How would you explain love to somebody who had never heard of it before?

Kind of hard I guess because the feeling of love is going to be different, but if I had to try and explain it on a general level I would say this, trying not to be cheesy:

-The feeling that you can not live without something/someone

-When you love someone they can hurt you more than most

-I don't know if this is just me, but when I love someone it they were to give me an undesirable criticism, it hurts more from the ones you love then the ones that you don't care about

-Usually a feeling that develops over time

-If to people have a mutual 'in love' experience, the fact that the one you love you love makes you feel good about you're self

-You can look past their flaws (according to Shakespeare) - 'Love must not admit impediments, love is not love'

-Maternal love would be the feeling of doing what ever you can at any cost to keep your loved one safe and healthy

-When someone you love does something to be proud of you experience this over-joyed sensation

-When you love someone you have like an urge to make then proud of you

-You don't want to disappoint your loved ones

It was hard to try and explain, I'm not saying these apply to everyone, but this is what I feel love is, it could be specific to me but I dunno. Hope it helped though :)

Never Explain Love

i love answers, and I have interest because I know how to explain because with out exception I get it here. Again I got how do I explain Love to some one and I wanted the answer. I can say the answer is here after your question someone else gave me answer. Now i say oops and I i knew the answer.

Love is easy and love is difficult, your in love when you think about that person all the time, you get butterflies in your stomach, and you smile when you see them. Love is when you like someone even if they hurt you or made you cry, Love is one of the most hardest things to let go of, but when you really love someone, it's the best thing you'll ever feel.

words can't explain it as well as the feeling of love and giving love and showing it in life!love is caring and helpful and kind and good and it is friendship and more too!....it is not a kiss or sex, it is not a hug or holding hands, it is interacting between two or more people...were it uplifts each other and romantic love might have kisses too, but has to have chemistry, kissing without love is empty and is gross...when you love someone is such a big difference in every way!

Signs of love:

12. You'll read his/her txts over and over again...

11. You'll walk really really slow while you're with him/her...

10. You'll pretend to be shy whenever you're with him/her...

9. While thinking bout him/her...your heart will beat faster and faster...

8. By listening to his/her voice...you'll smile for no reason.

7. While looking at him/her..you cant see the other people around you...you can only see that person...

6. You'll start listening to SLOW songs.

5. He/She becomes all you think about

4. You'll get high just by their smell...

3. You'll realize that you're always smiling to yourself when you think about them..

2. You'll do anything for him/her...

1. While reading this, there was one person on your mind the whole time.....

There are 2 types of love.

"love" is where there is love there are no demands, no

expectations, no dependency. I do not demand that you make me happy; my happiness

does not lie in you. Happiness is within. If you were to leave me, I will not feel sorry for myself; I enjoy your company immensely, but I do not cling. There is no judgement at all. Everything about you is ok.

The second one:

Awareness, being aware of everything with no judgmental thoughts. Or any thought at all. Present in every single second..

Whatever else can and should be said of Love, it is quite evident that true love demands self-forgetfulness. If there are many people who use the word and claim the reality without knowing the meaning of word or being able to love to any great extent, this is the test… Can we really forget ourselves? There are many counterfeit products on the market which are called love, but which in fact are falsely named. We can sometimes label gratification of our needs “love”; we can even do things for others without really loving. The acid test is always probing question of self-forgetfulness.

Can we really locate the focus of our minds on the happiness and fulfillment of others? Can we really ask not what others will do for us, but only what we can do for them? If we really want to love, then we must ask ourselves these questions.

We must become aware that we are capable of using people for our advantage, for the satisfaction of our deep and throbbing human needs, and be deluded into thinking that this is really love. The fact of matter is that, for most of us, our own needs are so palpable and real to us, that it is enormously difficult for the seed to fall into the ground and die to itself before it can live a life of love.

All of us to some extent are enduring agonies of loneliness, frustration, emotional and spiritual starvation. Somehow these pains are radically due to failures in love. The essential sadness of such pain is that it magnetizes the focus of our attention; it preoccupies us with ourselves. And self-preoccupation is an absolute obstacle to a life of love.

