JOYce Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 I personally ..PERSONALLY think LOVE towards another person is nothing but lust..thus a "Love marriage" would just lead towards MORE lust-.. thus I think arrange marriages are better than "love marriages" thats my 2 cents bhull chukk maaf I M not agree @ all with u my dear friend. A little clerification is here. U can ask for more... Here are some things I found about what love is... Scientific AnswersResearchers (Hatfield & Rapson, 1995) have broken up love into two main types:· Passionate love which involves continuously thinking about the loved one and also involves warm sexual feelings and powerful emotional reactions. Companionate love is having trusting and tender feelings for someone who is close to you. Now one of the best known theories of love (which means an educated guess that isn't proven fact) is Robert Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love. The three components of the Triangular Theory of Love are: Passion, the feeling physically aroused and attracted to someone. Passion is what makes you feel "in love" and is the feeling most associated with love. It also rises quickly and strongly influences and biases your judgment. Intimacy, the feeling close and connected to someone (developed through sharing and very good communications over time).Intimacy is what makes you want to share and offer emotional and material support to each other. Commitment, pledging to your self and each other to strengthen the feelings of love and to actively maintain the relationship.Commitment is what makes you want to be serious, have a serious relationship and promise to be there for the other person if things get tough. Now Sternberg also uses his Triangular Theory of Love to answer some of the most commonly asked questions about love: Is there love at first sight? This is when we are overwhelmed by passion, without any intimacy or commitment (both of which take time). Sternberg calls this infatuated love, Because there is not intimacy or commitment, infatuated love is fated to fade away. Why do some people get married after being in love for a very short time? This is a combination of passion and commitment, but without any intimacy. Sternberg calls this Hollywood love. This is where two people make a commitment to each other based on their passion. Unless intimacy develops over time, this relationship most likely will end. Can their be love without sex? Ah yes, companionate love, where intimacy and commitment are present without any sexual passion. Why doesn't romantic love last? Passion and intimacy without commitment is Romantic love. When the passion fades, and the intimacy wanes, the relationship ends. This a close friend sent me e-mail: Infatuation vs. Love Infatuation is instant desire - one set of glands calling to another.Love is friendship that has caught fire. It takes root and grows, one day at a time.Infatuation is marked by a feeling of insecurity. You are excited and eager, but not genuinely happy. There are nagging doubts, unanswered questions, little bits and pieces about your beloved that you would just as soon not examine too closely. It might spoil the dream.Love is the quiet understanding and mature acceptance of imperfection. It is real. It gives you strength and grows beyond you - to bolster your beloved. You are warmed by their presence, even when they are away. Miles do not separate you. You have so many wonderful little films in your head that you keep replaying. But near or far, you know they are yours, and you can wait.Infatuation says, "We must get married right away. I can't risk losing them."Love says, "Be patient. Don't panic. Plan your future with confidence."Infatuation has an element of sexual excitement. Whenever you are together, you hope it will end in intimacy.Love is not based on sex. It is the maturation of friendship, which makes sex so much sweeter. You must be friends before you can be lovers.Infatuation lacks confidence. When they're away, you wonder if they're cheating. Sometimes, you check.Love means trust. You are calm, secure and unthreatened. They feel your trust, and it makes them even more trustworthy.Infatuation might lead you to do things you will regret, but love never steers you in the wrong direction.Love is an upper. It makes you feel whole. It completes the circle. It fills the empty space in your heart. Love is elevating. It lifts you up. It makes you look up. It makes you think up. It makes you a better person than you were before. If you have love in your life, it can make up for a great many things you don't have. If there is no love in your life, whatever else there is has a lot less meaning. The secret of our being is not only to live but to have something to live for. Unscientific Answers Are your palms sweaty, is your heart racing, And your voice caught within your chest?· It isn't Love, it's Like. You can't keep your eyes or hands off of them, am I right?· It isn't Love, it's Lust. Are you proud, and eager to show them off?· It isn't Love, it's Luck. Do you want them because you know they're there?· It isn't Love, it's Loneliness. Are you there because it's what everyone wants?· It isn't Love, it's Loyalty. Do you stay for their confessions of Love, because you don't want to hurt them?· It isn't Love, it's Pity. Are you there because they kissed you, or held your hand?· It isn't Love, it's being Unconfident. Do you belong to them because their sight makes your heart skip a beat?· It isn't Love, it's Infatuation. Do you pardon their faults because you care about them?· It isn't Love, it's Friendship. Do you tell them every day they are the only one you think of?· It isn't Love, it's a Lie. Are you willing to give all of your favorite things for their sake?· It isn't Love, it's Charity. Does your heart ache and break when they're sad?· Then it's Love. Are you attracted to others, but stay with them faithfully without regret?· Then it's Love. Do you accept their faults because they're a part of who they are?· Then it's Love. Do you cry for their pain, even when they're strong?· Then it's Love. Do their eyes see your true heart, and touch your soul so deeply it hurts?· Then it's Love. But do you stay because a blinding, incomprehensible mix of pain and elation pulls you close and holds you?· Then it's Love. Would you give them your heart, your life, your death?· Then it's Love. Now, if Love is painful, and tortures us so,why do we Love? Why is it all we search for in life? This pain, this agony? Why is it all we long for? This torture, this powerful death of self? Why?Because it's...Love 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neha Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 every1 has different belives so live with it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihal_Kaur Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 marriage isn't such a scary thought if the person first becomes your friend. :roll: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOYce Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 every1 has different belives so live with it If we make our attitude like this for every situation then there will not be any solution for any problem. Then Wright brothers cant make Plane, Then Edison Thomas cant invent bulb, Then Saichiro Honda cant invent valve engine, Then Sir Henry cant esteblish Ford Motors. No My dear this is the individual and its true belief that make extraordinary personalities who can do extraordinary jobs to their extreme. So please dont make things go anyway. I hope U will not mind and try to be Rational 'n' Flexible. C U 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neha Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 yo wah u tryin 2 say...every1 in diz forum has a diff opnion and guess wah u cant change none of them if sum1 belive love marriage is ok u cant do nuthin U HAVE TO LIFE WIT IT C U 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khandaydhaar Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 yeh i agree wid neha, get over it pplz...its gettin to friken complicated now...sheesh! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daljsd Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 what can I say about love marriages..... It works both ways...... sometimes its good.........sometimes its bad. Iv been with my partner for over 5 years and am getting married in a few months. when we met we used to smoke, drink, cut our hair, eat meat. we started going to sikhi weeks and other sikhi gatherings together..... and through each others encouragement we have stopped cuting our hair, stopped drinking, stoped smoking, stopped eating meat and have realised the power and love of sihki. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tableji Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 yeah love is for god, n only god. its the only form that is true,coz r minds are sooo messed that one day we will think we love someone, n the next we love someone else! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aman_90 Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 I don't believe there are many Sikhs that are against love marriage, I just believe that they don't tend to show it? I mean, they don't comfront it. However, it's true that most want to follow there tradition or they just hold back due to the expectations of their parents/family. It's just individual Sikhs really... Fateh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh02 Posted May 3, 2004 Report Share Posted May 3, 2004 i say .. Stay within ur own culture and ur own religion.. its for the best. and u will eventually see it in da long run.. Yes, they told that to our gurus too... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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