Two Out of Three Ain't Bad.....

[SEVERUSMAX]

A story theme where a relationship has everything in it that a man or woman could want....except love. Without that, would it be hollow or would one be able to go through the motions and deal with the lack of it?

 

[sirhugs]

Lust can be a great substitute...

 

[Carnevil9]

Woody Allen said, "Sex without love is a hollow experience. But, as hollow experiences go, it's one of the best!"

 

[Carnevil9]

How about this: a man (or woman, I suppose) is in a two-out-of-three relationship, but then meets someone new, someone who he falls madly in love with. Maybe he cheats with her and the sex is mediocre, or maybe she just tells him she can't have sex in the first place, or whatever. He realizes that his choices are awesome sex with his current squeeze, or deep, true love with the new one. But not both. What does he do?

(I suppose that keeping them both is an option, but for the purposes of the drama, I would somehow write in a reason why that wouldn't be possible.)

 

[lovecraft68]

Woody Allen said, "Sex without love is a hollow experience. But, as hollow experiences go, it's one of the best!"

You left out where he said especially when its with a minor

 

[SEVERUSMAX]

Was thinking for myself of a scenario where it's either an android or a succubus, and they are wonderful partners....but they can't love him back.

 

[jezzilee]

You can be great friends with someone, have a relationship I suppose, even a sexual one. There are all kinds of love, romantic, sexually charged love is probably the best to base a relationship on.

 

[LadyVer]

Was thinking for myself of a scenario where it's either an android or a succubus, and they are wonderful partners....but they can't love him back.

A succubus would be good.

 

[ShelbyBubbles]

lol I'm a succubus

 

[subwannabe]

Love can be pretty complicated and has many different manifestations and definitions. What love is to one person is not to others.

 

[Carnevil9]

The ancient Greeks had (at least) four different words for four different types of love:

• Agape refers to “selfless love”, or “charity” as it is often translated in Christian scriptures
• Philia is usually translated as "brotherly love" or "friendship" or affection
• Storge, also called familial love, is the Greek word for natural affection, such as the love of a parent towards offspring, and vice versa
• Eros (everyone's favorite) is an affection of a sexual nature.

And of course we all know that "eros" spelled backwards is "sore."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_words_for_love

 

[Hypoxia]

The ancient Greeks had (at least) four different words for four different types of love:

• Agape refers to “selfless love”, or “charity” as it is often translated in Christian scriptures
• Philia is usually translated as "brotherly love" or "friendship" or affection
• Storge, also called familial love, is the Greek word for natural affection, such as the love of a parent towards offspring, and vice versa
• Eros (everyone's favorite) is an affection of a sexual nature.

What, no word for love of cannabis laced with THC? Love of burning ants with a magnifying glass? Love of soap operas? Them geeks er I mean Greeks wasn't so smart, was they?

And of course we all know that "eros" spelled backwards is "sore."

"YOU'RE Thor?!? I'm tho thor I can't even pith!" (That's a punchline.)