I completely agree with this. 

I agree with you but as well in certain situations I still feel love is not enough. Great post and I concur with all the things you've stated above!

Great post!

Great post. love can hurt; so sometimes it is not enough......

Infatuation takes effort too but it's misguided and usually one-way.

Amazing post, I completely agree with this :) 

awesome post

i could not AGREE more

I agree that love is all you need for a relationship to work, but in order for you to continue to be in love with someone, I think you need "effort, trust, communication, and commitment, among others."

Love does not do all of those things on it's own,  I think you need all of those things to make love work.  It's kind of like asking which came first, the chicken or the egg.  Generally, you wouldn't want to commit, put effort into things, trust, etc unless you're in love, but without doing those things, you cannot have love so they're two sides of the same coin to me.

i used to believe that but i'm not so sure if love is enough.  i guess i've been through it all, seen it all and it's always let me down so no, i don't believe that love is enough.

Good post!
I have nothing insightful to add to the discussion. :(

I don't agree with this at all. I think you can truly love someone and still not fully commit. I believe you can love someone and hurt them. Hell, I even believe you can love someone with all your heart and still cheat. Love is not effort, communication, commitment, or trust. You should trust the person you love, you should communicate with them, and you should be committed to them. But that doesn't always happen. But you don't need all of these things to love someone.

Let me give an example. I know this isn't the same kind of love, but I'd say most people here would say they love their parents (at least one of them anyway). But not all of us communicated well with out parents growing up. Sometimes our parents didn't trust us not to do things that were detrimental to us. And many people (especially the children, but parents can do this too) put very little effort into their relationship with their parents. Would you say these families don't love each other? In the case of a parent not trusting their kid, the parent will set certain rules not in spite of love, but because they love their kid. They don't want to see their kid get hurt.

Effort comes form within. There are many people who are in love, and therefore think love will take care of everything and don't put in any effort.

Commitment is not an integral part of love, as you can easily love someone and not commit to them. Just ask all the people that loved someone but had to break up with them for various reasons.

Many people are in loving relationships where they don't communicate well. Some people are just not good communicators. Some people like to deal with their problems by themself instead of bothering their SO with them. Are you going to tell them they love their SO any less than someone who talks about every problem that arises?

I especially disagree on the trust point. You can definitely love someone without trusting them. The reason this is true is that trust has to be earned. And after trust is earned, it can be taken away just as quickly. If a person is cheated on by their SO, they no longer trust them. Are you going to tell them they are now no longer in love with that person because the trust is gone? Maybe tell them, "Oh, you shouldn't be hurting this badly, you don't love him anymore!" See how well that goes.

I agree with one point in this post: Love fights. Love fights throughout and at the end of relationships. Love fights when all the other aspects in a relationship are gone. Love hangs on through the darkest of times when you know you shouldn't be feeling that way. That's the reason love is different from infatuation. If someone hurts you badly through whatever means they use, infatuation will die. But love can hang on.

@erahslover@xanga - I actually liked that metaphor. Don't put yourself down .

I agree with this post that LOVE IS ENOUGH.  I think that love is something we'll never fully understand, because with each passing day, we learn more about life and love, causing our perceptions to change.  I think love is different for each person, because we all experience things differently.  Here are a few of my thoughts...

You say love takes work, so are YOU willing to work?  You say love hurts, but what is it about love that hurts?  The bad
stuff right?  The jealously, the cheating, the breaking up, the divorce, but what about the good stuff?  The first kiss, the dates, the anniversarys, the children? 

I came across this quote a while back and I totally agree with it, "everyone says that love hurts, but it`s not true. Lonliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hurts. Envy hurts. Everyone gets these things confused with love, but in reality, love is the only thing in this world that covers up all pain & makes someone feel wonderful again. Love is the only thing in this world that does not hurt." 

I think in the end, love is what holds people together.  If  you truly love someone, the love will always be there.  The type of love might change, but it's still there.  You can still love someone after they're gone.  Love is what makes people happy.  Love is the best thing in this world.