Love is all you need. Is it? A philosophical question.

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Is love really all you need in life or is there something more important? I suppose this will vary from person to person. I think mutual respect is more important than love but probably stems from it? You have to at least like someone to respect them and keep emotions out of your relationship. Maybe friendship is all you need? or understanding? or best yet, the willingness to understand? What are your thoughts on this.

Yes, I am a peacenick. I wish we could all get along. The world would become a better place.

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I can't claim to be a peacenik but I like your post. :)

As to what comes first I think it depends on what kind of love you are talking about. Love comes instantly when you first see that little baby and it lasts.

Attraction is first between a man and a woman and it may last and grow or be gone like the wind.

Mutual respect is very important in all relationships I think. It is hard won, easily lost and difficult to win back.

We live in a world where there is too little love and far too little respect for others.
 
There is considerable difference between wants and needs. Our needs pretty much boil down to food, shelter, water, clothing, and occasional medical care. However what we need to be happy, is relative to the individual, and can even change with life circumstances. Many love money, some love music, some traveling, and the list is probably a long one. But none of them can love you in return, which makes a shared love between two people stand out from the rest. That doesn't mean you can't be happy without it, but if you are fortunate enough to find it, life blossoms into the most rewarding of all human experience, providing it's maintained and not taken for granted.
 
Love is all you need is a sweet lofty thought thatā€™s perfect for hallmark movies and soap operas. In the real world food and shelter come first.

Taken a step further, love is all you need.
If you loved yourself enough, you would make sure you have food and shelter. Youā€™d fully understand that you are worthy of it.
 
Never took the time to think about what "love" is. A definition is
"strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties." The time frame for when that happens isn't explained.

Now that I think about the word love I think it is over used. Maybe acceptance of anothers positive & negative traits better defines personal interaction. Of course rejection of traits would have to have a word definition.
 
I understand what @chic actually narrowly meant in her OP. More seriously, our human intelligent entity's needs are much more complicated.

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