What does TRP think about love?

Goldfulgore · 2014-10-22T22:05:11+00:00

Men are taught to perceive love differently than a woman does. And men typically have false expectations about a woman's love. I'll quote the "Rational Male", which said:

"Women are utterly incapable of loving a man in the way that a man expects to be loved."

and

"Women are incapable of loving men in a way that a man idealizes is possible, in a way he thinks she should be capable of."

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vengefully_yours · 2014-10-22T23:42:04+00:00

When I walk out my door in the morning, and I see her glistening in the sunlight, her curves catching the light, beckoning me to her. I walk to her, run my hand down her side, grasp firmly, open the door and sit in the bucket seat then twist the key and fire up the 455 in my GTO.

That's love.

Looking at my husky as she cuddles next to me on the couch, my lab curled at my feet.

That's love.

People don't deserve that feeling.

tombreck2 · 2014-10-22T21:24:00+00:00

Love is the feeling you get when you don't think you can do any better

nesshie91 · 2014-10-22T21:18:56+00:00

Its just chemical reactions in the brain.

TheRealMewt · 2014-10-23T03:32:37+00:00

What is love? Baby don't hurt me. Don't hurt me. No mo'.

Surprisingly fitting to TRP if you ask me.

LS_D · 2014-10-23T06:21:12+00:00

I think there are different types of "love" and the way western society tends to focus on 'erotic' "love"

Even though they understand there's a difference between 'erotic' love and say the "love" you have for your mother and the "love" you have for your dog or your gf! there is no clear distinction made and I can't ever recall having anyone try and teach me this, which caused me some minor mindfuck until I found the Greek understanding of "love"

Shit people say "I love" this and "I love" that, all day long ,, yet when it comes to "romantic love" then you are supposed to know what the difference about the 'types' of "loving" IMO this is an area where TRP falls short in understanding

I like the way the Greeks think about it and I am inclined to 'separate' the way I "love" the way they do.

Agápe (ἀγάπη agápē means "love: esp. brotherly love, charity; the love of God for man and of man for God." Agape is used in the biblical passage known as the "love chapter," 1 Corinthians 13, and is described there and throughout the New Testament as brotherly love, affection, good will, love, and benevolence. Whether the love given is returned or not, the person continues to love (even without any self-benefit). Agape is also used in ancient texts to denote feelings for one's children and the feelings for a spouse, and it was also used to refer to a love feast. It can also be described as the feeling of being content or holding one in high regard. Agape is used by Christians to express the unconditional love of God for his children. This type of love was further explained by Thomas Aquinas as "to will the good of another."
Éros (ἔρως érōs) means "love, mostly of the sexual passion." The Modern Greek word "erotas" means "intimate love." It can also apply to dating relationships as well as marriage. Plato refined his own definition: Although eros is initially felt for a person, with contemplation it becomes an appreciation of the beauty within that person, or even becomes appreciation of beauty itself. Plato does not talk of physical attraction as a necessary part of love, hence the use of the word platonic to mean, "without physical attraction." In the Symposium, the most famous ancient work on the subject, Plato has Socrates argue that eros helps the soul recall knowledge of beauty, and contributes to an understanding of spiritual truth, the ideal "Form" of youthful beauty that leads us humans to feel erotic desire – thus suggesting that even that sensually based love aspires to the non-corporeal, spiritual plane of existence; that is, finding its truth, just like finding any truth, leads to transcendence. Lovers and philosophers are all inspired to seek truth through the means of eros.
Philia (φιλία philía) means "affectionate regard, friendship," usually "between equals." It is a dispassionate virtuous love, a concept developed by Aristotle. In his best-known work on ethics, Nicomachean Ethics, philia is expressed variously as loyalty to friends, family, and community, and requires virtue, equality, and familiarity. Furthermore, in the same text philos denotes a general type of love, used for love between family, between friends, a desire or enjoyment of an activity, as well as between lovers.
Storge (στοργή storgē) means "love, affection" and "especially of parents and children" It is natural affection, like that felt by parents for offspring. Rarely used in ancient works, and then almost exclusively as a descriptor of relationships within the family. It is also known to express mere acceptance or putting up with situations, as in "loving" the tyrant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_words_for_love

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dencrypt · 2014-10-22T22:22:04+00:00

I will quote Seven of Nine: "An attraction based on sexual desire, one that facilitates procreation."

"Physiologically, it bears a striking similarity to disease. A series of biochemical responses that trigger an emotional cascade, impairing normal functioning."

[deleted] · 2014-10-23T01:40:35+00:00

I love beer.

oldredder · 2014-10-23T02:25:22+00:00

define love:

women have an emotive feeling & a lot of self-contradiction. They're willing to call this love.

Men have a strong desire to make an entire situation better on top of self-improvement, wanting a relationship to improve, himself and his woman, will invest time & trust and hope for children to raise with his strong moral values and skills.

How do you define love? TRP isn't about love, it's about sexual strategy here in this /r

asd1100 · 2014-10-23T05:18:11+00:00

It's a intentionally vague umbrella term ment to coerce people into sticking with a sociatal script. Think respect in asian contries. Or honor in a lot of patriarcal societies.

Without the notion of love you can still feel affection, dedication and attachement, but those have almost nothing to do with the cultural notion that has been inflated to include both male and female affection, controlable lust, long term dedication, respect and a particularly nasty and self destructive kind of "honor".

Feel the emotion, do not associate it with any constructs, because that only comes with expectations and a "appropriate" conduct that is meant to enslave you.

stealthcreeper · 2014-10-23T13:46:08+00:00

Romantic Love = illusion

Unconditional Love = real (its also what makes up everything you see)

Unconditional Love Capabilities:

Man<Women<Children<Animals

jacks_not_surprised · 2014-10-22T21:29:43+00:00

Oneitis?

CalvinHobb3s · 2014-10-23T04:03:24+00:00

love complex, abstract, subjective idea we came up with to try and explain the even more complex chemical reaction we get from interacting with others.

CptDefB · 2014-10-23T23:25:35+00:00

What the shit, TRP...

Y'all mother fuckers need you some Esther.

OP: Love, explained.

knechtigerknecht1 · 2014-10-22T21:12:49+00:00

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