Love vs Lust

Love is an intense feeling of affection and care towards another person. It is a profound and caring attraction. On the other hand, lust is a strong desire of a sexual nature

Love	Lust
Definition:	A decision to commit oneself to another and to work through conflicts instead of giving up.	Any intense desire or craving for gratification; when contrasted with love, lust usually means sexual desire.
Associated with:	Physical chemistry over a fairly long period of time.	Physical chemistry over a short or medium period of time.
Sub-Categories:	Intimacy, commitment, security, the desire to please and help the other person.	Sexual desire.
Symptoms:	Faithfulness, loyalty, confidence. Willingness to make sacrifices for another. Working at settling differences. Able to compromise so that either both win or at least give the other person's opinion a chance.	Desire, passion, acquisitiveness, intense emotions.
Person to Person:	Commitment to another. Genuine intentions. Think about other person's feelings before acting.	Enjoyment of a short-term, mutually pleasurable relationship.
Feels like:	A deep affection; contentment, confidence. Partners communicate and negotiate appropriate expectations. Requires a lot of selflessness and polite assertiveness. You are loving your best friend.	Passion, joyousness, strong desire, intense and sometimes difficult feelings of need.
Result:	Security, peace, a solid partnership which can provide the ideal atmosphere to raise confident secure children.	Unsatisfied lust results in sexual frustration, increased religiosity and superstition, emotional rigidity. Lust satisfied in a mutually beneficial way results in pleasure, creativity, passion, zest for life.
Effect:	contentment, stability	fire, drive, activeness.
Interdependency:	Partnership. Can lead to codependency if not tempered with self-awareness and self-guidedness.	Often the first stage of love, and can lead to lasting friendships, romantic or otherwise. When not tempered with compassion and empathy, however, it can lead to emotionally damaging behavior.
Time Period:	It will deepen with the passsage of time.	Highly variable -- it may deepen or dissipate with the passage of time.
Commitment:	This is permanent commitment and stays throughout the life.	Temporary commitment that last only long enough to fulfill desire.
Bottom Line:	Love unconditionally.	Interested in only what can be done for self-pleasure.

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