Why do you make love "to" someone and have sex "with" someone?

You've answered your own question. Sex is a bodily function...Love is what makes you want to give and not just receive.

Living together has always suggested to most people Sin . Being Married makes living together acceptable to most people in today's society. Having Sex has always suggested to most people Sin. When one uses " Making Love " rather than having Sex , that seems to suggest that its OK or acceptable. Lets add one more " Making Whoppie " like they do on most game shows and isn't it amazing that it seems sinless when you say it that way ?

Make Love

That sounds about right. When I had a mistress, I never made love to her. I had sex with her. But I would make love to my wife. But it's just semantics. What's your point?

"Love' is just a word that was invented by the minstrels of the Middle Ages to keep womanhood happy. It is very difficult to separate sex from love (whatever that is.) Don't try to analise all this. It won't help.

To make love is more emotional attachment and you are putting your partner's needs before your own (and vice versa). To have sex with someone is impersonal and you only are out to please yourself.

I think making love is when 2 ppl love each other and its not just for sex, like havng sex with someone to me sounds like just something fast, something to get it over with something that is just sex just that, just to feel good at the moment, where as making love theres more to it, maybe more foreplay and taking ur time making each other feel good, not just one person enjoying it more than the other, but to take ur time, really explore the bodies, and then just idk like they way u would look at the person, the way u would kiss them to me would be different. I had just sex with one guy one night who works where I live and i was young, but it was just that, just sex, we hung out, and after it just happened, it was real fast, it was just no feeling of passion.

with my bf its always very passionate, we really get in the mood, we really want eachother to feel good, and idk how to really explain it, if it makes sence

when my wife and I have sex we make love. When she bangs someone else she's just having sex with them.

makes sense i guess but also a horrible way to try to talk yourself out of getting in trouble for cheating.