My life is terrible. Every time I fall for someone, I get hurt. I just don't understand what I am doing wrong. I do everything I can possibly think of. With my last girlfriend, Susan, I bought here flowers, candy, dinner, expensive jewelry, I take her to movies - my treat, I write her love poems from my heart, letters when I'm not with her, I sing to her, I play slow songs for her, and I spend every waking moment with her. All I got in return was a letter saying that we were not meant to be. What I did, isn't that what someone who is in love is suppose to do for the other person? Why doesn't she love me back? Is this love?
             The New Merriam-Webster's Dictionary describes love as "strong affection" or "attraction based on sexual desire." Is that the true meaning of love? People get so confused when talking about this subject because it is so hard to describe. The simple definition given by the dictionary doesn't even begin to compare to what the majority of the people's connotation of what "love" means.
             People will do absolutely anything for love. I am a prime example of that. Not only will I do endless things for the girl of my dreams, but I will also spend as much time as I can with them. To me love is a cherished thing between two people. Something that connects two souls for life and that will never let them go. It may be found at first sight or it may need to be worked on from a friendship. Regardless of its beginnings, it is a powerful force that cannot be dealt with lightly.
             There are also many different "degrees" of love. You could love someone as family, a friend, an earned love for a person, or as love at first sight. The family "love" is pretty much dedicated to people that bore you into this life. The ones that you know that you can tell anything to. Your mother, your father, your siblings, your kids, your gra...