i think you may be the only person being frank here.

all joshing aside, i want to comment on your to want or be wanted response.
specifically ammendments 3 and 4.

{3. The person being wanted must be able to give of themselves enough to fufill the other persons want.
4. This is true, not just at an emotional level, but it would appear at a physical level also.}

what alarmed me about these well thought through statements was the fact that they brought up a new question.

you've probably heard this old sicko-babble standby:
men give love for SEX and women give sex for LOVE.

the whole mars vs. venus thing aside, do you think its possible that human beings in general just need the right levels of physical AND emotional love to survive?

i know that all those babies in orphanges in eastern europe were never touched, never had any human contact, and they went crazy. children with little emotional contact suffer a similar consequence.

so what is LOVE, anyway? how can an intangible concept carry so much force behind it? is it possible that there is where the TOUCH comes in?

do these two things create each other? is it possible to love someone and never touch them? and is it possible to not love someone and be unaffected by physical affection? just some thoughts...

exxes and ohhhs,
erica