What is love supposed to be like anyway. I've been im several relationships over the years, and thats not my idea of love.
I think the way we are with each other the first week should always be. It shouldn't get old and stagnet. I know it's possible, I see older couples all the time being cute and giggly with each other, even after 30 years and more of marriage, now thats love !
I want every day of my next relationship, to be like the first day. The hand holding, the kissing and hugging in public, the pet names, the compliments, I want it all, or I want to stay single, period
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIwtzsvaVIM

That is so true it can happen and does happen. I have a step sister that her and her husband are like that. They were high school sweet hearts has a son and one grandson now. They are the idea couple. They still have that chemistry they had when they were younger..... they have been married like 35 years now and will always be together....

Call me silly but I want that kind of connection as well from the first time you lay eyes on them...... till the end....

until you become a little fly on the wall and see them behind closed doors. then you find out the old man takes out his hearing aids and slips a flask out of his pocket.
While the woman yells and henpecks to no end threatening his life at every second and telling him that her mother was right he is a bum.
He just nods and looks at the TV which is full blast adding annoyance to the woman. She calls all her friends and tells them all the private things he does or that is wrong with him.
All the while he keeps himself buzzed watching Sanford & Son, daydreaming of fried chicken and mashed potatoes and hoping to die soon, but he's not sad at all about it. Because in the end the man finally wins. We go deaf, we stay drunk then we die. Plus we have awesome re-runs on TV land that seems knew every time we watch them.
Ahh the golden years.

I may sound cynical, but that actually sounds like a good end to the story of love, life and the memories of the asian dragon lady that was just too hot to hold on to.

I think you are talking about infatuation, not love. Love is deeper than that. Love involves inner joy. It has no expectations. It is not selfish.

I think and feel a spiritual connection to some degree, helps..

Im just saying, I want my next relationship to be magical, and stay that way, thats all. Dennis

I know exactly What you mean! Fun..no drama...working at priblems together......
Don't let negative jerks on here take away your dreams. There are entry of good women looking for the same wonderful love filled relationship you are! If you lived closer I have several awesome friends in their 40's looking for a genuinely happy person to share heir lives with. There are plenty out there but the negative guys just cause us to give up and stop looking. It is easier to be alone and happy than with someone and miserable.

you have my vote"

hm interesting

Wouldn't problems be drama? No one wants to fight with their partners but its going to happen. Working them out together is what matters, but I'd still call that drama.

I'm beginning to think that word is overused anymore

I think there's a difference between problems that come up and someone who goes out of there way to create problems. Some people seem to thrive on that. They aren't happy unless they have some sort of conflict going on. I don't get it.

Now that I understand and can certainly walk away from. But the word is used for everything. Jobhunting, sick kids, have to work one night when everyone wants to go out - its all drama.

That doesn't make sense to me. That's just life.

Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans - John Lennon

I do not think there is any reason on the
face of the earth why you cannot have the
relationship you envision.
It is, after all, up to just two people to
make it so.

I say make your own magic. But maybe that's just me.

Actually.
Your picture looks like you are
in the middle of a spell..

Thanks, but it's not mine. Actually Lo Pan from Big Trouble in Little China. One of my favorite movies.

Oh, well, that's good.
Because it looks like those nails could do some
serious damage when you go to wipe your azz :-)

I think if two people connect spiritualy, mentally, physically,then everything else falls into place, including love...also if one doesn't try to mold the other into something their not, you can't go wrong..but without these things, you only have a shell of a relationship....