Originally Posted by
GGT
Probably, maybe, I don't know.
Plenty of people say they're in love, even tho it's probably newness and infatuation and hormones. Others say they love their partner, but don't enjoy their company, or they consider the whole prospect as something to be endured for its longevity.
Even more people define love as a temporary state of mind, more like a pleasure principle, or serial monogamy, convenience, flitting about and moving on. Have a child and it gets more complicated.
There's parent/child love (which is very complicated because it's not just gene pools, but also adoptees and foster care kids) and extended family love (also not always related to gene pools but conscious choice, or it can grow out of tolerance) and platonic love of friendship (which can be so deep you almost want to have sex with your best friend).
Take your pick. What we think is love can also be dysfunctional hope, we see that in abusive relationships. Sometimes the people looking on don't know or understand the underlying depth, love is also supremely intimate.
Sorry this isn't about what happens when you die, and I'm rambling now. :sour: