Love, Love, Love, Love, Love

My buddy and long time roommate, Marty, asked if he could use my computer in the late hours of one night last week.  Later I’d find out that I was, regretfully, doing the right thing.

I had to pry my computer out of his hands two hours later.

Bored out of my own mind from lack of Hulu, Netflix, news searching and Stumbling, my Skype was open, computer drained of battery, and Marty had a disappointing look in his eye as he tried to get his own computer to stop fritzing.

You could say that Marty’s the lucky one of us four roomates.  You also might be able to tell from this vague incident that Marty has a girlfriend; He’s in LOVE.

And I mean the mushy, gushy, squishy, i-cant-stop-stairing-into-your-not-so-special-eyes kind of love.

Either it seems obsolete or too good to be true at this age, but ultimately love is an innate part of us humans.  We aren’t the only animals that can experience this emotion, but we definitely – like other emotions – express them the most.  Love defines an attachment we have to people, and extreme cases, things.

We all know that there are obviously different kinds of love.  Friendship love, familial love, erotic love, religious love.  In lieu of Valentine’s Day, I’ve provided some of my favorite Facebook posts of the day exemplifying how these kinds of love are displayed.

Christel Carmody:

"I said yes this day to the love of my life... And now I get to keep him forever. Let our adventures continue! Chris thank you for believing in us and know that you are my world.. I love you 7!"

Chris Carmody:

 [Posted on his wife's wall.]

Alison Mears:
"We just have a lot of feelings, okay?

http://www.hercampus.com/school/emory/letter-b-school"

Dean:

"I ran over cupid on my way to work this morning! YES! Lol"

Dean:

Allie Albright:

"Missing my better halves on valentines day... NINATAKA KONYAGI SASA HIVI"

Amanda Lupo:

"To my boyfriend, Nutella. Omg, where to begin! I love you so much babe, and you have literally been there for me ever since my rugrat days. You never falter to put a smile on my face. Even though you broke up with me because of my abrupt teenage weight gain, when we got together, I swear...it was like someone put us on some wheat bread & we became a new love sandwich. You were my first kiss & yea kid, I'm plan for you to be my last. ♥ ♥ ♥ happy valentines day, Nutella!"

Millennium Promise:

"Happy Valentine's Day! Share the love!

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(Child singing at the kindergarten of Kominé in Tiby, Mali)"

 

Jess Curlyfries:

"Sure, announce to the class Ms. Curley is pregnant with a baby boy. Sure, tell her she can find a boyfriend on a dating website to get her pregnant. Sure, tell her that the chocolate she's eating is going to make her pregnant with a food baby that "comes out the other end." Sure, be the most hysterically inappropriate 6th grade class on the face of the earth..."

There you have it.  I hope you have the same loving friends that I do.  You can't tell me its not an adventure to pick out all the different kinds of love around us.  Whether its "Marty Love" - to which I fully support the relationship with his magnificent girlfriend - or just a simple love for helping others, we experience these every day.

So if your mopey about Valentine's Day, the next time the date comes around, don't think of it in terms of Marty Love.

Spread your love anyway you want. Make it about the love.