What We Talk about When We Talk about Love

What We Talk about When We Talk about Love is a very interesting piece. I love the debate in it. The core question, in my mind, is 'What is true love?', and 'Does true love exist, is there really such a thing?'

Mel and Terri are a married couple that sit and debate about Terri's past abusive lover Ed. Mel is convinced that there is no way that Ed loved Terri. He not only verbally abused her but he hit her. Terri was convinced otherwise. She thought that Ed truly loved her. She went so far as to think that he killed himself all in the name of love for her.

I tend to agree with Mel. I believe that if you truly love someone that you can't imagine verbally or physically abusing them. Abuse does not exist in true love. Another interesting topic talked about regarding love, was remarrying.

Mel tells of his experience. He claimed he truly loved his ex-wife, hates her now, and truly loves his current wife. Can true love come and go? Can it be found more than once? I full heartedly believe in true love, but I also believe that there is more than one person in this world that I can whole heartedly love.

Mel finishes out the story with an account of an elderly couple. This couple got into a car accident that landed them in critical condition. The husband began to get very depressed simply because he could not see his wife's face while in recovery. To Mel, this was an expression of true love. Even though seemingly drunk by the end, Mel proves a great point, true love does exist, but he lets us draw our own conclusions.