I think the real problem with Hallmark/Disney notions of love is the "love will conquer all" message. Love doesn't conquer all. We still have different goals, and lives to live, and sometimes those things don't intersect the way we might hope. But that doesn't make love any less real; in fact, that's a more real version of love.

<----Young and average. Can't we have it too?

What is love? baby don't hurt me don't hurt me no more

Make me want to bob my head

excuse me?

Lex- I was expecting something hard-bitten and cynical.

You're saying love is stronger than skepticism? I don't know about that. I tried the whole "love" thing once, but a broken nose, crushed ego, and one baby later...I'm backing up.

"Love is patient
love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not..." 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Yeah, I think love is stronger than skepticism. Mainly because I have a tremendous degree of control over my skepticism (the reality of it is that it's more of a tool I use for humor and perspective than it is an actual mindset) and very little over love.

I'm not saying it's easy or even worth it, most of the time. It's not. I've been in so many bad relationships, my car has a revolving door. But I did find a good one once, and there's this idea that if there can be one good one, there (hypothetically) could be another one. It can't hurt to check. It's not like I have anything better to do.

Wow you could bum and old lady out real fast all you young things worrying over love. Just jump out there and be yourself. If you kiss a few frogs I promise it doesn't give you warts. Have a good time, grow. learn, experience, and while you are busy love will sneak up and tap you on the shoulder and ask you to dance. You all are so beautiful and smart and blessed; my word I don't think any of you are homeless, or sick, or probably even unemployed unless you are in school. Evidently you are hooked up with a phone and computer and the truth be told probably ate a good meal tonight. Come on flirt a little and lighten up. You all love something. List five things and get this party started. Someone one is bound to like something you like or know someone who does. Give me a break. Walt Disney was a fat old man who had imagination enough to see the beauty in life and work to master being good at something. That isn't anything that you can't do. Fall in love with yourself and you will be surprised how fast the world will fall in love with you.

Fall in love with yourself and you will be surprised how fast the world will fall in love with you.

I think when it comes to intimate relationships, "I love you" has two translations; "I love having sex with you," and "I actually love you." The difficulty is knowing which applies, or when it changes.