See, I don't think sexual orientation has anything to do with love, any more than sexual attraction has anything to do with being in love.
I think there's more than one kind of love, but Eros (sexual love) is definitely one of them. As one of my ex's put it, "If you don't have the sexual component, you're might as well just be friends."
I'll also note that I class emotions as physical experiences and so it seems like they are inextricably tied up with our physicality and sexuality. They don't just sit up in your head (or soul) separate from your...incarnatedness.
I think there's more than one kind of love, but Eros (sexual love) is definitely one of them. As one of my ex's put it, "If you don't have the sexual component, you're might as well just be friends."
I think you're reading me backwards. Pair-bonding-love clearly has a sexual component to it, but you don't need love for sexual attraction. It's possible (even easy!) to be sexually attracted to a total stranger, but I don't think anyone would call that love, or choice.
As one of my ex's put it, "If you don't have the sexual component, you're might as well just be friends."
Until one of you tries to get into a relationship with both components.
ignoring all talk.
My day has gotten much better since this morning.
carry on.
msbelle, in your honor, I'm 1950sirrific today.
Also, the IM dresses from Target? Dont fit my ribcage. I think I need to go up a size or 4 which is sad. and, oddly, it's not my waist, but my RIBS.
It's possible (even easy!) to be sexually attracted to a total stranger, but I don't think anyone would call that love, or choice.
I think some people call that love. They may be confused. Or they may be ancient Greeks.
I think some people call that love.
Some people may also call it vanilla pudding.
But isn't it pretty standard to distinguish in today's world between lust and love?
I think some people call that love. They may be confused. Or they may be ancient Greeks.
Don't you think it's less useful a term for conversation than attraction or desire, though?
I think some people call that love. They may be confused. Or they may be ancient Greeks.
To be fair, I have known a couple of people who quite literally fell in love at first sight and went on to have lengthy relationships. For me there's always been an initial infatuation perod that was mostly hormones, but I'm willing to accept that experience as something other than universal.
The whole vampire conversation needs to be COMMed, but I am too lazy to do it.
is this your ideal Batman voice, or one of the movie/tv ones?
Not that I'd thought about it until now, but it's definitely Adam West.
See, after watching many seasons of Family Guy, Adam West is now the crazy mayor of Qahog, for ever and ever.
