| isn't the word love...over-used a little ?
Posted: 4/14/2008 2:08:53 PM | The word love...Its in poetry, used at funerals, marriages and in every context and every setting displayed to every audience at almost every age range. The love of cookies, the love of art, the love of your life, you're dog may even be named Lovey. The search for love is a trillion dollar industry that reaches every corner of the planet. People pay for it, search for it, talk about it, fantasize it. Its on television, the radio, the newspaper, the internet, at plays.
People try to exhibit a certain physical appearance through wearing certain articles of clothing, scents and other defining characteristics to make themselves more attractive, yet state that has nothing to do with love...Yet its used a tool in their search for this variable.
Its a word related to a feeling related to an action and yet..Its a universal word thats definition can change and differentiate depending on who you ask, their belief, their culture and heritage. Is love a physical, mental or verbatim used to describe a true feeling, or do you think its lost a little value, due to the fact that everyone and their uncle has said, "I love you", or, " I love that", on one too many occasions relating to one too many variables they describe as something they love ?
J.J. 4/14/08 | |
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| isn't the word love...over-used a little ?
Posted: 4/14/2008 2:11:54 PM | NO !
Its not used enough (IMO).........the kids all think the word "love"...equals commitment, i feel cold without it and need it for meaningfulness !
So no, More Love = More Fun !!!!!!!!! | |
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| isn't the word love...over-used a little ?
Posted: 4/14/2008 2:13:44 PM | Well, remember you have 26 letters in the Alphabet, and that "love" is the only real distinction meaning.........Love.
Not enough letters, or words, to make up a new one, but if you want, I will start telling every one that I "berglepinger" them..........
It is a word used to get that point across. It never depends on the word, but only on how the person who hears it thinks of it. To some, it is important, to others.......you know the drill.
It is not overused, it is not underused. It is simply used, and it does the job.
Oh yeah, I "berglepinger" this thread a lot............ | |
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| isn't the word love...over-used a little ?
Posted: 4/14/2008 2:18:32 PM | There are many different types of love, but I believe the variations are the same regardless of gender, culture, heritage, etc. There's the love one has for a parent, a child, a friend, a significant other, a pet...none of these are exactly the same type of love, but they're all variations of it. People can even say they 'love' a particular thing, or they love that their favorite team won...and it's simply another variation of love.
And I also believe we don't say it enough...too many have found out too late that they should have said t more often to those who matter to them. The only way saying it is devalued is when one truly doesn't mean it and is only saying it as a means to an end. | |
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| isn't the word love...over-used a little ?
Posted: 4/14/2008 2:57:23 PM | I think that as long as you have a complete and total understanding of the word, and you absolutely mean it when you say it, then - speak away! Yes, there are some that do over-use it and don't grasp the concept of love. I have hope though that eventually, they will mature enough to realize the difference between love and whatever they actually mean.
As for me? I DO love choco chip cookies (good ones!). I DO love my dog. I DO love plenty of things. And I DO love HIM. Just remember - you can love many things - but you may love them differently - and that's ok. | |
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| isn't the word love...over-used a little ?
Posted: 4/14/2008 3:14:29 PM | Op wrote:
Is love a physical, mental or verbatim used to describe a true feeling, or do you think its lost a little value, due to the fact that everyone and their uncle has said, "I love you", or, " I love that", on one too many occasions relating to one too many variables they describe as something they love ?
I posted this thought on another forum:
In the English language we use the one word “love” to describe a variety of our “feelings” toward an object or a person…ie…I love my car…wife says to husband, I love you more now that I love my car. Does that word have the exact same meaning in both usages?
Other languages have specific usages related to the word. The Greeks used several words to describe different types of “love”.
Philia- brotherly love (friendship) like in Philiadelphia-City of Brotherly Love
Storgē -family love-the love you have for children and parents-the word in Greek means affection
Agapē- Godly or divine love-love based on principle, unconditional and self-sacrificing
Eros- is romantic love, passionate and sensual in nature ie the word Erotic….However Eros could also describe the type of love you might have for the same person in addition to Philia or Storge -ie your boyfriend or husband
To answer your question: Yes, I think some people over use the word "love" to describe a wide variety of "feelings" and emotions concerning both humans and material items... | |
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| isn't the word love...over-used a little ?
