Romantic Love Definition Essay

“What is love? Baby don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me, no more.”(by Haddaway) This is one of the most known song choruses that ask the question, “What is love?” When people think of love, they think of having a nervous feeling because they are attracted to a specific person. My definition of love is, A chemical reaction in the brain that causes a person’s hormones to react because they want to mate. A person likes another person, because humans are still considered animals/mammals and want to pass on genes. This is my definition of love, but the dictionary definition is, “ A feeling of warm personal attachment or deep personal affection.” Three main examples are romantic love, family love and friendly love. Romantic love is usually what you see in movies and some books “Twilight” or “50 Shades of Grey”. This is when two characters or people are attracted to each other. Romantic love most likely leads to marriage and children. The definition of romantic love is, “ Expressing love or strong affection.” Most of the time, romantic love is shown through people being a couple- boyfriend/girlfriend or husband/wife. Romantic love should be taken seriously, but, sadly, many people do not follow romantic love as being serious.
This type of love is where tough love and, “Home is where the heart is,”comes into play. There isn’t a definition of “family love”, but my definition is, “ When you are close and can trust those who are related to (blood or adopted) or consider to be like family.” Most examples are when you adopt a dog, cat, or any other animal into your family. Also some Disney movies like Toy Story or Lilo and Stitch show this form of love. this is also a heart touching moment in movies or books when a character is accepted as part of the group. A quote that shows this love is sort of like Stitch’s famous line, “ Ohana means family.” Also this form of love can come as sibling rivalry, “tough” love, and “brother from another