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11/10/13

Raymond Carter speaks about two different types of love in the Story What We talk About When We Talk About Love. The two types of love are spiritual and true love. Spiritual love is when you are connected with your significant half on a spiritual level. That could mean feeling like you can’t live without that person or just loving them so much that you would do anything to be with them. An example of true love is waking up every morning and making a cup of coffee not just for you but for you and your partner. However in the end True love is more dominant because people learn to love again as Raymond Carter shows in his story. The four characters of the story are Mel and Terri a couple, and Nick and Laura the other couple. Nick and Laura are at the spiritual love stage. They are still on the honeymoon according to Mel. Nick and Laura and gaga for each other, they touch hands constantly during the story and Laura instantly smiles every time she looks at nick. “Wait a while” Terri says, assuming things will change for the couple later on down the road. It’s not that Mel and Terri are jealous of Nick and Laura, but they have just experienced different types of love and don’t see much more of that gaga-ness lasting for much longer.
In Terri’s last relationship she was with a man named Ed. Ed was an abusive boyfriend. But Terri thought that was true love. Even though it was unhealthy for her and him they both refused to leave each other. “My God, don’t be silly. That’s not love, and you know it,” Mel said. “I don’t know what you’d call it, but I sure know you wouldn’t call it love.” Mel is against anything that has to do with Ed. Mel and Terri both agree that they love each other now, nevertheless they will never agree to call what Terri and Ed had “Love”. Terri swears that it is love though; she thinks it’s a different type of

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