Serotonin

Mine is ADORE....I know it means the same thing but to me it IS BIGGER! And to hear people say Jesus loves you really irritates me.

I think all emotions are ultimately biological in nature, but "love" is a word that gets confused because it's all over the place (from a mother's care for her child to a lover's lust for his paramour). Love is too versatile to be defined clearly without limiting the scope of what we mean. But, if I had to choose another word to describe love in very general terms, I'd say "compersion" comes closest for me. Compersion is the feeling of happiness when experiencing someone else's happiness. I like the idea that love, in almost any context, boils down to simply wanting another person to be happy and feeling elated when they are.

Hmm, I think I misread the post...my bad. If I were to say what love itself is, I'd say what AMGT said- it's a chemical reaction of sorts. It's a beautiful and mind boggling chemical reaction, but it's a chemical reaction nonetheless.

Um...sodomy? Jk jk

I honestly prefer the word love itself, but if I were forced to pick another word, I'd say...devotion. I like being devoted to one woman only. I want to treat her as well as I possibly can, and have eyes for her only. I would also expect a certain amount of devotion from her. Not necessarily to the same degree as my devotion, but at least to the point where she's not thinking about cheating or anything.