Comments | loki_child: On Missing People and Yeah... That... Love.

loki_child

On Missing People and Yeah... That... Love.

Jun 02, 2006 17:51

I dislike being bored at work. It leads to mind wandering, which leads to missing people, which is never healthy. Missing people means I can't (I almost said "con't" which is how my supervisor pronounces the word) think clearly about the moment, about what I am doing. Missing people means I start imagine things, question things, and all other ( Read more... )

intern life., vally thinks.

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egyptianorchid June 3 2006, 03:25:19 UTC

oh, that stupid "L" word! i've been thinking a lot about it lately, too. it is rather frustrating, and all too fragile. i think saying the word can be relieving, but also leave you feeling vulnerable. which is partly why it is great and terrible at the same time, and we want it to go away and stay forever at the same time. argh! this may also be why it is written and thought about so much by so many.

i'm also in a state of un-knowledge about the "l" word. i mean, i feel it towards my cat and mom, but romantically never.

well, good luck with it!

loki_child June 3 2006, 14:04:44 UTC

I love how it's the "l" word. Love the fact I also just said that I love... yeah... anyways... I really think the English langauge is too confining on this topic. We have love and lust, fondness and liking. But there is no word for romantic love. Well, if there was, it probably would be abused and over used. Perhaps we need a word for familial love, that might work better, and cannot be abused quite so easily.

What does romantic love feel like in the first place? Does it hit you the moment you know it's there. Does it go away, can it go away? Oh the questions!

aHA! egyptianorchid June 4 2006, 02:38:52 UTC

i think most people call romantic love "being in love." but i don't really like this because it gives rise to the "i love you, but i'm not IN love with you" bullshit ( ... )

blu86moon June 3 2006, 17:28:54 UTC

I remember reading in my psych 101 textbook about how some psychologist categorized love into 6(?) different kinds. I think passionate love is the word for romantic love. Does that work?

loki_child June 3 2006, 21:43:54 UTC

But ... would there be a difference between passionate and romantic love? I mean, they feel, the words themselves, feel slightly different.

But, yeah... there has to be at least six different flavors of love. (Pictures love being sold like icecream).

blu86moon June 4 2006, 14:23:07 UTC

Hehe. Love is like ice cream flavors. And movies are different kinds of chocolate.

loki_child June 6 2006, 21:13:27 UTC

Yep. Valerie's world comes in different flavors, in a very literal sense.