# Love. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 18, 2008, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/473228 "2008-11-18T02:13:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/473228/1 "2008-11-18T02:13:43Z")
Let’s talk about Love. I haven’t been in Love for many years. Is there a better feeling than Love (drug induced or not) I ‘love’ many things and people but that is a feeble gesture next to “In Love” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/473228/2 "2008-11-18T02:42:27Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Let’s talk about Love. > > I haven’t been in Love for many years. > > Is there a better feeling than Love (drug induced or not) > > I ‘love’ many things and people but that is a feeble gesture next to “In Love” Transferring therapy session from IMHO to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![dgrdfd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@dgrdfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dgrdfd)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/473228/3 "2008-11-18T02:52:24Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Is there a better feeling than Love (drug induced or not) I submit alcohol and opiates as better than any love I have ever felt. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/473228/4 "2008-11-18T02:59:23Z")
May I nominate lust? ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/473228/5 "2008-11-18T03:32:31Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Transferring therapy session from IMHO to MPSIMS. What happens to a thread after the mods pass it all around to each other and it returns to its original forum? ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/473228/6 "2008-11-18T03:58:04Z")
> [@Sapo](#): > > What happens to a thread after the mods pass it all around to each other and it returns to its original forum? It gets mocked behind its back for being a slut. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/473228/7 "2008-11-18T04:01:30Z")
…is softer than an easy chair. Fresh as the morning air. Among other things. I’d write more but I’ve forgotten your point, already. ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/473228/8 "2008-11-18T04:59:29Z")
I think I’ve said this on SDMB before, but love comes second to inspiration. Similar highs, but there’s no such thing as unrequited inspiration. Of course, that just says something about inspiration’s consistency. When you are loved and in love, it’s a pretty hard feeling to top. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/473228/9 "2008-11-18T14:11:29Z")
I’ve been in love. Am right now as a matter of fact. A wise man once told me that “True love is the best thing in the world. Except for a nice MLT.” But you want to know if anything is _better_? Yeah. There is something. In all seriousness. The first breath I took in my new residence after I left my wife. Anyone following my saga will deduce that I’ve actually left her twice. Both times it was the same and extraordinarily difficult to describe. Love is … euphoric, out of body, you feel invincible, the world is a beneficient place and anything is possible. But what I say trumps that is the knowledge that you’ve just survived something horrible. Not unscathed, not whole, maybe not even happy. But you’ve made it through the gauntlet and are again in control of your own destiny. Love makes things _feel_ possible, but the other thing is a demonstration. It’s real, and it doesn’t depend on anybody else but you. It’s a little colder, rougher, less protective. But it’s defiitely more satisfying. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/473228/10 "2008-11-18T15:12:25Z")
Inigo, My “You’ve just survived something horrible” was University, and getting a Pass grade despite being fairly convinced that I’d failed. Uni was hell and I got out. For years afterwards I had nightmares about being at uni, the deadline for some big project was tomorrow and I’d done no work. Then I wake up and realize I’m out of Uni. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/473228/11 "2008-11-18T15:20:11Z")
“And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” ~ 1 Corinthians 13:13 ~ “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage.” ~ Lao-Tzu ~ “Don’t you want somebody to love?” ~ Grace Slick ~ Tris ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/473228/12 "2008-11-18T15:27:22Z")
Love returned is a better feeling than just “Love” ---
**Author:** ![in\_hiding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c5a1d2/32.png) [@in\_hiding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/in_hiding)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/473228/13 "2008-11-18T15:46:53Z")
Love - huh - yeah What is it good for Absolutely nothing … …I might just be in a bad mood right now, carry on. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/473228/14 "2008-11-18T16:22:15Z")
I’m not sure there’s a better feeling than when you’re just beginning to fall in love with someone and it’s all scary and intense and exciting. Maybe winning the lottery would be better, but I’m not likely to know. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/473228/15 "2008-11-18T17:28:11Z")
Don’t start me. Love is the only thing I have ever really wanted. It looks like I’m not going to get it, this life. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/473228/16 "2008-11-18T19:22:19Z")
Funky butt kind or regular? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/473228/17 "2008-11-18T19:27:00Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > I’ve been in love. Am right now as a matter of fact. A wise man once told me that “True love is the best thing in the world. Except for a nice MLT.” > > But you want to know if anything is _better_? Yeah. There is something. In all seriousness. The first breath I took in my new residence after I left my wife. Anyone following my saga will deduce that I’ve actually left her twice. Both times it was the same and extraordinarily difficult to describe. Love is … euphoric, out of body, you feel invincible, the world is a beneficient place and anything is possible. But what I say trumps that is the knowledge that you’ve just survived something horrible. Not unscathed, not whole, maybe not even happy. But you’ve made it through the gauntlet and are again in control of your own destiny. Love makes things _feel_ possible, but the other thing is a demonstration. It’s real, and it doesn’t depend on anybody else but you. > > It’s a little colder, rougher, less protective. But it’s defiitely more satisfying. As someone who is both deeply in love and who also has survived something horrible, I just wanted to say that I really appreciate the truth in this sentiment. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/473228/18 "2008-11-18T20:53:31Z")
> [@dgrdfd](#): > > I submit alcohol and opiates as better than any love I have ever felt. I’ll second you on the alcohol part, seriously. See, you don’t have to actually talk to the alcohol or worry about its feelings or remember its birthday or deal with its parents or buy it Christmas presents or call it on the phone. Yes, I am a crabby, lazy old broad. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/473228/19 "2008-11-19T02:43:45Z")
The feeling of being in love, and losing love is summed up for me like this… While the absolute love of my life up and left me the one thing I couldn’t stop was her in my dreams. In those dreams I would dream of us talking, she would say something to the effect of “no we shouldn’t get back together” etc; and eventually she would come back to me, and the feeling of happiness I had was amazing… …then I woke up, and the feeling of the happiness crashing down to the depression of reality is a terrible horrible feeling that is impossible to describe…but let me assure you it is the worst feeling I have ever felt in my life. That’s love for me: That invincible feeling of happiness and confidence, with the threat of the hopeless feeling of loneliness and sadness that leaves you wondering if anybody cares about you at all? ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/473228/20 "2008-11-19T13:03:05Z")
[Tina Turner] What’s love got to do, got to do with it What`s love but a second hand emotion What`s love got to do, got to do with it Who needs a heart When a heart can be broken [/TT] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/473228.md?page=2)