[evilbutterfly]

i didnt read all of everything everybody said (i didnt even finish the 1st post) so i'm just gonna state my feelings on the subject:

i think alot of people see love now as some glamourous thing like the original poster said. they think it's something they can indulge in, and false love abounds. most people see this false love as real, and dont realize how stupid they are being.

true love is caring more about someone else's happiness than your own. true love is wanting to take every single bit of pain and suffering onto your shoulders so the one you love wont suffer. i believe alot of marriages fail b/cs at least one person in the relationship does this and becomes overburdened and feels overwhelmed by their lover's problems, and then they cant take it and end it.

the perfect match would be 2 people who love each other, and truely want to stop the other's suffering, but realize that neither can bear it alone, that they must share the pain and joy alike. they must work as a whole. thus phrases like "you complete me." love is finding that person who you care for more than even yourself, and then realizing that you cant do anything else alone, that you NEED them.

that's love, and it's tough to love some1 and need them that bad when they dont feel the same way. when you miss them so bad you can just sit and cry thinking about the good times u once had with them. when you can love them enuf to let them go, just so they are happy with some1 else. that's love.

(3 guesses how old i am. i bet no1 gets it)