Love: An idea or an emotion? What is a concept? Look up the definition in the dictionary or online it will say it is an abstract idea. A simplified definition would be a person 's understanding of a specific idea. Their are endless amounts of concepts in the world, be that as it may this essay will focus on the concept of love. Love as in the romantic form, and even more specifically, is love an emotion or is it just an idea. Everyone has loved someone or at least believed that they have loved someone during at least one point in their life or another. However; love does not come naturally, loving somebody is a choice that a person has to work for. Some examples that show why love is not a feeling are the amount of times a person says their
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“Love at first sight that sends shivers down your spine is a fairy tale, and it doesn 't last forever” (Wade, 2014). Their is no such thing as being truly in love with someone, love begins with an infatuation and after time as that dies away a person has to make the decision to either keep working at the relationship or just give up. Francine and Byron Pirola (2012) said “Even when the feelings of euphoria that make love so effortless in the beginning wear off, we can choose to care and act in ways to the benefit of our loved one”. Some people stay together for their entire lives, even though they have to put in effort everyday to be content and happy. “Eventually, our brain chemistry acclimatises and with it the euphoria also wanes, usually within six to eighteen months” (Pirola, 2012). After the initial romance dies down a person has to make themselves stay in love with their partner, they can do this by spending time with each other or doing nice things for the other person. However overall love is an action that a person has to commit to for the sake of their happiness and …show more content…
Arranged marriages are practical marriages based on cultural similarities, family, and financial similarities hoping love will soon follow (Ramanthanan, 2016). When people are put into arranged marriages it forces them to bond and fall in love with each other. They are forced to see eachother everyday and for the sakes of their family and futures they give it their all to fall genuinely in love with the other. Many people believe that love comes before marriage but that is not always the case, sometimes the roles are reversed. Pamela Regan, a psychology professor at Cal State University in Los Angeles found that 10 years into the relationships, satisfaction and passion among the couples whose marriages were arranged nearly mirrored those of people who fell in love first (Ramanthanan, 2016). If love is a feeling that just comes naturally then arranged marriages would never work, but statistics show that they work just as well as love marriages, if not better. “According to research, those in arranged marriages – or who have had their partner chosen for them by a parent or matchmaker – tend to feel more in love as time grows, whereas those in regular marriages feel less in love over time” (Bently, 2011). Arranged marriages
“Love at first sight that sends shivers down your spine is a fairy tale, and it doesn 't last forever” (Wade, 2014). Their is no such thing as being truly in love with someone, love begins with an infatuation and after time as that dies away a person has to make the decision to either keep working at the relationship or just give up. Francine and Byron Pirola (2012) said “Even when the feelings of euphoria that make love so effortless in the beginning wear off, we can choose to care and act in ways to the benefit of our loved one”. Some people stay together for their entire lives, even though they have to put in effort everyday to be content and happy. “Eventually, our brain chemistry acclimatises and with it the euphoria also wanes, usually within six to eighteen months” (Pirola, 2012). After the initial romance dies down a person has to make themselves stay in love with their partner, they can do this by spending time with each other or doing nice things for the other person. However overall love is an action that a person has to commit to for the sake of their happiness and …show more content…
Arranged marriages are practical marriages based on cultural similarities, family, and financial similarities hoping love will soon follow (Ramanthanan, 2016). When people are put into arranged marriages it forces them to bond and fall in love with each other. They are forced to see eachother everyday and for the sakes of their family and futures they give it their all to fall genuinely in love with the other. Many people believe that love comes before marriage but that is not always the case, sometimes the roles are reversed. Pamela Regan, a psychology professor at Cal State University in Los Angeles found that 10 years into the relationships, satisfaction and passion among the couples whose marriages were arranged nearly mirrored those of people who fell in love first (Ramanthanan, 2016). If love is a feeling that just comes naturally then arranged marriages would never work, but statistics show that they work just as well as love marriages, if not better. “According to research, those in arranged marriages – or who have had their partner chosen for them by a parent or matchmaker – tend to feel more in love as time grows, whereas those in regular marriages feel less in love over time” (Bently, 2011). Arranged marriages