Posted: 4/14/2008 3:16:07 PM | i'm in the 'not used enough' category when it matters.....when it would make a difference to heal divisions.
instead it seems too often we hold too tightly to our differences and no one wants to give in to say I love you then....as I said, when it matters.
on the other hand, it is used superficially so often that I can see how you feel it has lost its value.
and yet, many say it is our true nature, so you can never overuse it - the more it is used sincerely, the more it is a reminder of who we really are and how loving we can really feel......
and you gotta admit - it is wonderfully contagious!! :) | |
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Posted: 4/14/2008 3:48:18 PM | "The principle which gives the thought the dynamic power to correlate with its object, and therefore to master every adverse human experience, is the law of attraction, which is another name for love. This is an eternal and fundamental principle inherent in all things, in every system of philosophy, in every religion and in every science. There is no getting away from the law of love. It is feeling that imparts vitality to thought. Feeling is desire and desire is love. Thougt impregnated with love becomes invincible."
Charles Haanel
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| isn't the word love...over-used a little ?
Posted: 4/14/2008 5:07:09 PM | I love my kids. I love sailing. I love my buddies (and tell them so regularly). I love my brothers and other members of my family, but I really don't believe in love between men and women any more. That sort of love is just so shallow, fickle, inconstant and capricious.
I think I stopped believing in that one after the umpteenth time I got kicked to the curb but had the woman tell me: " I'll always love you. I'm sure there's a woman out there who can love you like you deserve".  Yeah, whatever.
I think there was the time my ex told me too that she had never loved me... ?? " Why the hell didn't you tell me that 8 years and two kids ago???".
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| isn't the word love...over-used a little ?
Posted: 4/14/2008 5:24:28 PM | My dog's name is Buddy, so I'm good to go... got one "lovey" spare.
Although, yeah, sometimes it gets bandied around too much, too easily... it's much better to throw around love than it is hate.
Not like I'm going to be running out of love anytime soon. | |
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| isn't the word love...over-used a little ?
Posted: 4/14/2008 6:34:05 PM | Love.
One word that is overused yet not used enough.
I never thought i'd say it to another woman.....
Met a sweetheart of a gal about 6 months ago.
We hit it off quite well! And one evening while watching t.v. at home, she looks at me and says...."I L Y".
And i said it back....and meant it.
She was great! Even made me think twice about my vow to never get married again.
Then one morning she mentioned something about seeing some guy she used to have the hots for. Said she was suprised she still had feelings for him, and confused cause she "loves" me too.
Said she needed time alone to sort out her feelings.
Havent seen her for 3 weeks now.........
Aparently ive been BBD'd once again.
Guys and gals, dont tell someone you truely love them just to hear the word.
It's cruel and mean.
Oh well, this just cements in my vow to never marry all the more.
At least it happened BEFORE i gave in and married her. | |
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| isn't the word love...over-used a little ?
Posted: 4/14/2008 8:05:51 PM | I find that, no it is not over used, if you know the meaning of the context in which you are using it... however I also belive it can be said to easily and loose value, like the beginning of a relationship, where you clearly havn't met the true person, you mearly have thoughts, visions, and ideas of what you hope them to be. It seems to dull the word if used sooner rather than later when you are clearly seeing the person that they are and not just a portrait of what you hope they can be... I know I am guilty of calling out the "L" word for lust. When you have found love it is hard to find it again and so in searching you loose what it really is and mistake the feelings for more valueable ones to replace what you have lost.... this is only my assumptions though. 
Life is a dance, try not to trip! (o_O)b | |
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| isn't the word love...over-used a little ?
Posted: 4/14/2008 8:16:44 PM | | YES. Maybe because what many people call love could be many nice (or sometimes not so nice) things, but not LOVE. People also put different meanings (or intensity of meanings) into the same words. Anything spoken in vain or too often looses its meaning overtime....JMO | |
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| isn't the word love...over-used a little ?
Posted: 4/14/2008 8:23:54 PM |
No, you can never hear too many "I love you's", as far as I'm concerned. only if you MEAN (by your actions, behavior) it and it's not just lip service. LOVE is more about what you do, how you treat and honor the one you say you *love*, and not so much the words themselves. | |
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Posted: 4/14/2008 8:37:54 PM | | I am heartbroken... time to throw myself off the bridge...if there was only water in that Gawd forsaken man made lake...goodbye cruel world. I won't live in a world without love. | |
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| isn't the word love...over-used a little ?
Posted: 4/14/2008 9:24:09 PM | Love the Love...lovin' the love! There is not enough LOVE in the world so we have to keep reminding ourselves by saying it...writing it....
Captaino, LOVE the nose | |
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