I always ask my friends “How can you teach people to love?” the answer to the question mild surprisingly lies in another question, “Did you ever have a toothache? Of whom were you thinking during the distress of your toothache?” The point is clear, when we are in pain, even if it be only the passing discomforts of an aching tooth, we are thinking about ourselves.

This is a pain-filled world in which we are living. And the pains that reside deep in the human hearts around us are not like toothaches. We go to bed with them at night and we wake up with them in the morning.

Each of us is a unique and individual person, we sometimes facetiously remark to others “After God made you, he broke the mold” In fact each of us is fashioned in a unique mold. There never has been and never will be anyone exactly like you or me.

When you repress or suppress those things which you don’t want to live with you don’t really bury the problem dead - you bury it alive. It remains alive and active inside of you…

What is love? It is one of the most difficult questions for the mankind. Centuries have passed by, relationships have bloomed and so has love. But no one can give the proper definition of love. To some Love is friendship set on fire for others Maybe love is like luck. You have to go all the way to find it. No matter how you define it or feel it, love is the eternal truth in the history of mankind.

Love is patient, love is kind. It has no envy, nor it boasts itself and it is never proud. It rejoices over the evil and is the truth seeker. Love protects; preserves and hopes for the positive aspect of life. Always stand steadfast in love, not fall into it. It is like the dream of your matter of affection coming true. Love can occur between two or more individuals. It bonds them and connects them in a unified link of trust, intimacy and interdependence. It enhances the relationship and comforts the soul. Love should be experienced and not just felt. The depth of love cannot be measured. Look at the relationship between a mother and a child. The mother loves the child unconditionally and it cannot be measured at all. A different dimension can be attained between any relationships with the magic of love. Love can be created. You just need to focus on the goodness of the other person. If this can be done easily, then you can also love easily. And remember we all have some positive aspect in us, no matter how bad our deeds maybe. And as God said Love all

Depending on the context, love can be of different varieties. Romantic love is a deep, intense and unending. It shared on a very intimate and interpersonal and sexual relationship. The term Platonic love, familial love and religious love are also matter of great affection. It is more of desire, preference and feelings. The meaning of love will change with each different relationship and depends more on its concept of depth, versatility, and complexity. But at times the very existence of love is questioned. Some say it is false and meaningless. It says that it never exist, because there has been many instances of hatred and brutality in relationships. The history of our world has witnessed many such events. There has been hatred between brothers, parents and children, sibling rivalry and spouses have failed each other. Friends have betrayed each other; the son has killed his parents for the throne, the count is endless. Even the modern generation is also facing with such dilemmas every day. But love is not responsible for that. It is us, the people, who have forgotten the meaning of love and have undertaken such gruesome apathy.

In the past the study of philosophy and religion has done many speculations on the phenomenon of love. But love has always ruled, in music, poetry, paintings, sculptor and literature. Psychology has also done lot of dissection to the essence of love, just like what biology, anthropology and neuroscience has also done to it.

Psychology portrays love as a cognitive phenomenon with a social cause. It is said to have three components in the book of psychology: Intimacy, Commitment, and Passion. Also, in an ancient proverb love is defined as a high form of tolerance. And this view has been accepted and advocated by both philosophers and scholars. Love also includes compatibility. But it is more of journey to the unknown when the concept of compatibility comes into picture. Maybe the person whom we see in front of us, may be least compatible than the person who is miles away. We might talk to each other and portray that we love each other, but practically we do not end up into any relationship. Also in compatibility, the key is to think about the long term successful relationship, not a short journey. We need to understand each other and must always remember that nobody is perfect.

Be together, share your joy and sorrow, understand each other, provide space to each other, but always be there for each other’s need. And surely love will blossom to strengthen your relationship with your matter of affection.

Lock them up in a room and put up a romantic-love movie in TV or DVD player and let them watch it .Something needs to be explained by action rather than words in life.