Better now always remember that sex refers to gender too....

40% of income after the divorce.

op... I think people have their own ways that combine with love or not in relationships ... as one said why do they call it love making ... or what do you say about FWB... is there any love with that ... what do you call someone that has sex for $ ... they love the $ but not the person ... or the way sex is preformed ...you can say you love ... what about the virgin is their love in waiting till married ... and come to find you don't love the sex but still the person... so then you have a affair ... and or you have been with someone for a long time and one or the other gets sick and you know they are going to die ... do you wait till they die or do you have affairs ... while you take care of the one you love ... and what if your partner can not have sex ... becouse of a disability or something but has said it was ok for you to have sex with someone else as long as they came back to you ... everyone is different... how they feel about sex and love and possibly their circumstances are complicated ...

There is difference between lovemaking and sex.. U can have sex with someone u don't love... passing a night with hottie chick u ve never met before is what we call sex...that's done for pleasure.. Sex is just an act of intercourse..as I said earlier you don't have to love the person you re having sex with.. Love making is filled with emotions.. Act of showing love to the person u re sharing the experience with.. Experienced people knows what I'm talking about...

So true it doesn't mean they stop loving each other.

I think for a more meaningful discussion, the topic " What % does sex contribute to love?" itself needs clarity. In all probablity, the initiator of this post wanted to discuss "importance of sex in a love relationship" ie. what role does sex play in maintaining a long lasting love relationship between a man and a woman? If my understanding is correct, let the topic be edited and a fresh debate can start. As of now, different people are interpreting the topic differently!

99% Sex... bcos of it love exists

What % does sex contribute to love?

0%.....sex is a physical act of satisfying ones sexual urges or desires for mere pleasure. Love making is is both physical and emotional act of expressing love between couples...love making and love are interrelated and the percentage it contributes to a long lasting relationship varies depending on the sexual drive of every individual and how passionate they are with each other. Sex has nothing to do with love and you can love someone even without sex. Sex in a relationship I believe is not a love relationship but its purely LUST. Sex and lust are interrelated and definitely different from love-making and love.

I disagree two people having sex could love each other later

Percent? Of a contribution? Your question presumes that sex is a contribution, if at all to love, then how much of it as a ratio is included, yes?

The answer depends on whether you count pheromones as molecular, or atomically, and the size and width of your nose. It also depends on the number of neurons you have available at any given moment to fire. It further depends on whether you mean for yourself, your partner, or both, whether the love is unrequited, or a spiritual epiphany direct from God. It further depends on the name of your insurance company, the speed of the car she was driving, and how fast you flew through the windshield before ending up in her lap. Do you do drugs? That matters too. Are you on Medicare? Then ask your doctor before applying any ratio you use. Did you mean sex with yourself, or including another? Are you a narcissist? You see that really matters as well. Is this sex only imaginary, or have you two already had kids? Is the sex performed in public or behind closed doors? Do you have a love for money, or only use it for food? Do you enjoy food in the bedroom? Do you use food during sex? The number of crumbs you leave on the mattress from eating crackers could certainly affect both your love for money and sex with your partner either way. Are you confusing sex with gender? Common mistake. You can love filling out forms, but then the ratio must depend on the number of questions they have beyond "sex". Are you applying for a patent for a new drug to market? You might love the idea, but need to watch sex with animals for quite a long time. So i guess the answer really depends on what you truly love and what you have sex with, but also how. But what would i know? I am a sapiophile; and by the way, thanks for the quickie, it was good and i loved your question, so my answer for you is 50%.

Well for myself ...i.one hundred percent love having sex!!.. and I 100 percent love being in love..... so I'm thinking the answer is 100%.. but if you are like me you put 110% into both...yup..

220% sounds reasonable to me, using your math. He forgot to ask if it was at a yearly rate or monthly though, so if he's a banker, then that's ONLY 2640% and only if you ACT NOW! Operators are standing by. Offer expires soon. Invalid in the State of California.

100 % agree

sex doesn't necessarily mean there is love, and love doesn't necessarily require there be sex


but when both exist in the same space,,, their impact increases exponentially,,,,

Well to give little insight to your question, Sex is they oil that smoothed the engine, without oil your car cannot move freely, so both love and sex has a true connection that is made from origin.
Let us not push it aside cos it has caused lot of problems to marriages, many has collapsed why some are at the edge of breaking down, due to lack of good sex to they love.there are causal sex and also real love sex, the two are differ to each other.so we cannot talk about love without good sex.this is my view

you bare absolutely correct with your explanation, the two works together but not same. sex and love making cant be same, but the relate

My sense of this has changed as a part of my life experiences and my fairly normal, common aging process.

When I was very young and just beginning to experience interactions with others for the purpose of establishing a mate for myself, it seemed that sex played a very large part of it all. This, for the obvious reason that someone who would not have sex with me, or to whom I was not sexually attracted, could not be my mate, because what I wanted WAS a sexual mate, and not just a close friend.

In addition, when I was very young, the chemicals that coursed through me as a result of sexual experiences were very similar to what I experienced under the influence of some drug-like things as well: dreamy, relaxed intoxication and a sens of well-being especially. I therefore sometimes thought that I loved anyone with whom I felt those things.

But as my experiences progressed, I discovered that sex and sexual experiences were never what CAUSED me to love someone. They were instead among a number of elements that made up the idea of a true mate which I envisioned.

Perhaps the way to describe the way I see all of this now, is to explain that as with most others I read of in forums like this, the decision as to whether someone will work out as a True Mate for me or not, is an entirely BINARY one. That is, it is a yes or no decision. That means that there IS NO SCALE that can be held up to any part of what I want my mate to consist of, in order to quantify anything.

It is all or nothing. I either want to be with them sexually, financially, physically (lifestyle), emotionally and philosophically, or I don't. Therefore any attempt or urge to QUANTIFY one of those elements, is really just an indicator that the person in question is NOT a potential mate for me.

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I think it really depends on what type of Love.
If we are talking about a Loving relationship between a couple then it is
going to rate up there pretty high.

If we are talking about Love in other relationships isn't going to count in the equation of loving that person.

Then what happens if something happens and your partner for what ever reason can't perform does that mean that the love will lessen hopefully not.

Love evolves to a whole new meaning.
Sex will only get better hopefully but will never be on the same plane as love will be.

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