Is romantic love a sufficient enough raison d'etre?

>>3129876
>raison d'etre

Why do people feel the need to use french where English is completely sufficient? Is it to seem sophisticated?

>>3129876
No.

Romantic love is a drug
http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/news/20101013/romantic-love-affects-your-brain-like-a-drug#1

It also lasts about one or two years
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4478040.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/opinion/sunday/new-love-a-short-shelf-life.html?mcubz=0

Hollywood really messed up people by making them believe that romantic love is so important.

Live a life of virtue and you will be happier than by being a thrill seeker.

>>3130323
Yes

>>3130361
This is some pleb evidence with some serious bias.

>>3130323

You are aware that when William invaded England and made a bunch of Norman rape babies they mixed English with French so that many words that we use are French origin.

>>3130438
>This is some pleb evidence with some serious bias.
Could you explain why you think so?

>>3130458
You are aware that was almost 1,000 years ago and both languages have changed dramatically since then, oui?

>>3130478
Well first of all both articles equate love with infatuation.

Which is ridiculous. Why would people be married for 50 years if they stopped being in love after 2? And who has ever defined love as infatuation?

>>3130523
When people speak of romantic love, they speak about infatuation, not about the kind of love that the couple that is married for 60 years feel for each other.

>Why would people be married for 50 years if they stopped being in love after 2?

Also, "love" is not the main goal of marriage. Marriage is about family + companionship.

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>>3129876
Well I have neither, so...

I'm >>3130535

Also, what I'm saying about love is pretty much the mainstream opinion about the subject.
Sorry if it harms your romantic sensibilities...

>erōs & philia are still confused

in the end though, it is all about contemplation of the Absolute

>>3130535
>When people speak of romantic love, they speak about infatuation, not about the kind of love that the couple that is married for 60 years feel for each other.

Well that's what I speak of when I speak of love.

Love isn't some flimsy 3 month bunnyfucking fest imo.

>>3129876
No. And you will end up extremely miserable if you attempt to make it so.

>>3130323
French used to the, well, Lingua Franca. A lot of terms are leftover from back then.