Love is many things. Love is a lie, love is everything, and love can be nothing. Love is the point of commitment, trust, honestly, and respect. Love can make you blind, make you an ignorant moronic jackass.
People take love too far, make it this lovey-dovey crap that ruins a relationship. I can't stand that. I'm a weird person, I like jokes and mocking people. So many think you can't do that in a relationship. But if you're in a good enough relationship than that other should know it's a joke and retort back with a good comment.
Love fails in the aspect of how people think it is everything. You don't NEED love to survive. It's great to have if you find it, but most people think they have love when they really don't.
Like this friend of mine, who we'll call Green Eyes, I actually get along with her perfectly. Seriously. She loves my rude comments, and shoots 'em down just the same. And Green loves my brutal honesty. She respects how I treat her. Curious right? We have a great friendship.
We discuss countless things and are very little alike. She's basically a stuffed animal made by grandma against me. That aspect should be taken into a relationship, it makes things fun.
And I've honestly always wondered what it'd be like to date her, but I don't go there. Complications. Relationships are buried down by having to be serious, boring, and rarely getting along. And I HATE small talk. A date to me is sitting in my living room and playing Halo 2.
A relationship is knowing where you stand with the other. Love is fun, love is relaxed. Love is not depressing and having to always discuss your problems. That's not how you know what love is.
That's building a false relationship. As most people who discuss their personal life (such as depressing, sad matters) with someone tend to falsely fall in love because that person is there for them and talks to them. And that is NOT a basis for a healthy relationship, it's just building a lie.