Inadequacy of the word "love"

[stonemonkey]

Love is just a lazy generalisation used for a hundred different feelings and as many situations

That's a line from a song called "Happiness is a Chemical" by Darren Hanlon. I'm starting to realise how true that is. I think this is why I have an aversion to labels. It's because none of them are descriptive enough to be useful.

[cache]

I agree that language is very limiting, and that's why I appreciate having a decent vocabulary(at least I think so, but go ahead and tell me otherwise :huge: ) - I feel like I can express myself pretty well, and I often hear others constantly using the same words "great movie" "I'm tired" etc...and it doesn't have much of an effect...almost like those worn out words are meaningless.

Love can definitely be that way, that's why I have always thought of it not as a word or expression, but as a pattern of behavior and actions that can more adequately express your emotions than a word can.

[WorkInProgress]

Love can definitely be that way, that's why I have always thought of it not as a word or expression, but as a pattern of behavior and actions that can more adequately express your emotions than a word can.

More or less, I agree with this. Although I still think it's important to tell people you love that you love them in addition to showing them.

And yes, English is so limiting sometimes.

[stonemonkey]

People tend to get weirded out whenever I tell them how I feel about them. I guess it's too much of a shock to them if they've always known me as being 'emotionally constipated'.