Comments on: Love v. Lust http://datingandmatinginamerica.com/2008/07/23/love-v-lust/ A commentary on dating, culture and expectations. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:59:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: kellilawless http://datingandmatinginamerica.com/2008/07/23/love-v-lust/#comment-1659 kellilawless Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:52:49 +0000 http://klawless.wordpress.com/?p=82#comment-1659 Interesting distinction... I think you may be right, especially about lust's drug-like properties :) Interesting distinction… I think you may be right, especially about lust’s drug-like properties :)

]]> By: emiliatrinity13 http://datingandmatinginamerica.com/2008/07/23/love-v-lust/#comment-1658 emiliatrinity13 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:49:37 +0000 http://klawless.wordpress.com/?p=82#comment-1658 My experience with love is mediocre at best but my idea of what it could be (from watching my parents and friends who are in it) is that its all encompassing in a very subtle way. Sort of that like a part of your bloodstream, its noticeable but not necessarily bothersome. Whereas lust emanates from every part of your body, sensory overload, almost drug-like, an adrenaline rush of external stimuli (and stimulation as it were). An amazing feeling we should entertain if we are able...and to those lucky few who have lust + love, kudos. My experience with love is mediocre at best but my idea of what it could be (from watching my parents and friends who are in it) is that its all encompassing in a very subtle way. Sort of that like a part of your bloodstream, its noticeable but not necessarily bothersome.

Whereas lust emanates from every part of your body, sensory overload, almost drug-like, an adrenaline rush of external stimuli (and stimulation as it were).

An amazing feeling we should entertain if we are able…and to those lucky few who have lust + love, kudos.

]]> By: Gerry Xydis http://datingandmatinginamerica.com/2008/07/23/love-v-lust/#comment-682 Gerry Xydis Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:41:36 +0000 http://klawless.wordpress.com/?p=82#comment-682 Lust is fulfillment in a physical form. Plain and simple. Usually there is no challenge (unless its part of the arousal. Like the thirsty man in a desert.) I think love should be as it was in the past...true romance. Someone is on your mind... and makes you smile instead of making you stiff. The more we get older..i think alot of us come to realize it more. My favorite saying from my Gunnery Sgt. "Quality over Quantity." Craig.....you say love builds over time...which I agree. But then where you say lust is rushed (IE maybe wham bam thank you ma'am, or 'kleenex diplomacy') then what about two consenting people that are lovers with no strings attached? Lust is fulfillment in a physical form. Plain and simple. Usually there is no challenge (unless its part of the arousal. Like the thirsty man in a desert.)

I think love should be as it was in the past…true romance. Someone is on your mind… and makes you smile instead of making you stiff. The more we get older..i think alot of us come to realize it more.

My favorite saying from my Gunnery Sgt. “Quality over Quantity.”

Craig…..you say love builds over time…which I agree. But then where you say lust is rushed (IE maybe wham bam thank you ma’am, or ‘kleenex diplomacy’) then what about two consenting people that are lovers with no strings attached?

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]]> By: Lust Driving the Bus « Dating and Mating in America http://datingandmatinginamerica.com/2008/07/23/love-v-lust/#comment-261 Lust Driving the Bus « Dating and Mating in America Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:21:11 +0000 http://klawless.wordpress.com/?p=82#comment-261 [...] Lust. Lust is an experienced bus driver but likes to blithely ignore stop signs, rarely if ever yields [...] [...] Lust. Lust is an experienced bus driver but likes to blithely ignore stop signs, rarely if ever yields [...]

]]> By: kellilawless http://datingandmatinginamerica.com/2008/07/23/love-v-lust/#comment-147 kellilawless Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:17:56 +0000 http://klawless.wordpress.com/?p=82#comment-147 oooooo...nice thought process Craig. Thank you. oooooo…nice thought process Craig. Thank you.

]]> By: Craig@work http://datingandmatinginamerica.com/2008/07/23/love-v-lust/#comment-84 Craig@work Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:32:48 +0000 http://klawless.wordpress.com/?p=82#comment-84 Lust is easy, it only takes minutes and some stimulus that strikes a chord of desire within, be it something physical, a smell, a gesture, etc, to hit that mark. Love is something that builds and grows over time, overlaying an established trust and inherent feeling of home and desire and and need and family; it has many facets, and only people can develop it within themselves. Love is something only someone who is comfortable in their own life can truly develop. I've seen too many people try to rush the feeling because of other influences around them that makes them want the scurity of a relationship that is established, and end up rushing things that should truly be developed over time and intimacy and shared experience. Love is shared contentment without life becoming stale. Lust is easy, it only takes minutes and some stimulus that strikes a chord of desire within, be it something physical, a smell, a gesture, etc, to hit that mark. Love is something that builds and grows over time, overlaying an established trust and inherent feeling of home and desire and and need and family; it has many facets, and only people can develop it within themselves. Love is something only someone who is comfortable in their own life can truly develop. I’ve seen too many people try to rush the feeling because of other influences around them that makes them want the scurity of a relationship that is established, and end up rushing things that should truly be developed over time and intimacy and shared experience. Love is shared contentment without life becoming stale.

]]> By: Nickle Pickle http://datingandmatinginamerica.com/2008/07/23/love-v-lust/#comment-82 Nickle Pickle Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:04:27 +0000 http://klawless.wordpress.com/?p=82#comment-82 i know what nikki means... i know what nikki means…

]]> By: kellilawless http://datingandmatinginamerica.com/2008/07/23/love-v-lust/#comment-80 kellilawless Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:13:52 +0000 http://klawless.wordpress.com/?p=82#comment-80 thanks hamilton...you always make me smile. :) And Nikki -- thanks for the thoughts. I am so glad to know that love is what I was feeling when I thought I was losing my mind. LOL thanks hamilton…you always make me smile. :) And Nikki — thanks for the thoughts. I am so glad to know that love is what I was feeling when I thought I was losing my mind. LOL

]]> By: kellilawless http://datingandmatinginamerica.com/2008/07/23/love-v-lust/#comment-79 kellilawless Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:12:06 +0000 http://klawless.wordpress.com/?p=82#comment-79 much agreement Mr. V. Its really tough to go from the childhood innocence version of love into knowing that you may give a lot only to never be loved in return. Perhaps because adults know that -- we attach the conditions and look for a favorable outcome. I'll likely have to write another blog on this -- maybe I'll interview you for it. :) much agreement Mr. V. Its really tough to go from the childhood innocence version of love into knowing that you may give a lot only to never be loved in return. Perhaps because adults know that — we attach the conditions and look for a favorable outcome. I’ll likely have to write another blog on this — maybe I’ll interview you for it. :)

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