What is the difference between LUST,  INFANTUATION and LOVE?
551961
Apparently, you never loved her.  You were into the chase for her.  You have hurt her badly.  As a person, you will need to grow from this and explain to her about your feelings.  She will feel betrayed by you.  She probably knew that you were not serious, but your persistance made her second guess herself and accept you as a boyfriend.  Know you have thrown this in her face.  Very sad.
508774
Love depends on the way you see it. Some confuse the lust they have to some person with love. Love is pure. It comes from within. Will stick to that person, no matter what. You will come to know when you are in love. Very tough to explain as to how you come to know.
657640
You are talking about something other than love, which would happen to be lust (1).\n\nAttraction is measured in a few ways, such as dialation of pupils, erect penis or nipples (on a hot day and depending on the person), or general displays of affection (2).\n\nLove, however, is seperate of lust, and is defined by conscious action.  Love is "an active expression of an ethic of care."  Love is never something you are "in" because "in" suggests passivity and objectification, which is the domain of lust, not love (1).\n\nThere are in fact over a dozen possible definitions for the word "love" (3) because it was badly developed in the English language and hardly is as descriptive as, say, the dozen or more seperate words used in Greek.  Hence, native speakers of English are innately confused about "love" (4).
599541
Ok....you can't define love as one thing.  Love is something that you feel towards someone or something.  But please do not get love confused with lust.
200420
well there's love and there's infatuation but i suppose there's similarities between them.  love is not just smiling to yourself when you think about the person and it's also not just wanting to spend more time with the person...it's deeper.  love is when you want to be with that person forever and you care about that person so much that you would die for them.  it is when they cry, you feel like crying and when they laugh, you join in.  love is when you can tell the person everything and trust them and depend on them for everything.
681852
lust is that 16 year old teenager want to always be together, a 2 hour non-stop make out session, and 8 hour phone conversations...\n\nlove is when after that infatuation ends, there still a level of adoration, passion, companionship, and respect that endures
53657
Love and lust are two very different things Lisa but both can be unconditional and lasting. Both are based on understanding and sharing common needs and life objectives. If you have two people whos objective is LOVE then there is a chance of it being unconditional and lasting. If you have two people whos objective is SEX then there is a chance of it being unconditional and lasting. If one persons objective is LOVE and the other's SEX the relationship is doomed.\n\nNothing wrong with either. As long as the relationship is clearly defined, undertood, and fullfilling both can be long term.\n\nRascal
54298
I THINK LOVE IS WHAT YOU FEEL FOR SOMEONE AFTER YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT THIS PERSON THEIR STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES THE FAULTS ALL THEIR DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS AND YOU STILL HAVE THIS DESIRE WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND YOU BOTH HAVE CRUST IN YOUR EYES AND YOU THINK THEY LOOK GREAT ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.IT'S WHEN YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING EATEN OR BATHE. YOU HAVE THIS FEELING OF FULLNESS WHEN YOU HAVEN'T HAD A MORSEL OF FOOD ALL WEEK.THAT PERSON  MAKE YOU HEAR AND DANCE TO MUSIC ALL DAY . WHEN YOU ARE IN LOVE YOU WILL PUT THAT PERSON'S NEEDS BEFORE YOUR OWN. LUST IS WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE IN LOVE WHEN YOU JUST MET SOMEONE.
467373
Love is a natural experience. Attraction is a chemical reaction. Attraction is triggered by pheromones. Attraction is a physical desire, while love is an emotional desire. The physical desire goes hand in hand with the chemical reaction. While the emotional desire goes hand in hand with human feeling.
