inb4 “Baby, don’t hurt me.”
But for real…what do people mean when they say “I love you,” or “Do you love them?” I’m really confused by this because love seems to have such a varying definition. People say love for all sorts of things, and it seems like everyone else understands which definition they’re using in the moment. Here are some examples in which each one has a different meaning:
- I love pancakes.
- I love my mother.
- I love my romantic partner.
- I love my best friend.
- I love my career.
- I love going to the beach.
- My dog loves me.
- That couple is in love.
- Where is the love?
Background: I recently saw an episode of a show (spoiler below) where there was an adolescent heterosexual couple. The girl had a female best friend that she kissed, and is now confused about what she wants. She told her boyfriend about it. The boyfriend then asked her, “Do you love her?” What is he asking? If love means attachment and care, then clearly she does because that’s her best friend. However, since that is so clear, he’s not asking that. What is he asking??
Another specification is when people ask “Do you love them, or are you in love with them?”
I am confused by this term and the whole concept in general. I think I could really use some clarification, examples, or how to know which definition someone is going with when they use it.
Name of show
The show is Atypical on Netflix.
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Love is action.
You don’t feel love, you show it and recognize when it’s been shown to you. Saying you love someone is just words, but showing you love someone by listening when they need someone to listen or helping them in some other way is proof of love.
This :)
English is kind of weak in this arena because we only have one word for love, but we can modify it to be more useful: romantic love and fraternal love. Any other use stems from these two, and will basically boil down to “I like ___a lot.”
Another specification is when people ask “Do you love them, or are you in love with them?”
“In love” means romantic love, I think. You want to spend your life with this person, probably every day, will overlook their faults and are enamored with the things they do, the way their brain works, etc.
Thank you. Agreed this is more an English language issue.
Between people it should be (in love ) — “I’m (in love ) with you”. Rather than “I love (like being around) you”
Howard Jones did a pretty good song dealing with this exact issue in the 80s
Also I’ve never being loved outside my own family.
It happens.
But eventually you’ll find someone (or perhaps that person will find you).
I love lamp 🤷🏻♂️
Baby, don’t hurt me? 🤷🏼♂️
It’s how we bundle together stuff we enjoy with sexual desire and sell it as moral goodness.
Message from the whole Lemmy community: we hate you for having inb4-ed our collective standard joke answer.
Signed: everyone but you 😜
Don’t worry. We can still do the club dance where we bash their body back and forth between us using our chests to throw them around, making them spill their overpriced club drink!
I was going to say 42.
fr lol
Ask your mother about my cock?
