What is Love?

[funkykule]

Prepeare yourself for extreme cheese- buy, hey, you did ask for a definition of love!

Love does have various levels, intensities etc, but I have to agree with Sundae here: my love for my family beats all.

When I'm away from them I miss them and think of how fantastic they are, and how amazing it is that despite all our faults and differences, we still fit perfectly with eachother.

When I'm with them: the mixed irritation and comfort of having someone know you so well; the safety of knowing you can behave towards them, in ways that others would not accept, and they will still forgive you; the happiness in the smallest thing shared with them; being able to speak frankly with them again in ways you couldn't with others (here I'm especially referring to my sisters), knowing their faults and accepting the way they are, which, if I saw in others would turn me off completely; defending them to the back teeth through everything but at the same time telling them where they went wrong; wanting the best for them without jealousy

These feeling and situations have happened with a few friends, but never to the same extent to those that relate to the family I have grown up with.
I don't know if I'll ever feel like that for a partner/husband. Do you think the love for your partner reaches those levels? I hope so.

As for my future children, I know how strongly I feel for my nieces and nephews, so I assume the love for my children will probably surpass anything I've described above. Brianna summed it up well.

//end of cheese

I feel grossly cheesy now- I need a shower...