Do men and women understand love differently?

I think that true love is the same, it's communication that is the true challenge between the sexes. People who feel that others should understand them without speaking are very likely to be misunderstood. I think you will be more satisfied with your relationships if you take the time to tell how you feel and what you want.

because men believe that love not need to express sometimes, they think we as women should understand their love to us but not always require they do in action. however, women always look forward toward those sweet act made by their beloved. women tend to prefer guy show their love out and make them feel the love in action. it is just different views from gender. however, it cant determine that the one you meet is right people. use heart to feel what he is thinking. and is it he is the one you are pursuing, the answer is depend on you. happy mylotting^^

yes women are more sentimental, and expect more..i agree but i think to be happy you need to understand your man and try to be happy in the way he expresses his love...its very difficult i know, becoz compromising all the time doesn't give u complete happiness and it creates irritation, but for that either u need to meet a perfect man or to learn to know and understand whom you love..

Hi Silver! Excellent question! I'm probably going to make some people unhappy with my answer, but I think that the differences in understanding and expressing love has a lot to do with the roles that the genders have traditionally held. Women, who are traditionally the caregivers of the family, are more intuitive and sensitive than most men. Women whose responsibility it is to raise the children have to be sensitive to the smallest changes, especially non-verbal ones since the youngest and most needy of their charges are infants who don't speak. Us women who are ultra-sensitive to any change rely on reinforcement that everything is ok, as we want it to be. Men, who are traditionally the breadwinners of the family live in a world where it is necessary to supress their feelings, in order not to be taken advantage of by their peers. Most men are successful based on their actions not their feelings. Men who show emotion and sensitivity are precieved as weak. These traditional roles are certainly changing in many parts of the world, as roles of rearing children and earning a living are merging and done by both partners. And there have always been exceptions. Sensitive men may not have been rulers of countries or leaders in battles, but they were highly successful artists and poets who helped shape the world in their own way. Women who suppressed sensitivities did compete in the world and became rulers and leaders, like Cleopatra or Queen Elizabeth. If you are interested in a way to tell the difference in the type of man you are getting to know before you get slapped on the face, look at how he treats his mother. And also look at how his father treats his mother. Those are good indictions of how you would be treated once the excitement wears off.

I would say, love yourself and never give all your love to one person. I don't think men and women understand love differently. I don't think it's just about gender. People in general I think understand love differently. It has different meaning to each and every person and we all handle our relationships differently. Just my opinion. Some men give and give and yet they get nothing in return. Just the same as, some women, do that, too.

When it comes to love, men and women may understand love differently for various reasons. At first, I have to say that all people have regarded love as an important part of their life. For some women, love is the whole life of them. But for most men, career is the important in their life and they have devoted their whole life to the career instead of love. Then, men and women may have different unsterandings on love, which is common. Perhaps you think that you receive less in return from men while you have given more to them, but for the long run, in my eyes, understanding is the key to help a couple to get familiar with each other and keep a long relationship.

Men and women definitely DO understand love differently. I think it varies though between individuals. Because of course there are some men who understand love on a sentimental value, and some women who don't.. And then vise versa, you know? You're probably just meeting the wrong people.. Hell it could be because you know nothing about men. I certainly know VERY little about them! Just as they don't know very much about women. It's a two-way situation. No one ever said love was easy, or easy to understand. it's not something you can learn or get advice easily. It's something I think that comes to you on its own. :)

The thing is that men and women are wired differently. Women tend to fall easily unlike women. Some men can go to any length just to get you in thier bed. The best you should do is ensure that your man loves you for who you are. Let him prove his love to you before you commit to him. For starters, don't just jump into a relationship. If a man loves you, he will not relent to get you so make him chase you, don't give yourself easily and if he complains, point out to him that if he wants you for keeps, you have a long time to be together and do what you want to do.

hi silvercoin, you have initiated a very nice topic.. specially for women.. :) now that based on our discussion, we all know that the 2 genders react differently towards love. My eagerness now is that, how do men express their love. We would have seen lot of many public displays of love, or ways that are communicated to us directly. However, what are those subtle and silent ways that men express, without their knowledge and without the intention that we should know their expressions of love.