Are there different types of love?
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Sure there are.  There's a love a mother and father have for their children, then there's a love you have for a good friend, then for your neighbor, then most important is the love that you have for your husband or wife.
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Umm true love, a big issue....\nPeople are from different kinds and different characters, love could exist for some as true love, and for others it could be just an illusion because of the type of person they are and love exists in many different forms, built on different things, like your love to a friend is different from your love to a family member or a gf or bf and so on... as for loving girls, there could be true love but very hard to exist 100% because true love means that if that person lost many things you love in you must still feel with love for him and that isnt correct for many people because some love for appearance, some for personality and so on.... and everything in a human beings change by time, the person you love will change in looks, personality and so on, and the idea of the ideal person you search to love will also change, so love is a very big and hard issue, but i hope that you will find the best and truest love to your heart :D
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I don't think it's possible to ever love two people the same.  With different relationships, there is a different love involved.
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Unfortunately (considering the circumstances) yes.  you never love the same way twice.  So you can love one person very much, and another person just as much, but love them differently and for different reasons.
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love is a sentiment which  different sexes have
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i would pick Love and Romance-people seem to be so confused with this stuff that they tend to ask really silly questions
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When you think you love somebody, you love them. That's what love is: Thoughts.\n\nThere are different kinds of love, yes. Some are fleeting, some are simple, some are complex and lasting. There's no 'best' or 'true' kind of love, and there's no sure way to know what kind of love you're in. But if you're afraid of being hurt, I have a rule of thumb. Usually, the quicker two people fall in love, the quicker either one could fall out of love. People have called love that took a long time to form 'deep' and love that didn't 'shallow', but those are misnomers. Whirlwind love, the kind that appears almost out of nowhere, can feel and be as 'deep' as any other kind of love. But if you're wondering if a 'whirlwind romance' will last, my unfortunate answer is that it probably won't.\nBest of luck,
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The experience of love is the same, what changes are our preferences\nLove is an emotion that nearly everyone has experienced at some time in their life. One would think that with such a familiar concept, researchers would agree on what constitutes love and how to measure it. That has not been the case. Most research on love is based on a priori theoretical conceptualizations. It's quite possible that if a researcher starts out by defining love and then develops a measure to quantify that conceptualization, the results would tend to reflect this process. \nto attract a mate; 2) to retain the mate; 3) to reproduce; and 4) parental investment.  \n\nLove at first sight, based on physical attributes and is mostly physical arousal; Storge - loving affection that develops over time, is primarily affection and commitment; Ludos - a rover and collector of loves, very pluralistic. Secondary love styles: Mania - intense preoccupation with the loved one, intensly jealous and possessive, in need of constant reassurance of partner's love. Projects desired qualities on partner. Pragma - looking for a compatible partner; Agape - Selfless, caring without self interest. \nThree dimensional view The experience of love is a function of levels  intimacy, commitment and passion\nPassionate love is an intense state of longing for union with another. It has three components: 1) cognitive - intrusive preoccupation with the person, idealization of that person, and desire to know the person; 2) Emotional - Attraction/Sexual attraction, positive and negative feelings, longing for reciprocity, desire for union, physiological arousal; and 3) Behavioral - Actions to determine the other's feelings, studying the person, service to the person, maintaining physical closeness. Companionate love is the affection that we feel for those with whom our lives are deeply intertwined\nPassionate love is an intense state of longing for union with another. It has three components: 1) cognitive - intrusive preoccupation with the person, idealization of that person, and desire to know the person; 2) Emotional - Attraction/Sexual attraction, positive and negative feelings, longing for reciprocity, desire for union, physiological arousal; and 3) Behavioral - Actions to determine the other's feelings, studying the person, service to the person, maintaining physical closeness. Companionate love is the affection that we