LOVE

What does love mean to you? My teacher asked us all this question. To be honest, I didn't even know how to explain what love meant. Obviously, I am completely in love with my husband. What does that mean to be in love with him?  To my surprise there are many different types of love.There are 4 different types. The first is storge, it is love between a parent and child. It is an unconditional love. Second is pillia, this is a friend love, but it can be intimate and close. Next is eros, this is romantic love. Eros love is longing to be in that person's presence. The last kind of love is agape. Agape love basically means to have charity. I think all these types of love are important. Of course I want to have a relationship that has pillia, eros, and agape. I want my relationship with my husband to be intimate, romantic, to be best friends, and to have charity for one another. And when the time comes to have a baby I definitely want to have storge love. How do you find love? It all starts out with dating. A date is when it is planned, paired off and paid for. Usually its the guy that does those things, but sometimes it's the girl. Remember the Family Proclamation I talked about last week? So in there it talks about three things men need to do in their marriage. They are to: provide, protect, and preside. These three go hand in hand with the first three I mentioned about dating. Dating prepares us to get married. Obviously. I just thought this was so neat what my teacher said. Planned=Preside- planning for a date is important, just has a husband presides they help the family plan for future. Paired off=Protect- When you pair off in a date you are telling that person you are going to watch over them and make sure nothing bad happens to them. When you get married you are basically doing the same thing. The man is there to protect the girl. Paid for=Provide- If the man or women pay for a date it shows they want to take care of that person, preparing them to one day to take care of a family. I just loved how the first 3 P's went with the last three P's. Even when you get married you should never stop dating! Don't get me wrong I love just hanging out with my husband at our apartment, but I love date night! We go a date at least once a week! It makes me love my husband more and more. So I still have the question, what is love? I think it might be different for everyone. Love for me is someone I trust with my heart. It's someone who is my best friend. Someone I want to be with constantly. I want the best for that person. Someone I'm emotionally attached to. When I love someone I have feelings I can't even describe. Love is something I can never truly explain in words.