647766
I think we all have archetypes (people who fit a certain look and criteria that fits  or works towards out ideals)that we are attracted too-- we take this attraction and ,if they are within our ideals, begin the dream of an ideal fulfilled--- hence love at first sight-- We believe what we want is near and  then we project this belief and their ability t fulfill and be the ideal man or woman on to the person who has "captured out heart " so to speak-- \n\nHowever--it is in truth Hope transfered into belief,which is based on the archetype. This belief becomes enamoured with the person because of this fit to their ideal.The emotional pul of these factors persuades of the reality and our drive to a final fulfillment of an ideal union and romantiised love  --\n\nYEt,at this point it still not true love-it is the only emotions which come with a sense of being in love -but this idealised version also contains longing-  -For the real thing- you need to get to know each other and find other common grounds and shared desires--Hence the the longing--or as some say unrequited love(an ideal rejected)\n\nit is in short an love at first sight is FIRSTLY ------------- idealised lust- which is VERY different when compared with the common animalistic style of lust which has only one meaning and desire driving it --Want!!! I Want !!!\nYummy !!! Yummy!!! Yummy!!! WAnt! NOW!!!!!\n\nBUT the Idealised form of lust(want)also can become to feel like a need and has the person idealised connected to concepts and forms of reasoning which are attached to the person wanting or longing-- \n\nTherefore the use of love is used to fill and verify the differences between the two types of lust-(in some ways one seems selfish and ugly while the idealised seems giving and kind-) -- And in the the lust based on belief of goodness and truth it can make a person choose and perform certain compromises in order for ideal to strengthen a belief and if lucky then an actual truth. and if this happens-and the view they have is returned and the people engage in a relationship-then yes it is and was Love at first site.\n\nbut as said-- language and other things must come in to play to take it further than just a dream --they must be involved in the whole process and ritual ,so as to make those\n *Dreams Come True* !\n\ncheers\nheres to dreams
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i believe we fall in love with people who make us feel good about our selves.. or compliment what we believe. it is joined by the word attraction.. liking looks ,smell ...conversation or mannerisms of someone. love is putting your needs before  my own. what i mean by that is not being used by you.. but an example would be like a mom not eating so the kids can have something in their stomachs.  a person in love sacrifices.. some things so the one the love can have a need fulfilled. hurting when the person you love hurts. if his or her feelings are hurt..or loses a job..etc. wanting the best for somone even if the best means it will happen without you. too many people get the attraction and the feeling good part and call it love. but when the looks change(person gains weight) or the person gives contructive criticism(you drink too much or you need to do more around the house) they call it quits and say i dont love u anymore. in actuality they never did love. love is not turned off like a faucet. people get lust ..infactuation and sexual attraction confused with love. love does not see wrinkles ..love doesnt compete.. or abuse.
225700
love. you can always get sex but love is hard to find. by just looking for sex now may cause you to confuse love with lust. most people will sleep with any one and it means nothing to them. but if you wait till you find love its most likely gonna last. were lust comes and goes.
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Infatuation is based on sexual gratification, selfishness, superficiality, shallowness, external appearances, and physical needs.\n\nLove is based on commitment, sacrifice, attraction, devotion, selflessness, service, duty, obligations, and morality.\n\nInfatuation NEVER lasts when it is not accompanied by love.  Don't confuse those two.
86999
Romance starts in the eyes of the seeker.\nLove starts in the hearts of the couple.\nFoolishness starts in the mind
405274
Lust is something Christ can hammer out. Pray for it, and what min said.\n\nDon't pick and choose, lust HAS to go, NO MATTER how you choose to serve God, lust HAS to go.
902279
There is a huge difference.  Attitude and feelings are the main difference.  You can f  anyone but you can only truly make love to someone you really love and care about.
919418
Although clearly and consistently defining love is a difficult task, and often a subject of much debate, different aspects of the word can be clarified by determining what isn't "love". As a general expression of positive sentiment (a stronger form of like), love is commonly contrasted with hate (or neutral apathy); as a less sexual and more "pure" form of romantic attachment, love is commonly contrasted with lust; and as an interpersonal relationship with romantic overtones, love is commonly contrasted with friendship, though other definitions of the word love may be applied to close friendships in certain contexts.\nIn ordinary use, love usually refers to interpersonal love, an experience felt by a person for another person. Love often involves caring for or identifying with a person or thing, including oneself.\n\nThe concept of love, however, is subject to debate. Some deny the existence of love. Others call it a recently-invented abstraction, sometimes dating the "invention" to courtly Europe during or after the middle ages—though this is contradicted by the sizable body of ancient love poetry. Others maintain that love really exists, and is not an abstraction, but is undefinable, being a quantity which is spiritual or metaphysical in nature. Some psychologists maintain that love is the action of lending one's "boundary" or "self-esteem" to another. Others attempt to define love by applying the definition to everyday life.\n\nCultural differences make any universal definition of love difficult to establish. Expressions of love may include the love for a soul or mind, the love of laws and organizations, love for a body, love for nature, love of food, love of money, love for learning, love of power, love of fame, love for the respect of others, etc. Different people place varying degrees of importance on the kinds of love they receive. Love is essentially an abstract concept, easier to experience than to explain. Because of the complex and abstract nature of love, discourse on love is commonly reduced to a thought-terminating cliché, and there are a number of common proverbs regarding love, from Virgil's "Love conquers all" to The Beatles' "All you need is love". Bertrand Russell describes love as a condition of "absolute value", as opposed to relative value.\n>r