Is it normal to think love is a overrated?

I've been seeing that people take love so seriously. When someone throws that word around everyone gets all hyped up about it. I know it's a happy little feeling, but I don't understand how it's such a big deal. It really irritates me.
Is it normal?

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Comments ( 12 )
  • What kind of love? Romantic love, friend love? The kind of love I have for my dog?

    No it's not over-rated. It's a great emotion and binds people together where otherwise we'd drift apart.

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  • aussiewolf

    love is a wonderous, most beautiful thing. when you experience true love, you will understand. and i am not talking about obsessive love like a lot of people on here seem to think is real love... like stalking the person or quitting their job just to spend every waking moment with them.

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  • Some people, like myself, will never understand romantic love. This emotion is a part of life and it is certainly a strong commercial force (Valentine's Day, movies, novels, perfume, flowers, etcetera, etcetera). However, it really rules some more than others. Personally, I am a very logical character. I will invest emotionally in a man to the extent that I trust him. I have never trusted any man completely in a romantic situation. And, that is fine with me. I know what I want, I get my needs met, and the rest is just fodder for my journal.

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  • SweetSherry

    Don't run your mouth about things you don't understand you've never been in love so you can't say its overrated when you meet the love of your life you'll see how stupid your post is

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  • dystopianlove

    Yes. The feeling is powerful, but it is also painful.

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  • Faceless

    One time I was convinced I was in love. Then the extacy wore off.

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  • Ldizzy1234

    The thing is, people throw that word around way too much. Even when people aren't really "in love", but they "think" they are, they're throwing that word around. And that's why the people who take love seriously get all excited and hyped up, because they think the other person who said that is actually being serious, when unfortunately a lot of times they aren't, or they're just stupid and actually think it's love when it's not.

    It's bull shit. I mean, I'm the type who loves love. I would love to be in love, but a lot of times people don't realize that when you say those words, "I love you." that's a huge deal to the other person, and that's why everyone goes crazy hearing it. Love is a serious thing, and sometimes people do use it at the wrong times, and in the wrong way, so it just leaves everyone confused, and no one knows what the hell love is.

    Maybe the reason why you're mad is really because, you actually know what real love is, and when you hear those people just throwing it around like it's not that meaningful anymore, it get's you sick of hearing it. It becomes just a word, or it already has become just a word.

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  • rayst

    Lol "i know its a happy little feeling" you dont know nothing my friend. Wait until you feel this little feeling, you'll see it's not so little

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  • a girl to look and be looked at. a sister a mother a brother a father a lover who can learn and love to learn, little quirks and touching things.
    mmmmm dreams:)

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  • dappled

    I've been in love. It's an amazing feeling but that first flush is always temporary and sometimes leaves you feeling like you've acted out of character or were temporarily insane.

    I was interested in what Gems said because it seems like a more sensible way of going about things. It would make absolute sense for me to be this way too because, in lots of ways, I'm similar to her and ItDuz; I just put a different veneer on it.

    Maybe it's purely chemical and just down to how much oxytocin is floating around our bodies. Either way, both sides of the coin seem pretty normal to me.

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  • mommy3

    You have obviously never been in love, or u would know why it's a big deal

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  • wreckd

    When you fall in love, you'll understand. Even upon falling out, you'll realize that it was an amazing feeling.

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