Love is a feeling, but what kind of feeling? Love is passion that two people have for each other. The word love now has been demoted to be used as a synonym for I really like. In its place little girls dream of having true love. True love is different it is the constant feeling of trust, respect, and affection for another person. The word love has been used since before the twelfth-century. It comes from the Latin word libēre which means to please. One of the earliest recorded uses of love is in the bible. Corinthians 13:4-8 “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight
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The modern day meaning of true came from the Old English word triewe or treowe, which mean to be trustworthy, honest, and reliable. This word goes back even further. Trewaz a Proto-Germanic word meaning having or characterized by good faith. True love is a perfect combination of the words true and love. It is: honest, respectful, committed, faithful, happy, and a true acceptance of each other between two people ("Online Etymology Dictionary," n.d.). Psychologist Robert Sternberg created a theory on how you know when a relationship is true love this theory consisted of three stages. Stage one is passion where there is an attraction physically and sexually. In this stage the relationship starts to form. Feelings evolve into somethimg more than “I think he/she is cute.’’ This part of the relationship is where the determination process of is this true love begins (Cherry, n.d.). The second stage is when the two people really grow together and they became closer. This stage leads to attachment between them. During this time period the two people spend their time talking and getting to know each other. This is crucial step to deciding if it is true love or not. Learning more about the person and deciding if they have good characteristics to them (Cherry, …show more content…
During this stage a commitment is made. At this point it has or has not been decide that it is true love. The commitment made is to stay connected and work through misunderstandings. In William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream he writes “The course of love never did run smooth.” This part of a relationship is engagement or marriage. Being faithful and stay true to one another is a large part of being in stage three of a true love relationship (Cherry, n.d.). The three stages of true love go together perfectly with the definition that it is a constant feeling of trust, affection, and respect. Without those three things the relationship would stop at stage one and end. It would not be true love. Marriage is something the people do when they are in true love. It is meant to be constant, to last and be shared by two people giving constant affection to each other. Affection is not just exhibited by physical actions it can be exhibited through verbal communication. True love should never cause a feeling of melee, but should always cause a feeling of pure joy even during the lowest and worst of
The modern day meaning of true came from the Old English word triewe or treowe, which mean to be trustworthy, honest, and reliable. This word goes back even further. Trewaz a Proto-Germanic word meaning having or characterized by good faith. True love is a perfect combination of the words true and love. It is: honest, respectful, committed, faithful, happy, and a true acceptance of each other between two people ("Online Etymology Dictionary," n.d.). Psychologist Robert Sternberg created a theory on how you know when a relationship is true love this theory consisted of three stages. Stage one is passion where there is an attraction physically and sexually. In this stage the relationship starts to form. Feelings evolve into somethimg more than “I think he/she is cute.’’ This part of the relationship is where the determination process of is this true love begins (Cherry, n.d.). The second stage is when the two people really grow together and they became closer. This stage leads to attachment between them. During this time period the two people spend their time talking and getting to know each other. This is crucial step to deciding if it is true love or not. Learning more about the person and deciding if they have good characteristics to them (Cherry, …show more content…
During this stage a commitment is made. At this point it has or has not been decide that it is true love. The commitment made is to stay connected and work through misunderstandings. In William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream he writes “The course of love never did run smooth.” This part of a relationship is engagement or marriage. Being faithful and stay true to one another is a large part of being in stage three of a true love relationship (Cherry, n.d.). The three stages of true love go together perfectly with the definition that it is a constant feeling of trust, affection, and respect. Without those three things the relationship would stop at stage one and end. It would not be true love. Marriage is something the people do when they are in true love. It is meant to be constant, to last and be shared by two people giving constant affection to each other. Affection is not just exhibited by physical actions it can be exhibited through verbal communication. True love should never cause a feeling of melee, but should always cause a feeling of pure joy even during the lowest and worst of