love with someone is to want to be with them, to be joined to them intimately (not just sexually, but emotionally, psychologically, spiritually), to the exclusion of others.
But being in love with someone is specifically romantic and sexual, and usually a person cannot be truly in love with more than one person (or, unfortunately, sometimes two people) at once. To be in love with someone-- truly in love-- is more than just wanting to get it on with them, it is finding that they have a place in your heart, based on real appreciation for who they are as a person; and it is genuinely wanting their happiness, their welfare, wanting what is best for them-- even if what is best for them is not you. And yet to be in love with someone is to want to be with them, to be joined to them intimately (not just sexually, but emotionally, psychologically, spiritually), to the exclusion of others.
BSM1
What? Me worry?
Not a very big difference, its something like this...
The man who was on the way to his home saw a white little puppy following him from such a long distance, finally.. he put the chain in his neck to take him home along with, Thus.. this means "loving a puppy"
After few days when he was on the morning walk with the chain in the neck of that puppy, the puppy runed by pulling out the chain from his hands, Now.. this time that man ran after the puppy, Thus.. this means "Being in love with puppy"
The only difference is that in the situation first, Puppy was following that man and in the situation second man was following that puppy.
I hope you can understand
Believe it or not, I do. Being "in love" requires some conscious action or thought. But loving someone requires nothing but being.
Alex_G
Enlightner of the Senses
Well it could prob be effectively argued as being exectly the same thing. But i think by phrasing the latter as 'in' love, you suggest that your consumed by it, perhaps communicating that your under its spell, and thus more potent a feeling than simply saying love on its own.
Also the word love is often overused for everyday things, perhaps defusing its potency as a word. 'I love chips' 'I love this weather' 'love that idea' etc. As a result a slight change in the way you say it when u want it to mean something more can highlight it, make it stand out slightly and give it some more potency, thus making 'in love with...' a way of communicating a deeper feeling whilst still using the same word thats often just in everyday use.
