Love Versus Lust....

[deliciously_naughty]

Love vs. Lust....can you define them? Can you tell the difference when you're feeling one or the other? How do you tell the diff? Have you confused the two?

 

[lobito]

The two can easily be confused.

I think the feeling in your gut is different between the two though, at least as far as I have ever been able to tell.

 

[deliciously_naughty]

For me...

Lust...the shiny new feeling at the start of the relationship before you've unloaded all your baggage on each other, or realize the other person has flaws and is human and not some perfect man/woman

Love...accepting that person as they are and still wanting to wake up to them every day regardless of their flaws, their baggage and their other attributes.

Have I confused the two? Hell yes...I spent my teens and early twenties doing that.

How do I know the diff? Generally lust is all giggly happy and love is sick to my stomach happy

 

[Jewelz]

I have certainly confused the two in the past. I am very emotional and tend to "fall" fast but can never define the place that I have fallen to. lol

But now, I think I have a pretty good handle on things as I am not looking to fall in love but I do fall in lust quite often on here!

 

[A Desert Rose]

Why do they have to be opposing emotions?

 

[Saint Peter]

Lust does not give you socks for Christmas.

 

[SimGuy]

One is relaxed, the other is uptight.
One is giving, the other is demanding/desiring.
One is a candle in a dark room, the other is a blaze of glory.
One is comfortable, the other is anxious.
One knows acceptance, the other has questions.

 

[Countess DeWinter]

I don't think they're all that opposite.

Love is all about the loved one.

Lust is all about me.

You can certainly lust after the one you love (and hopefully you do! )

You may not love the person you lust after.

 

[lobito]

Why do they have to be opposing emotions?

that's a good question, but we all handle them differently, so is yes the answer? or no the answer?

 

[Lancecastor]

Love's not in it just for the sex.

 

[deliciously_naughty]

I don't think lust and love have to be oppositional, but we often confuse those first stirrings of lust for love at first sight and are dissapointed when mr/ms perfect doesn't turn out to be the one. But I agree with those of you who've said that you should lust after the person you love.

 

[weed]

Good question from A Desert Rose. They can come apart or together. Probably more confusing when they come together. Definately better though. Lust being the clenching in your loins and love being the swelling of your heart.

 

[Jewelz]

One is relaxed, the other is uptight.
One is giving, the other is demanding/desiring.
One is a candle in a dark room, the other is a blaze of glory.
One is comfortable, the other is anxious.
One knows acceptance, the other has questions.

I quite like this Sim.

 

[Eagle70]

For me...

Lust...the shiny new feeling at the start of the relationship before you've unloaded all your baggage on each other, or realize the other person has flaws and is human and not some perfect man/woman

Love...accepting that person as they are and still wanting to wake up to them every day regardless of their flaws, their baggage and their other attributes.

Have I confused the two? Hell yes...I spent my teens and early twenties doing that.

How do I know the diff? Generally lust is all giggly happy and love is sick to my stomach happy

Ditto
Ditto
Living it right now
Exactly

 

[A Desert Rose]

There is no reason they have to be opposing emotions. Lust is a form of passion and that is part of loving someone.

I do not think there is ever a question when you are truly in love.

 

[sunstruck]

Lust does not give you socks for Christmas.

LOL

Lust can disappear completely. Love leaves a mark.

Confusing them is easy if you aren't using your head because the hormone rush is the same. That floating 10 feet off the ground feeling. Use your head and you can generally discern between the two.

 

[Bob_Bytchin]

Love's not in it just for the sex.

When you are on a roll, you are on a roll.

 

[cumman]

Lust is what I feel for most of the beautiful ladies here. I don't know them well enough to love them, but I would love to get down and dirty with them.