Yes. Romantic love is emotional intimacy (in other words close friendship) plus the physical attraction. Attraction on its own is infatuate love, and friendship on its own is simply friendship love.

Ooh, lustful passion. Gulp. I'm outta here...

No. Lust is basically a form of conterfeit love, really. True love surpasses physical attraction and what is on the outside. -In the Master's service. Thank you and God bless you!

Exactly. =)

Imagine an invisible, undetectable force that's powerful enough to override your sense of reason yet draws you to someone with an almost animal passion. These aren't Cupid's mythological arrows, but real shots of human pheromones. http://health.discovery.com/centers/sex/aphrodisiacs/phermones.html Welcome to The Scent of Eros: Mysteries of Odor in Human Sexuality - 'Scientists in Philadelphia have established for the first time that the human body produces pheromones, special aromatic chemical compounds discharged by one individual that affect the sexual physiology of another'.... http://www.athenainstitute.com/discovery.html Do pheromones work in human sexual attraction? They may be odorless and colorless and their function may be mysterious, but human pheromones at last have the zest of scientific truth. Researchers at the University of Chicago have demonstrated that compounds swabbed from the 'underarms' of young women at different times of the month can alter the length of other women's menstrual cycles, compressing or expanding the cycles in predictable fashion.... http://www.ishipress.com/humanodo.htm http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9803/11/pheromones/index.html What is the force that lights the fuse between two complete strangers? What current pulses through their veins, engorges their hearts, occupies their minds and numbs their texting fingers? Ah, if only I knew. As magic formulas go, sexual chemistry must surely be the most valuable. It's intoxicating effects are more pleasurable and more powerful than any drug and when it hits, it hits hard. There are the rushes of ecstacy, the gut wrenching anticipation, fluttering, dizziness, and the diminished concentration that turns day-dreaming into a full-time job. And then there are the side effects. A positively Colombian annihilation of appetite and its confidence- boosting by-product, weight loss. And it is free. And it is legal. It is bloody amazing. But no one knows what "it" is. Scientists have managed to map our genetic blueprint. They understand the subtleties of hormones and the complexities of the emotional brain. But the thing that makes two people click remains a mystery. Theories abound as to what, or why. Those looking for a magic bullet (or Cupid's arrow) tend to favour the notion of pheromones - scents secreted by the sweat glands in the 'armpits' and pubic hair. And the relatively recent discovery of the vomeronasal organ, a small chemo-sensory structure in the human nose, lends the concept some weight. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20030629/ai_n12741733 Science of Love - Cupid's Chemistry: There are, in fact, three distinct stages of love; each with their own characteristic emotional profile and scientific explanation. First is lust. Lust is driven by our sex hormones testosterone and oestrogen. These hormones are what get us 'out on the pull'. After lust comes attraction. This is the love-struck phase; the time when we lose our appetite, can't sleep, and can't concentrate. This is what we know as falling in love. http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/articles/article/clairemcloughlincolumn1.htm/

I don't think so. I think true love encompasses so much more than just deep friendship and lustful passion. It's a willingness to give all of yourself to someone in a way that even the deepest of friendship isn't capable of. Lustful passion can be derived from any encounter with a member of the sex that you're attracted to, so combining the two and calling it true or romantic love, just doesn't cut it. There's something more to it than that...unfortunately, I lack the capacity to explain what exactly the thing that makes them different is.

Not exactly...I would agree if the statement said: deep friendship combined with pure passion. For me true love reaches many levels of relationships. To me love is action; a choice even. If love is emotional then i call it something else..descriptively. Romance to me means: the art of fulfilling desire. Deep friendship to me means having pure intentions with their heart and emotions. Well then, here's a connection: true love as to deep friendship, as romance can be to lustful passion. For me, true love does not combine with lustful passion; it is like unselfish freedom vs. selfish possession. But I think a personal answer to this question really comes to a person when they define their own needs in the relationship.