*trigger warning* love does not exist in nature except when turtles do it on page 7. good luck

lol

was this thread pinned last night?

Oh thank you whoever did it, I went to sleep so early.

Love exists in nature, just not as we define it as humans...

Don't look Fossy!

Only men can love, women are in it for the resources.

I've had swans chase my big ass dog and nip at his nuts...

at 0:31 when they bob their heads together it makes a heart shape

That's my favorite part of their love making, the heart lol.

Swans are so mean to everyone but themselves! Swans are total racists.

Are you saying that swans need to be cancelled!?!

(Totally kidding <3)

I was dreaming about you all night, you were in my dreams. :) I didn't see you, just this black and white image.

Possibly! #kiddingnotkidding

lol

They taught us something similar in the 4th grade.

https://imgur.com/a/fMITurP

Wow...props to your school- that chart does a pretty decent job of mapping out human traits and emotions that need to be there, like a recipe, to bake a cake of "love." If your partner is missing something, then their love won't taste right, if it is missing a lot, it becomes uneatable and should thrown in the bin. : )

Also: The safety part should not be viewed as a bad thing, It is another layer of a foundation. If a woman does not have safety, then she looses respect and rethinks her choices in a mate- can't have enduring love without that respect. IMHO

We learned about Maslows hierarchy of needs in health class.
[link to www.verywellmind.com (secure)]

I never thought about it the cake way but that makes perfect sense. I suppose this is my underlying reason for believing we can love anyone, when all these needs are met, we can all live happily ever after with anyone that has achieved all levels.

I didn't love my husband when we got married, in fact we decided to get married based on ourselves and what we had to offer, not what the other had to offer. We made our own contract, I liked what he said he was going to do, he liked what I said I am going to do. We learned to love each other but not in the stereotypical way. No romance was involved in the making of our love, just fucking the lights out of each other was enough.

I should have payed better attention in health class, I perhaps could have learned something. I was such a jerk in school, nothing stuck, but you seem very intelligent to remember all that. Lot's of people don''t marry their soulmate <- to me that is just as much a foreign concept, It is not real, because it didn't happen to me, I never even met a "soulmate." For some people it does exist though, so all I can say is God bless them and all their happiness.

I feel the same way about soul mates, I think that whole thing is retarded because it's not based on anything tangible other than feelings.

until 1 day I figured something odd out. My oldest child was born on my grandfathers birthday and years later I remember she was conceived on my grandmothers birthday. So that meant my grandfather was also conceived on my grandmothers birthday and I just thought how sweet. But he was born a couple years before she was born.

It get's stranger, somehow my husband was conceived on my first birthday and born 9 months later. I am 2 years older than him. So that's the closest I got to soul mate with proof, sort of. I would just like the facts, not the feelings. I have feelings, I express feelings but I don't let them control my life.

So you think memory and intelligence go hand in hand? I didn't really remember it, my kids and I were having a debate about one of those needs then somehow this popped in my head and oh yeah, 4th grade. It is just a theory but maybe I liked it and wanted to live it when I first read about it.

I used to think memory and intelligence were 1 in the same too but I don't think so anymore, that's just applies to book smart people. They learn differently. I believe true intelligence is something discovered and not memorized.

I just really admire people who have a good memory, like people who can recite poetry and recall something they learned a long time ago, because mine is so bad. I played a lot of football and boxed / fought when I was younger, but I can't blame it all on that, I got my ninth or tenth concussion just last year, cause I tried to stand on my kitchen table to change a light bulb and it collapsed.

Apparently I cleaned up the best I could and left my oldest daughter a note so that when she came home from school and saw all the blood and smashed table she would not be scared, went to the grocery store like normal, walking around with bloody Kleenex jammed up my nose, (it was broken) Ran my Friday 45 minute conference call with the sales team, and started to cook diner, before my fiancee came home and found me and took me to the ER. I don't remember a thing about that day except for when it happend - and I have had some more fog since then.

I just felt I would be 10X smarter if I could just remember things better. So, maybe memory is just like love, you don't appreciate it, until you lose it.

You are smart : )

oh my got, did she die? I think that is the saddest thing ever. I don't think I can handle that. I hope I go before my husband.

:saganwut:

You really do understand women I have noticed. Well done!!!!

You can safely pay China what you owe or have your women raped and murdered by the hand the red dragon how's that for safety

About soulmates.... it’s hard to believe until you meet yours. Then it’s the only true thing in life. I guess except your children’s love. I would give up the rest of my life from this day forward to be with mine again. Not one hesitation. He was everything good, perfection.

Very nice let the butthurt flow

LOL thanks Fossy No man could ever claim to understand a woman... you just have to be a little better than the other guys.

what happened to him Fossy?

you mean like this?

:bubba:

He passed away, He had had a brain tumor and became addicted to opioids. He had a seizure one night and died. I have never been quite the same. Half of my hair fell out and when it grew back in it was silver and white. I miss him.

Crap... that is so freaking sad. I am so sorry for your loss. As they say, death is only temporary- I hope you get to dream about him on occasion and will get to see him again someday.