Love or lust

Love without lust just sounds like a great explanation of the love felt for your friends and family. I know I love those close to me very deeply. The combination of love and lust is for a partner.

My answer is... There can no be love without lust in my own opinion.In a relationship obviously partners worked out well to find thier compatibility.Lust only centered on sexuality while love is the feelings,adding the factor of the face and body this feelling will turn into love and end into lust if the partners are compatible,If not...obviously love and lust will just vanished as if you dont know each other.

It depends on the person. In my case LOVE first , then of course lust. Bcoz I am human being.

Yes it's true every human being got emotions. And if you love someone the fist step is LOVE and the second step is LUST and LOVE together. I say there can be love without lust!!!

I believe you can have love without lust, have you ever looked at someone and just knew, that they were the one you wanted to spend the rest of your life with? that's right love at first sight, and lust has nothing to do with it.

Hi agrim. It is true that every human being has got the emotions of love and lust. It is also true that that lust can be without love. But it absolutely incorrect that the love cannot be without lust. Whosoever is thinking like this then he doesn't know the difference between the meaning of love and lust. Yes I am talking about the love amongst lovers and husband and wife. In Love there is sacrifice. But in lust there is greed. Both are opposite to each other. Yes there can be LOVE without LUST

I guess that in the West Lust would kick in before Love since attraction is so visual. However, I hear that in Asia people think differently and love the one they marry rather than marry the one they love. English language is somewhat inadequate for us in this matter. In ancient Greek they had many words for love, each had a slightly different meaning. The kind of love that we might equate with lust was Eros, so someone might see a pretty girl or a handsome man and Eros them because of their looks - but true love was "Agape" which meant and selfless sacrificial love. While Eros was an instinct, Agape was and is a choice. If you agape someone then you can love without lust. Perhaps someone from an arranged marriage who has grown to love their partner even if they may not eros them can reply and answer more adequately. As a westerner I went down the Eros route, but had I not found the ability to agape then I could likely not have stayed married and faithful for 19 years. Perhaps that is why there is so much divorce in the West, maybe marriage and intimate relationships are based too much on Eros / lust and not enough, if at all on Agape / selfless love.

if not take family and friends into consideration, no, no love can exist without lust. man is not that kind of creature in nuture. i do not have clear reason, but i do believe in so. how about you? a nice day!1

I agree that some relationships can be without lust, especially the older you get. But another interesting topic question could be would you rather the lust be greater than the love or the love be greater than the lust. Lust for your partner is what separates your love for them from everyone else. It is something special, the whole equation of lust and love that you only have for them. While some ppl love others but don't lust them and some lust but don't love. Love and lust are a powerful combination. I agree the greek word is better suited for this description because lust has a bad connotation to it. People usually equate lust to emotionless and cold interactions, but with love it is a powerful motivator. I know the man who loves me will lust me all my life and i will lust him. Lust is not a bad thing but can drive a relationship into good directions. Humans were made to love and lust each other.