tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post5175246911157346927..comments2023-10-18T09:35:55.767+02:00Comments on LUDWIG'S ROHRSTOCK-PALAST: Kaelah's Corner (Jul 2014): What is Love?Ludwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14975294529532823252noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-12916784134719958212014-09-13T00:12:14.985+02:002014-09-13T00:12:14.985+02:00@Gustofur:
Thank you! I'm not so sure how good...@Gustofur:<br />Thank you! I'm not so sure how good my analysis really is, though. I'm learning new things about life and about myself every day...<br /><br />@ Anonymous:<br />Thank you very much for your thoughtful comment and for sharing your experiences with love! I'm sad to hear that you lost love twice. Many of the things you said about love and the way it shows resonate with me.<br /><br />The only thing I might add is that I find it important to not only care for others and protect them. In my opinion, love also involves taking good care of oneself and one's own needs as well. Otherwise the loved ones around us can't really trust that we are okay and capable of looking after ourselves. I think this can become a heavy burden for a partner who then always has to anticipate what's best for his or her partner as well instead of simply knowing that the partner will know and say what's good for him or her and what isn't.Kaelahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17108718924415630397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-31829381808962783602014-08-09T07:18:32.458+02:002014-08-09T07:18:32.458+02:00Here is my very iodiocyncratic opinion on what is ...Here is my very iodiocyncratic opinion on what is love? <br /><br />My first love happened to me, I didn't choose it, I didn't even necessarily want it. Cupid's arrow chose me and despite that man leaving me twice, and hurridly marrying other women twice, I still can't help but have strong feelings towards him. First time deep mourning for loss, second time deep anger for deception with loss.<br /><br />The second time I knew love, it felt partly like a decision I made and partly like fate had stepped in and forced our inevitable pairing, We seemed so compatible, so well suited for each other, similar taste, similar interests, similar values, similar background. And yet there was some vital lack of passion to please each other, and most crucially, a lack of trust that started out as a small crack dividing us, and quickly grew into a chasm we were unable to span across, unable to ever reach each other again.<br /><br />So what is love? <br /><br /> In my mind true love is more like the love parents have for children, it is unaffected by the behavior of the children, instead its a deep desire to respect, please, and look after the children; keep them safe from harm. <br /><br /> Likewise I think true romantic love is devotion for a partner so deep that the lover protects the one he loves from pain as much as he can. The lover treats the beloved with kindness and patience because she wants him to stay with her always. The lover eschews other temptations because he knows any disloyalty will cause pain, and he empathizes with her too deeply to subject <br />her to a situation of such love-less cruelty.<br /><br />Maybe over-stated but that has been my experience; as well as my speculation.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-61064813463897926902014-08-07T15:56:46.419+02:002014-08-07T15:56:46.419+02:00Dr. of Economics, Master of English Essay, Philoso...Dr. of Economics, Master of English Essay, Philosopher, Kinkster, what's not to love. I am afraid if I analyzed myself as deeply as you have yourself, I would be traumatized. Keep up the excellent discussion. <br /><br />Gustofurnoreply@blogger.com