[Poposphere]

What is the difference between like and love? When do you stop liking someone and start loving them? I know this is very subjective, but I would like to know your own input.

[ajlee613]

liking someone is a feeling

loving someone is a choice.


understanding the difference is someone that must be lived, it cant be explained.

[Orange bananA]

^very interesting way of wording it.

I can't say I know the difference either..

[Mryanhon]

if you can like a person for a lifetime, thats love

[plegend2007]

What is the difference between like and love? When do you stop liking someone and start loving them? I know this is very subjective, but I would like to know your own input.

LIKE=infatuation

LOVE=oneness(compromise, sacrifice)

When you start to love someone, you will become as one with your partner and are willing to make compromise and sacrifice.

[daulism]

liking someone is a feeling

loving someone is a choice.


understanding the difference is someone that must be lived, it cant be explained.

good one dawg. ^^

[ajlee613]

the best way for me to explain wat i meant cuz i dont think anyoene does is.

you like someone and u have that feeling, but that feeling is never constant, who here has been in a relatinoship where that excitment puppy love feeling kept going the WHOLE TIME and never ended? i GARANTEE none of u.

so as the person above me said, like cannot last forever, cuz liking someone is a feeling.

loving someone is choosing to be with them through the good and the bad, reguardless if u like them or not u still stay with them cuz u know its the right and best thing to do.

loyalty, responsibility, sensitiveity to ur s.o and an undying sense of rightiousness. doing waht is best and what is right rather then doing what feels good.

that is the closest human beings can come to love.

by the christian definition love is pretty much a perfect feeling, human beings are imperfect we cant house such a perfect feeling, but we can immitate the actions that come from that perfect feeling. which is wat i stated abouve.

loving someone is hard, it hurts you cuz u are gonna do things that hurt urself in order to help the person u love. ppl say love hurts and think about being dumped or those drama and misunderstandings, but thats wrong. thats children's love puppy love. real love hurts cuz u will dig for ur lover's happiness, u will dig till u bleed sweat and break all the bones in ur hands, then u will dig somemore with the stump that is left of ur arms. and this is why love is supposed to hurt.

[ShadowMax76]

like is when you can talk non-stop for seven hours with 'em on the phone till the wee hours of the morning.
love is when you can go seven hours without one word.

..but that's just me. haha

[^.^]

when you stop speaking hypothetically

i knew we were in love because we stopped saying "if"
and began saying "when"

ex: "when we get married" rather than "if we get married"

[小甜密]

Oh dang, this is one deep thread.

[melty-kiss]

I feel like Like and Love becomes distinguished with the level of comfort that you have with the person.
What I mean is like, when you love someone, you can tell them anything that is in your heart. But when you like the person you can't tell them everything that is in your heart.
I guess I'm more defining what I think the transition point is.

[Apple.Mint]

wow this is one..awesome thread O.O
lol i'm not sure of it myself
but when i find the answer
i'll be back! whoot!

[justsopeachy813]

liking someone is a feeling

loving someone is a choice.


understanding the difference is someone that must be lived, it cant be explained.

coulldn't have said it any better myself
good job

[JASON;]

I think it cannot be explained as well.
It has to be experienced and you'll know when you're in love.

[Sympathetic]

Deep thread, love your response ajlee613

[littlejade]

Like, is a feeling that is not as strong as love.

I can like my friend, first time meeting, but as i get to know her more, my likeness of her grow even more... i begin to love her... and that's how she became my best friend. Keep in mind, there are different level of love. I don't think i would love her the same level as my family and s/o. But maybe i do, as a family, as in if anything happen to her, i wouldn't mind helping her out... and she does have a place in my heart.

It depend what you love, i love people/things that make me happy/content/warm inside.

If someone has those quality, it starts of with a "like" .... if they keep it up, it can grow into a "love".

It's really easy to love something, i brought a cuddly toy that i think is so cute, i put it somewhere nice, look at it and smile, kiss it now and then, and cuddle it. But this love can die, and eventually turn back into a like. Because, it can't talk.. don't know how to comfort me, apart from a *hug*. My feeling for it is not as real, as a real human who can move & talk & be there for me.

If i can love a materialistic object like that, why would it be hard to love a human? .. But i prob woun't show the exact same affection.

Loving a human is a bit different, because unlike a "thing" . Human can talk, move and do lot's more. One thing u know a toy wouldn't do, is betray u or change. They alway's be the same. But human can change, they can betray u, they can do alot of mean things to hurt u. So because you know this, u should be strictly aware, choose your friend wisely.

I believe a successful love relationship starts of as a friend, and the more u knw him/her, u grow to love them more, and for someone special, the love can step into a new level. That's how i believe a real bonding happens.
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Some people believe a "love" relationship starts off from dating, and getting to know them through "love relationship".. But in my opinion, that don't alway's work out. Because how can u call it a love relationship, if u both not in love? ..
& on a date, people are likely to "act" ... pretend to be nice, etc... so u never know the real them. There are couple's who don't even want to hear the s/o say "i love you".. which is odd to me, because if they in a "love relationship". Why would it be odd to say this? .. Unless, their relationship started off as a "crush" Jumped into a "relationship". Skipped friendship.

IMO, if you couldn't even be friends with your S/O... how can u even be lovers? It should run smoothly.

[rachellee39]

liking someone is a feeling

loving someone is a choice.


understanding the difference is someone that must be lived, it cant be explained.

Really?
Hmm....I always felt that

liking someone is a choice
loving someone just creeps up on you....you don't have a say....

[riceavocado]

When you like someone, it's easy to stop thinking about them and you can easily kick them out of your life. When you love someone, they take up lots of your thoughts and it's very difficult to close ties with them.

[hippiehop]

liking someone is a feeling

loving someone is a choice.


understanding the difference is someone that must be lived, it cant be explained.

I would agree with this except for I don't think loving someone is always a choice. You can chose to avoid them or to never talk to them again but inside your heart, it's still there.

There's no for sure point where like become love... you just know it when you feel it.

[ajlee613]

I would agree with this except for I don't think loving someone is always a choice. You can chose to avoid them or to never talk to them again but inside your heart, it's still there.

There's no for sure point where like become love... you just know it when you feel it.

i dont think i know anyone who was in "love" broke up and never recovered. u kno never looked at anyone else, etc. ppl always move on u kno? and eventualy feelings will generate for someone else that will far overpower the last person.

at least in general.

choosing not to be with someone but still having feelings for them is kinda wat i meant by liking them, its just a feeling of affection. but love is more of staying with soemone for their good even if it hurts you. really doing what is best for them reguardless what makes you feel happy or w/e loving is tough huh? hohoho.