Why We Love Who We Love?
By zandi458
@zandi458 (28102)
Malaysia
October 30, 2009 11:12pm CST
Love is a universal word commonly used to show affection for someone that touches our hearts. It is that beautiful feelings that keep stirring deep inside us which makes our world go round. It keeps our mind occupied every minute thinking of that someone special who might not be within our reach at the material time but visualizing his/her presence in our daily life makes everyday beautiful and inspiring.
Have you ever seen a married couple who at a glance seem unfit for each other yet they are both happy with each other. And a married couple I knew stayed together for years are often at loggerheads but live together out of respect for the vows they signed in church. This is what I call marriage based on convenience rather than LOVE. I believe marriage based on true love are rich and meaningful compared to plastic love. A love on rebound which are mistakenly taken as love is hollow and filled with regrets later in life.
Many of us are unconsciously drawn to a person like the pull of a supernatural force which slowly develop into a strong love. What mysterious force drives us into the arms of one person, while pushing us away from another who might appear equally desirable to any unbiased observer? What good qualities did you see in your partner that draw you to him and commit yourself for life with him/her?
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14 responses
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
31 Oct 09
Why indeed?
Love to me is illogical and unexpected. I don’t think you can ever look for it although there are so many people out there who do.
Love is like a chemical reaction between to people and cannot generally be explained.
We all have prerequisites of what we like in a mate and certainly some of the things on our list may be important deal breakers but I really think that when it comes to falling in love one may as well throw away the list because it happens, it surprises, it is impractical, completely beyond our control and beautiful!
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@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
31 Oct 09
I agree with you, love is magical. We may prepare a list of what we want and expect but love is no supermarket as it comes in a flash that can paralyze our whole being and the feeling of being possessed makes us surrender to the world of love.
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@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
1 Nov 09
You put it very well when you say love paralyses our whole being; it makes us do crazy things too! But life would not be life without it.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
31 Oct 09
all i'm going to say on the subject since both my marriages failed that there is nothing nicer than being married when everything is going good but it sure can be hell when it's not.
@maygodblessu44 (7336)
• India
8 Dec 09
Hello my friend zandi458 Ji,
WEll, lot of has been discussed, love between two real lovers like Romeo/Juliat, Like Sheri/Fariyad, Love for God by Meera/Christ and many more, Love for Nation by Sardar Bhagat Singh. There are endless examples. It is full dedication to ahieve a goal. So let's measure it with following site.
[b]"http://www.lovecalculator.com/
The Love Calculator
Welcome to this great invention of Doctor Love!
We all know that a name can tell a lot about a person. Names are not randomly chosen: they all have a meaning. Doctor Love knew this so he made another great invention just for the lonely you!
Sometimes you'd like to know if a relationship with someone could work out. Therefore Doctor Love himself designed this great machine for you. With The Love Calculator you can calculate the probability of a successful relationship between two people. The Love Calculator is an affective way to get an impression of what the chances are on a relationship between two people.
To find out what the chances for you and your dream partner are, just fill in both full names (both first and last name) in the two text boxes below, and press Calculate.
Please enter the two names to be analyzed:
Name of person 1 Name of person 2 "[/b]
May God bless You and have great time.
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
29 Dec 09
I was here last night reading all the responses and trying to resolve the discussion when I bump into the link you gave here on lovecalculator. For the fun of it I tried it out and was pleasantly surprise that I got only 14% for my relationship. Well, it should not be taken seriously though as it is all in computer games.
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@Chiniona (327)
• China
31 Oct 09
Hi! The article is so beautiful! Even though I haven't have a gilfriend, I want to talk about that with you, my good friend!
I think I love somebody because of her kind-hearted or passion or beautiful or talent! And the girl may be my girlfriend! But her may be not my wife! In other word, I think the love perhaps doesn't develop into marriage!
the wife what I need is chaste! No matter her appearance or background or education! Act as a man and husband, I think I could bear her making trouble out of nothing if her looks after my family well!
This what I want to talk, and perhaps you could give me some advise about the love and marriage!
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@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
31 Oct 09
well, you have painted a beautiful picture of the potential woman in your life. I see your expectation of the woman you want is on the 'hit list' of every right thinking man. I am in no position to give you mentoring on this sticky subject. One word of caution, when you meet love, don't rely on your heart alone but consult your head as well.
@robertx (150)
• Romania
30 Dec 09
Heh, if you are going to believe God made Eve to partner with Adam,
and from what is said he did so using Adam's rib,
that must have been a very sick and twisted family,
cuz now the earth is full of people of all shapes and colours...
Also u must agree Adam can live without a rib,
and hence Eve is a Rib, can live without her as well.
Not too mention the modern Eve is not quite eager to partner with Adam
in fact she may dare to partner with another Eve or ask for payment...
@manong05 (5027)
• Philippines
31 Oct 09
To love, for me, is an act of the will. A decision to care for a person and seek his well being. It can be accompanied by ecstatic emotions and maybe less ecstatic, depending on the person's emotional make up. Poets define and explain love in many beautiful ways but at the end of the day when our emotions are down, love, because it is a decision on our part, remains. My emotion varies from time to time. When I am sick, terribly tired or facing difficult problems I may not feel the "the moment suspended in time love" but deep inside me, nothing has changed with regards to the depth of my love to the one I love most.
