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Hi :)
my question is: What is love ? And what is friendship? I mean if you could write it in words, how would you describe it... what do they have in common, and again opposite, how are they different?
thanks a lot :) :) :)
Alenka (17) Slovakia, Europe.
Bye.

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friendship is mainly love without sexual attraction, based upon care, trust, loyalty, responsibility; love; "in love" is a FEELING based primarily sexual undertones, an "electricity" one experiences when with the other; Love is essentially a GIVING, requiring care, respect, responsibility, knowledge; it's more than a feeling--it's something we DO; a loving, intimate relationship combines the intimacy of shared attraction and sexual exchange, with the above qualities..

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