Romantic Love Essay

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There is many types of love, but the one that we all feel the most is the one we have for our close ones, pets, and even objects. That feeling is love. Love can be felt in a variety of ways; it may take your life, or it can just be a little crush. It is different for everyone. There is people who fall in and out of love on a daily basis, and there are those who look for love for an eternity. Love is not just for us people, it is for everyone and everything around us. We love anything we want to, but it is a way of expressing it where we show who we are. Love is sometimes hard to define because everyone experiences it differently. What one person thinks is love, another person may think is the complete opposite. How does one know that they …show more content…

Romantic love shows a person’s heart and can cloud it as to what the right decision may be. In my opinion, romantic love can be very selfish. The famous poet, William Shakespeare, one of the best influences for romantic love, alludes to romantic love as being like drunkenness in his play The Tempest. Like too much alcohol or happy drugs, romantic love takes over all senses in a person, and somewhat changes his or her …show more content…

Friends who love each other want to make each other happy; they want to be there as confidants, cathartic outlets, and company. Friendship love is often compared to the love between siblings. In many cases, a sibling is just as good a friend as any. Society will not accept romantic love between relatives, but friendship love is encouraged and is a lovely thing to see when it does happen. So now that we can see the difference between romantic love and friendship love, do we understand love better? Perhaps not. Everybody experiences love in a different way and may not agree with the definitions offered here. In the end, it doesn’t matter whether or not your kind of love fits into any category. Love is personal, and the important thing is that it makes people feel good. When people love each other, there is no room for

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