Anonymous asked this question on 7/10/2000:

Hi, this one came up during a conversation at a beach, with lots of moonlight :-) "What is love?"? Everybody knows it when they feel it (or at least they think so), but what about the *other's* true feelings? Is she (he) in love because you are having sex? I guess not, because plain money can buy you sex, even sex with beautifull people. Is it then the commitment to companionship, living together? Again, she (he) might be living with you because of material confort, or using your prestige/social net for her (his) own advantage. So what then IS love, if not sex or the desire for cohabitation? (My friend proposed that the only way to become sure that you are being loved is when the other person is willing to risk everything they own, maybe their very lives, for you. Pretty strong that, but even so, what about psychos?)

Omega2000 gave this response on 7/10/2000:

Anonymous: People for generations have been asking that very question. Love has started wars and ended them. Love has made the most sane of us turn into insane people. Love is not just a feeling.Its much more. Love is a principle that has no boundaries. Love is knowing that the one you give to will love you no matter what happens. Love is when I lose my looks and you still see the beauty from within. Love is when he has a heart condition and the medication pervents him for making love.He loves you the only way that he can by simply caressing you as you hear the beating of his fragile heart beating for you. Love is knowing that what ever happens be it good or bad you love is there to see it though. Love knows all of your secrets,pains and fears,and guards them as if they were his/her own. Love grows and deepends with time and nurishment.Love teaches,love grows, love knows you better than you know yourself. You are love. Omega2000

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