can you live without love? Options

[Winter]

I'm posting this up here coz when this was posted in another forum (kpopper) it started a MASSIVE debate. Things were never quite the same for most of us even after the topic was closed because it got really chaotic and people were practically screaming at each other...

So, can you live without love?

For me, yes I can definitely live without love. If I lose someone I really love, heck life goes on. You might just freeze right there but time goes on. Nothing stops time. As long as you still breathe, then you are still alive. That is the meaning of being alive to me. Even if a part of you dies when someone you love dies or walks out of your life, you are still alive. You eat, you walk, you feel emotions.

I wonder if someone will say they can't live without love... Coz createBlog just seems to be filled with more rasional and maured people.

[Nashvixen]

Well, there's love between man/woman; familial love; love for tangible things, like ice cream or chocolat; love for a pet; love for a higher being; love for a passion, like music or charity.

There's not just one type of love. I will say that I do not need the love between man and woman and I do not need love for tangible things. But the others loves, I think I cannot survive without them. I have a strong sense of family; I love my dogs to death (they are like bothers and sisters to me); I have many passions; and I do carry a love a higher being, even though I do not know how far that extends to.

So, I guess the 'with love' outweights the 'without love' for me.

Hmm... same I guess. But I hate conditional relationships.

Love is the main goal in life, the purpose of life. Sure you can live without it, but you'll really be missing out.

Depending on and putting all your trust in someone is the greatest feeling. That's all life is about, finding someone to share it with.

But hey, if you wanna go "single player" mode through life that's alright too.

Yes, it's the "greatest" feeling when it's returned. But I'm a single player.

Are you talking about one individual? Yes, individuals can live without love, but the question is: are they happy?

Of course, you can't have the whole planet living seperately without love, because then there will no longer be a race.

Everything depends on definition. What is your definition of love?
There's sex, adoration, admiration, and liking.
I can live without sex. I can live without a husband (definitely so) and boyfriends. It would be very hard for me to live without the minor joys in life, though. Like wind. I love the feeling of the wind. I like rice. I'd hate never having a grain of rice to eat ever again. I wouldn't want to live without close plantonic friends, but I could, and still be happy, but not as happy as with them.