Inspired by the title of an orkut community which I joined very recently, this one is straight out...
To begin with, how many of us really believe (or want to believe) that we understand what love is? The question that has been the most debated, or thought provoking, and yet we dont have a definitive answer to this riddle.
Just to spice it up a little lets drool over the word "crush" for a minute. I myself have used that word more than once, to express my feelings over a period of time. But what does it take for you to say that you actually love someone. Let's do dome research over this. (I actually wont go beyond dictionary.com :P)
crush [kruhsh]
–verb (used with object)
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15. Informal.
a. an intense but usually short-lived infatuation.
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H'mm infatuation ...?
in·fat·u·a·tion [in-fach-oo-ey-shuhn]
–noun
1. the state of being infatuated.
2. the act of infatuating.
3. foolish or all-absorbing passion or an instance of this: a mere infatuation that will not last.
4. the object of a person's infatuation: When I was a kid, my infatuation was stamp collecting.
And now the second most commonly used 4-letter word (shit being the first)
love [luhv] noun, verb, loved, lov·ing.–noun
1. a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
2. a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.
Yes everyone falls in love (to be politically correct). But in reality everybody has had a crush at some point of time in his/her life, some more than once. Do you blame them?! Thanks to the likes of Yash Johar for glamorizing it. And yes in such scenarios it is not just possible, but quite ok to fall "in love" more than once. Unless, of course, till you start falling for every other girl, in which case, "Dude its just you!"
I think falling in love is not something that just happens (as in the Yash Johar epics), but more of self induced. We force ourselves to believe that it is magical to be in love. It is quite natural/normal, and if left it at that, we would realise that falling in love might never even happen for most of us, forget about having N true loves.
So, have I had N true loves? I guess not, but yes maybe N true crushes... and maybe just one true love.
To begin with, how many of us really believe (or want to believe) that we understand what love is? The question that has been the most debated, or thought provoking, and yet we dont have a definitive answer to this riddle.
Just to spice it up a little lets drool over the word "crush" for a minute. I myself have used that word more than once, to express my feelings over a period of time. But what does it take for you to say that you actually love someone. Let's do dome research over this. (I actually wont go beyond dictionary.com :P)
crush [kruhsh]
–verb (used with object)
[snip]
15. Informal.
a. an intense but usually short-lived infatuation.
[/snip]
H'mm infatuation ...?
in·fat·u·a·tion [in-fach-oo-ey-shuhn]
–noun
1. the state of being infatuated.
2. the act of infatuating.
3. foolish or all-absorbing passion or an instance of this: a mere infatuation that will not last.
4. the object of a person's infatuation: When I was a kid, my infatuation was stamp collecting.
And now the second most commonly used 4-letter word (shit being the first)
love [luhv] noun, verb, loved, lov·ing.–noun
1. a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
2. a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.
Yes everyone falls in love (to be politically correct). But in reality everybody has had a crush at some point of time in his/her life, some more than once. Do you blame them?! Thanks to the likes of Yash Johar for glamorizing it. And yes in such scenarios it is not just possible, but quite ok to fall "in love" more than once. Unless, of course, till you start falling for every other girl, in which case, "Dude its just you!"
I think falling in love is not something that just happens (as in the Yash Johar epics), but more of self induced. We force ourselves to believe that it is magical to be in love. It is quite natural/normal, and if left it at that, we would realise that falling in love might never even happen for most of us, forget about having N true loves.
So, have I had N true loves? I guess not, but yes maybe N true crushes... and maybe just one true love.
