So....... I'm currently taking an American Lit class. And for the past few weeks we've studied Romanticism. Currently we're on the Dark Romantics. For Example: Edgar Allan Poe. Interesting Fact about Poe. He married his cousin, Virginia. Groooooosssss!!!! Actually it's not gross at all ️ Poe and Virginia were incredibly close. Almost like brother and sister, but more importantly they were best friends . Now you see dear Virginia was destined to marry (eventually). Now marriage would mean her moving away and staying with her husband and thus leaving Dear Poe alone and heartbroken So Poe decides, rather than lose his dear Virginia (his best friend and greatest love) he marries her BUT the marriage was never consummated ( WHAT?!) That's right. ️ Edgar Allen Poe NEVER had sexual relations with his wife, bestfriend, and dearest love, his cousin Virginia. So this made me wonder.... In an era when most relations are based on the amount passion ("sex" if you will) in a relationship. Where relationships are given up on in a matter of weeks. No one hesitates to sign that divorce paper. ? What does it mean to truly love someone? Yes we may feel some great attraction to a person..... But is it love, infatuation, or merely lust? What about the other types of love? I know when people think of love they think of chubby winged babies shooting arrows into people's asses, but that's not all there is Types of Love Eros: Sexual love or Desire Agape: A Christian/ Godly love. It is seperate from any sexual or emotional attraction. It is purely unconditional Philia: A love between friends Storge: A brotherly love, often found between family members ️ But more important than realizing what love is, and what kind of love you have. There's the importance of cherishing the love you have. So I will leave you all with this message. "Hold the person that you love closely if they're next to you The one you love, not the person that'll simply have sex with you Appreciate them to the fullest extent, and then beyond 'Cause you never really know what you got, until it's gone" - Immortal Technique And on that note I beg you all to dwell on what YOU think it means to love someone. - Alice!
I'm married. But I hade my heart set on saving my virginity until marriage. I did that successfully... Losing my virginity after marriage to my lovely wife
Lol Dawn, it sure is he wrote many poems about Virginia. Not just Annabel lee, although it is one of my favorites.
EADGER ALLEN POE FOR THE WIN the only one along with F.D.R. to be cool enough to get away with marrying their cousin, (p.s. I already knew that about good ol Poe)
This was probably the first thread I've ever read fully I usually skip paragraphs but the story actually intrested me nice work Hun I like this thread ? but gross that he married his cousin? but adorable that he didn't want her to be far from him
That man crossed a line THAT ISNT SUPPOSED TO BE CROSSED. Wasn't she like 12-13 when he married her, and wasn't he like in his 30's? And she died around her 20's Like I've said before: ALLL MEN ARE SCUM
️ Great read Alice. Love is such a weird thing isn't it? it takes so many shapes and forms and real love is easily mistaken because I don't think many people fully understand the breadth of what it means to really love someone. To me, a real love is a combination of all those different "types of love" that you named off. To truly love someone the it multi-faceted. Is it not lustful? Of course it is. We're only human. But it's also unconditional or what you've called a "godly" love. Filled with faith and understanding of each other's flaws and mistakes. A true love is also a friend type love. Yes, we love our friends. We may also think of them as family, but the difference between a friend and a true love is that friendship love doesn't have that sexual aspect. When you love someone they become your best friend, a person to confide in and lean on. And finally the familial type of love. Family doesn't have to be blood, family is a person you would sacrifice and give anything for. So, to answer your question, (actually now I forget if you actually asked a question or if I just felt the need to put in my two cents...) true real love is all of those things put together in one indescribable feeling. A person you want to sacrifice for, to lean on, to have a physical relationship, and someone you love unconditionally. But meh. What do I know?
Real love is so hard to find. Sometimes your emotions get confused. You confuse list with love and when your brain finally untangle the two you realize you really don't love each other. There are so many kinda of 'love' though. The most common in my opinion is hero love In my own words, hero love is when you're upset or when everything is going wrong and someone shows up and shows you an act of kindness. So then you feel attracted to them, and you think that just because they were being nice to you, they feel the same way about you. When that isn't always the case.