Being in love.

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zach

Human Sexuality

Paper On Love

Due 11/4/03

“BEING- IN- LOVE”

 

          There are various definitions for the word love. However the definition I felt most represented the word was, love was a feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance.  Love to me is a word that is so beautiful and sincere.  Awkwardly enough I am 23 years old and have never been-in-love.  I have never been involved in a serious relationship nor have I yet to engage in intercourse. I envy people who are in love and are happy because it seems has though it is the greatest feeling on earth.  Sometimes I truly wonder if I will ever find love or be in love because it’s something I want so bad yet have never found.  Honestly I feel that I have missed out (not because I have not had sex-well partially) but because I want someone to love me for who I am and I want to do the same.  Everyone tells me I am way to picky and that is why I have not found ‘the one’, but truthfully I feel I should be.  I must admit that I wonder why I have not found someone to love/love me, like so many of my best friends and siblings have.  I realize I am young and inexperienced but there is nothing I would like more than a man in my life.  I am sick of being alone.

        I would have loved to have been able to answer the various questions relating to the ‘being-in-love’ experience, however since I have never ‘been-in-love’ I felt as thought I was the worst candidate.    There were various people I wanted to interview for this assignment because I believe it is such an interesting and emotional topic, however since we were only able to choose 3 interviewees I wanted to make certain that I chose people who were not afraid of holding back and would feel comfortable sharing their experiences with me (and you Dr. Godow). The three people I originally chose for this assignment were my cousin Tommy Segura (male), age 24, Diane Winans the mother of the children I baby-sit and a very close friend, age 39 and Jane Tobin the mother of my roommate, age 55.  Unfortunately, after contemplating for days Diane realized the questions were too difficult and too emotional for her to answer. (Diane’s husband cheated on her for their entire marriage and then asked for a divorce.) So the last interviewee I chose to question was my father Dave Risdon, age 65.

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        My cousin Tommy and I have an excellent relationship.  In a weird way I wish I could find someone like him for me.  I am closer to him than any one of my two siblings and felt he would do a superb job at meeting my requirements.  Tommy was born and raised in the mid-west and southeastern United States.  He moved with his family 4 times between the ages of 9-14 due to his father’s job with Merrill Lynch. Obviously due to the various moves, Tommy constantly had to make new friends while adapting to new places.  Tommy was raised ...

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