What is love? According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, love is “A feeling of strong or constant affection for a person; attraction that includes sexual desire; a person you love in a romantic way” (2015). Love can be shown in various ways, the love between a parent and a child, the love between a person and animal, or the love someone has for a particular object or sport, romantic love and the love that is shared between you and your partner. Love is something that is displayed everyday through gestures of kindness, caring and attention. Romantic love is a process that is grown over time whereas lust constitutes instant gratification that is fleeting and most times destructive. In Gary Chapman’s book Understanding the Five Languages of Love, “in order to show your love for someone you are to make “quality time”. Another way to show love is by giving gifts and well-meaning surprises to display fondness for that person. It doesn’t say that in order for that person to love you buy them gifts, the author is stating it's a nice way to express some form of love (Chapman, 1995).
In Shakespeare’s classic tale of Romeo and Juliet, lust at first sight is displayed in its fullness. To love something at first sight demonstrates a …show more content…
The writer surveyed married Americans and found that 40 percent of couples married 10 years or greater stated they have remained intensely in love with their partner. The survey was intended to determine whether long-term love was a phenomenon, but researchers found the opposite in even the longest of marriages, 30 years or more, 40 percent of women and 35 percent of men said they were still madly in love. Commitment, laughter, shared values, faith in God, and willingness to allow each other to grow and change were on the top of the list of what creates long-lasting love. Other important items were consciously spending time together, making the relationship about each other and and intimate friendship (Varma-White,
In Shakespeare’s classic tale of Romeo and Juliet, lust at first sight is displayed in its fullness. To love something at first sight demonstrates a …show more content…
The writer surveyed married Americans and found that 40 percent of couples married 10 years or greater stated they have remained intensely in love with their partner. The survey was intended to determine whether long-term love was a phenomenon, but researchers found the opposite in even the longest of marriages, 30 years or more, 40 percent of women and 35 percent of men said they were still madly in love. Commitment, laughter, shared values, faith in God, and willingness to allow each other to grow and change were on the top of the list of what creates long-lasting love. Other important items were consciously spending time together, making the relationship about each other and and intimate friendship (Varma-White,