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Different Kinds of Love!

Community Leaderbobinmaine
bobinmaine
First, I would like to wish all of the members here a safe and Happy Holiday!

What is the difference between friendship love and romantic love?
Do you have to have sex in order to have romantic love?
deleted_user
deleted_user
i do believe theer is a big differnece .... duno how to explain though. i think intamacy is needed in romantic love.

lol at mobiskit answer.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Love is love, I love my sons, my parents, my sister, my friends, my pets but it's not a romantic love.

Romantic love is an intimacy love that you don't have with other people you love and you don't feel it with just anyone. I don't think you have to have sex to have romantic love, you don't need sex to be intimate but unless there was a health problem that was preventing one partner from having sex, I sure wouldn't want a romantic relationship without sex.
koolman
koolman
Romantic love is deeper and more intense. It's that "end-all/be-all" "my heart sings when you're here" and "I'm gonna die if you leave this bedroom" feeling. Seems a bit needy and codependent, but there it is.

Friendship is more "meh", "I like you and I like having you around, but I won't die if you walk out the door" feeling.
koolman
koolman
Like leather says, you don't need to have sex to be in romantic love (hearts can be in love without uglies bumping), but the anatomical parts fitting together and creating that wonderful friction kinda consummates the whole thing, seals the deal.