Why do you love?

I'm sure everyone has, at some point or another contemplated why it is that they are in love with someone; at least those that have found themselves in love.So why is it that you love someone?
i'm not asking for the biological or religious reasoning behind love as a concept.
Just for the everyday simple, or not so simple, reasons you find yourself in love with your "significant" other/s (i believe it is possible to be in love with more than one individual at a time).Is it sexual? Is it convenient? Is it life-preserving?
Is it something that just is, and you can't explain it?Please share your thoughts.(I've been told i over-analyse things )

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"The good Christian should beware the mathematician and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of hell." - St. Augustine

Wow! A whirlwind romance, and still together twenty years later.While yours is proof that such can work out, it still boggles my mind as to how.

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"The good Christian should beware the mathematician and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of hell." - St. Augustine

Errr....thanks, i think

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"The good Christian should beware the mathematician and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of hell." - St. Augustine

U know, there was a time when i think i also thought that Love was a choice to be made...
Then i actually fell in love, and when i needed to fall out of love i just couldn't, no matter how much i chose to.I do see where you're coming from though, and i believe it could be true, although just not universal. This, i think, is a corollary of your earlier belief that love is a choice.
Here i cannot yet agree. While i may not have experienced this, i've seen it, sometimes in those closest to me.
What causes it? I don't know... indecisiveness, fear, chemical imbalance? Maybe it just is...This might not be true for everyone...but from what i've seen:
You can't can't help, who you love.

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"The good Christian should beware the mathematician and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of hell." - St. Augustine

Reciprocity.
Could be regarded as rather unfortunate...For if it is true, then the unrequited have never loved.

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"The good Christian should beware the mathematician and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of hell." - St. Augustine

May it be that you commemorated this anniversary adequately, Ringo.
The loss of love, in whatever form, is a bitter pill to swallow. Sometimes, the darkness is more comforting than the light.

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"The good Christian should beware the mathematician and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of hell." - St. Augustine

You're right, Archer. Thanks.

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"The good Christian should beware the mathematician and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of hell." - St. Augustine