That being said, the feeling that accompany love, is magical. As if the world stood still and you still want to go on dancing even after the music has stopped. It can't be helped being creatures with emotions, but true love is more than just emotions.
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@chenxiaoyue_713 (2165)
• China
31 Oct 09
Hi, zandi. What you've posted is not a discussion, but rather a prose which defines love in so accurate a way. Yes, you're right. We all have different ways of thinking and doing things as we're from different countries, but there is one thing that we have in common, and that is love. I believe everyone falls in love with a particular person who seems to be made for him/her. Perhaps we don't really feel that way the first moment we meet that special person, but as we get to know him/her day by day, we may finally realize that he/she is what we are looking for. It's a kind of feeling that urges you to love that speical person. At least this is what I feel for my boyfriend. I used to be in relationship with other two guys before I met my present boyfriend. They were all great but I kept thinking that there was something wrong between us. I couldn't understand him and he couldn't understand me. It's like we couldn't communicate mentally and emotionally. Until I met my third boyfriend, I did have the feeling that I'm designed for him. He's not handsome, nor romantic, but he just understands what I need and can make me laugh when I'm down. I think that's enough. We don't have to ask for more from our lovers.
There are many relationships that base on money. Personally, I don't think love can be found through money. Well, perhaps someone do not think so.
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
31 Oct 09
Hi chenxiaoyue. I feel a discussion can be in any form and my sharing here is designed to draw you and others to participate in. When there are people reading and participating in this post then it can safely be considered a discussion. Anywhere, from what I gather in your views here, your previous relationship was a failure because you don't seem to have the right chemistry with him. While you are drawn to your present boyfriend because he has something you are comfortable with. His simplicity and character might have captivated your heart which is enough to lay the foundation of love.
@littleowl (7157)
•
5 Nov 09
Hi Zandi,
This is a hard one, I have been divorced twice. My first marriage was really because my younger sister got married before me and being the eldest I thought I should of been! Silly I know but my first husband was really good to me and I learnt to love him for all the good qualities he had and for the fact he loved and cared for me, we had 2 lovely children who are now grown up but unfortunatley we grew 'out of love' so in the end divorced mainly as it was just for the children we were staying together, My 2nd marriage was a man who supported me through a very bad time and I felt I owed it to be with him, but after 8yrs of marriage he went off with a lady 10yrs younger than me so I divorced him, now living on my own am happy and would never marry again as also I find that 'piece' of paper also is the start of a divorce nowadays unless the person you are marrying truly loves you and vice versa...LoLo
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
5 Nov 09
Really you have nice words for your ex spouses. Divorce is a bitter pill to swallow but that is fate. I agree signing on the dotted lines is only formality and that is in many cases the root of either spouse running faster to the exit door. Living together as companions has stronger staying power. Maybe?
@sujuwonder (212)
• Philippines
31 Oct 09
Hi there, I am married and i am very happy. My husband is a very simple person, yet very responsible, sweet and loving. Although I never expected that the two of us would end up together, still our loves for each other grew. And the fact that we have a lot of differences, still we just live up in harmony and just try to adjust to each others' weaknesses. Its love. It happens when its the right time to happen to people who are meant for each other. I can't imagine my life without my husband and he would always tell me that he feels the same way too.
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@kawalnarang (1095)
• Trinidad And Tobago
16 Nov 09
A million dollar question,, and my 2 cents,, simple deserving person, with WISDOM,Bright eyes,and a clean thinking mind can attract any man/woman,no one is perfect,,but it makes sense ,learning from the mistakes,and moving fwd with a loving caring person,,Do we all agree?I guess we do
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
16 Nov 09
There is no happiness in life if our home is a battlefield. We should choose people that have the right chemistry with us, someone that we are compatible with and share our visions for the present and future. Though we might have made the wrong choice but it is not the end of a happy living. Someone out there might be able to repair the damages and bring sunshine back to our life. It is better late than never.
@armanseikh88 (211)
• India
1 Nov 09
hi friend, we often say " i like you", and "i care for you". this is just a way to show our emotions & feeligs to others. when we say "like" the person, it mean it means we like some thoughts of that person, something which thst person has done. when we feel that we can't live without someone, we just say 'i love you' to that person when we want the person not to do something which we think are not good, we say, i care for you.' whenever someone asks us, "why you love that person?' sometimes we can't give answer to this question. one loves the other either with an intention or without an inention. one loves the other with an intension of getting an attention. sometimes, "one" loves "other" just because "others" loves "one".
frankly speaking, no one can understand the true meaning of love untiol they experience it.
@buping (952)
• China
1 Nov 09
hi zandi, i always like to respond with those love topics, love is the purest world in the world and the word which makes people energetic and change. love is important in my heart, and i am so glad that i have my mr.right now who love me and i love him so much. the best qualities of him i think is understanding of me and taking care about me so much.
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