Try explaining the difference between love and romance to kids. I mean, you can tell them day in and day out, but my daughters have years of Disney princess movies behind them and years of romantic comedies ahead of them. They have only a few years of seeing Mommy and Daddy together, and they were awfully young then. Grandmas without Grandpas are no help, either. It’s hard to set an example in a family with no men! But then again, I had a great example from my parents and still had to fall on my face quite a few times before I learned that romance is not love, and love is not romance. I am older and wiser now, and willing to take either for what it’s worth. It’s a pity that so much nice romance is wasted on those who mistake it for love. And how much love is wasted on those looking for romance. Or just a roll in the hay.

Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.

Mic and Mac (via Ursi’s Blog)

The Scientific Laws of Romance. I didn’t understand a word of this.

This is your brain on love.

The science behind kissing.

Why the first kiss means so much.

The fine points of romance. A pictorial tour of love.

People in Love.

 
This video of a proposal got a lot of press because it’s so elaborate. What impressed me was how obviously happy those two are.

A clever 1891 love letter.

An oh-so-sentimental macro you may wish to send to someone you love.

xkcd on commitment.

Rejected “Love Is...” Comics. (probably NSFW)

The Truth

The young man was determined to win his girl that evening. "I have loved you more than you will ever know," he said.

"So I was right," she responded, slapping him across the face. "You did take advantage of me when I was drunk last Saturday night!"

Kids Know About Love

"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toe nails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love."
Rebecca- age 8

"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth."
Billy - age 4

"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other."
Karl - age 5

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs."
Chrissy - age 6

"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."
Terri - age 4

"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK."
Danny - age 7

"Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss"
Emily - age 8

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)

"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate."
Nikka - age 6 (we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)

"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday."
Noelle - age 7

"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well."
Tommy - age 6

"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore."
Cindy - age 8

"My mommy loves me more than anybody . You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night."
Clare - age 6

"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken."
Elaine-age 5

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford."
Chris - age 7

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day."
Mary Ann - age 4

"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones."
Lauren - age 4

"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." (what an image)
Karen - age 7

"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget."
Jessica - age 8

From Here to Eternity

Previously at Miss Cellania: Kisses

Thought for today: To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore to love is to suffer, not to love is to suffer. To suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy then is to suffer. But suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be unhappy one must love, or love to suffer, or suffer from too much happiness. I hope you're getting this down. - Woody Allen in Love and Death

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