feel for those with whom our lives are deeply intertwined\nPassionate love is an intense state of longing for union with another. It has three components: 1) cognitive - intrusive preoccupation with the person, idealization of that person, and desire to know the person; 2) Emotional - Attraction/Sexual attraction, positive and negative feelings, longing for reciprocity, desire for union, physiological arousal; and 3) Behavioral - Actions to determine the other's feelings, studying the person, service to the person, maintaining physical closeness. Companionate love is the affection that we feel for those with whom our lives are deeply intertwined\n\n Passion \nGazing at the other, Euphoria, Butterflies in stomach, Heart rate increases, Wonderful feelings, Sexual passion, Sex appeal, Physical attraction, Laughing, Excitement, Warm feelings, Energy, Touching, Admiration, Uncertainty, Positive outlook, Happiness, Have a lot in common, Want to be with other, Scary \n\n Intimacy \nOpenness, Feel free to talk about anything, Supportive, Honesty, Understanding, Patience, Caring, Trust, Feel good about self, Forgiveness, Sharing, Mutual, Responsibility, Other is important, Respect, Compassion, Kind, Closeness, Friendship, Relaxed, Empathy, Interest in other, Affection, Helping, Giving, Liking, Want best for other, Comfort other, Intimacy, Concern for other's well being, Accept other the way s/he is, Contentment, See only other's good qualities \n\n Commitment \nDevotion, Commitment, Put other first, Need each other, Protectiveness, Loyalty, Lo
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I don't think there is. You can only be content. Once you get what you want, you add more to the list. You will always feel something is being neglected and at times unhappy. As for true love, I don't believe so. I think you have to build love.
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Hard question because we love someone for different reasons. ..........
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there are many different forms of love and no one really can explain how you exactly know something.. its not a math problem
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Love is different to everyone.  You need to ask yourself what love is to you, then you'll know.
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Oh, yes, there is gay love.  I have known very stable gay couples who are genuinely loving and good to one another, and who treat each other like brothers, only better (from their point of view).  I have known lesbian couples who were sincerely in love, too.  But then I lived for years in San Francisco, and now in Santa Cruz County.  Gay men abound in SF and SC has traditionally been a lesbian town.  So my contacts have been somewhat out of the ordinary.\n\nWhy is it so hard for people to believe that love, real love, comes in all types and flavors?  People have a need to love, and if one way doesn't work for them for some reason, another will.\n\nI hope you find your way, and your love.  Love isn't always about sex, after all.  Perhaps you will find someone else equally disinterested in sex, or incapable of it for some reason, and you will love one another.  Or perhaps a love will awaken your sexual urges.\n\nLet it be.
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Yes, I have had many love/hate relationships.\n\nFor example, I may love the way someone looks but hate their personality and/or intellect (or vice versa.)\n\nI think my last relationship was a kind of love/hate situation. We both cared for each other deeply but also annoyed the hell out of each other.\nIt was fun.
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I think love changes from relationship to relationship, in some relationships it might be just liking one another and another and in others its when there heart beats faster in each others presence.... there are so many definitions and not only one is right......
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Well to be honest I think friendship is a form of love. In my opinion there are two kinds of love. First of all there is love for your family and friends. My family are obviously important in my life, and I love them so much, and my friends, well most of my girl friends, I love them as though they were my sisters. That goes for my guy friends as well, they're like my brothers, and some of them certainly act like it. But then you have love for a significant other. I don't think there's a huge difference between the two other than the fact that love for a significant other is  a bit more complex, but that's mainly because that love can change so quickly, whereas for the most part love for your family and friends is always there.... I don't know.. it's kinda hard to explain.
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As I said in my answer to your first question, heroic love is the highest on the scale of the types of love you list. \n\nMortimer Adler points out that heroic love always involves an element of self sacrifice; being willing to give up something or put ones own interests aside for the sake of the loved one. I would say that Darcy has this sort of love for Lizzie; he is prepared to do something he absolutely hates (find and bribe Wickham to marry Lydia) for Lizzie's sake alone.\n\nHope this helps!