Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Chuzzlewit who wrote (35070)	4/17/1999 2:25:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Yes, but...There can be sex without love -- and love without sex (e.g., love of parents, love of children, etc.). Even if we agree to use "love" only in the sense of sexual love, I find myself a bit puzzled by the following: People engage in sexual activity because it feels good -- like scratching an itch. They tend to stay with a single partner for some period of time for the same reason... On point (1) -- sex as scratching an itch -- I would agree if you are talking about having sex with someone with whom you are not "in love". But if you are "in love" -- it is a very different sensation indeed.(I am inspired to ask: have you ever been in love??) On point (2) -- "They tend to stay with a single partner...for the same reason" -- all I can say is !!! People who stay with a single partner do so for a whole host of reasons, not the least of which is AFFECTION (that is, LOVE, in its non-sexual sense). (Again, may I ask: have you ever been married??) Of course, sexual love has its roots in the species' need to reproduce. But unless you are a potato or a beet, the roots are less important than the leaves...:-)) Joan