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  • Yes. Having sex is the act of physical sexual contact. Making love is the use of physical sexual contact to express how you feel about another person. It is possible to have sex with another person and not actually make love. In my opinion it is not possible to truly make love without physical contact.
  • I tend to agree with the first reply here. Having sex is in my mind, is short for having sexual intercourse. The "art" of making love may well incorperate sex, but covers a far wider field of love and sexual feelings shared between two people. I trust this is of some help to you.
  • There is if you want there to be. To some people no difference at all, to others all the difference in the world- its a very personal thing. Many people would make the distinction that "making love" is what you do with someone you're in love with, and "sex" is just a physical biological act you can perform with anyone. Fact is, it all looks the same on videotape- it's how it FEELS to the individuals concerned that makes the difference- and only you can define that.
  • Yes, I believe there's a great difference. "Having sex" is a physical act with physical reactions but "making love" is beyond the realm of physical contact. Sexual interaction is something wonderful to enjoy but "making love" is something to experience. No words can describe lovemaking and no one can capture or package it. That's the difference! "Having sex" can be filmed, described, sold, packaged and even justified but making love is outside of everything. It transports you to another place. Sex is momentary but lovemaking touches the eternal. Given a choice I believe most people crave lovemaking but settle for having sex. Perhaps not a popular opinion but I believe it to be true.
  • To me having sex is like junk food. It gets the job done but its not really what you need. Making love on the other hand is a form of intimate communication between two loving people who have a commitment to each other. Sex is all physical, making love is more about trusting the other person, and being able to fully surrender to what you are both trying to express
  • "Wham bam, thank you, maam", is having sex. no strings attached, just plain gut-bucket sex. like sex with a prostitute. what was her name? listen to the words of the song "heat of the moment". good definition. Making love has meaning, has respect, and deep feelings for the one you love. its love with a person that shares the same feelings for you.
  • when you have sex is feeling after like why did I do that? you shouldn't have sex with someone you don't care about. when you make love with someone, you want to be with that person because they are special to you. That is the difference
  • The only real difference to me is the emotional aspect, when referring to the physial aspect they mean the same thing really, intercourse for example. They both mean "engaging in intercourse". But making love implies a much higher level of emotion, meaning, and satisfaction. The focus is mainly on how the experience makes you feel in your mind and your heart, whereas having sex is more geared towards the physical act and the oohs and aahs. But it just depends on the person, some people like certain phrases more than others, some people feel it's important to convey the difference and others don't.
  • Having sex is like a bowel movement. You feel a need to get rid of something, some energetic burden, and you drop the load. You feel more empty afterwards. Making love has a spiritual component that leaves both parties full.
  • I totally agree with everyone's answers so far; very accurate & wise. The only thing I'd add to it would be that some people nowadays have a tendency to view "having sex" as somehow hotter, sexier, etc., and "making love" as boring or an old-fashioned thing. As if "having sex" is for hip singles having a one-night stand and "making love" is what boring old couples do. What I'd like to add to that is the fact that as a couple in love it is still possible (& sometimes nice/fun) to "make love" in a way that has some of the qualities of what we associate with "having sex"--i.e. in a spontaneous, hungry way... as if you just brought each other home from the bar. I'd even say it can be an important way of keeping things spicy between you. ;-)
  • "Having sex" would generally imply the act of engaging in sexual intercourse possibly without emotional attatchment between the lovers - it's merely based off of sexual attraction. "Making love" signifies the more 'sacred' aspect of sexual intercourse, with deep emotional attatchment bonding the lovers. This is the kind of sex by which married couples live. And when by non-marital couples, it usually turns out that they WILL get married. Nutshell- "having sex" - usually temporary love, "making love" - usually everlasting affection possibly leading to marriage if not already.
  • if you are wondering about the physicality of it - all the parts go the same places- but anyone who has had both would most likely pick - making love. It is indescribable.
  • yes sex is something you do where making love is somethng you tralk about
  • sex is a fling or doing it for the feeling it gives you....making love is a feeling from inside when you are close to that person...making love is the closest 2 people cqan ever be...or you could throw alittle spice in it and call it love-fucking....;)
  • Whether or not there are emotions involved, and the extent of those emotions.
  • around 1000% :-) Being with your life partner, being so close spiritually, emotionally and physically. Caring about their emotional and sexual needs before your own, is making love. Pure physical attraction being physical and tending to your own needs, is just sex.
  • When making love it means that you've made a long lasting committment to oneanother. You share your emotions with each other in a very passionatte way. All other stuff put aside. Sex is motionless; it has know promises.
  • Yes, anyone can have sex with someone else just for sex without ny emotional attachment, making love is emotionaly intense and involves being in love.
  • There's a huge difference, even within a long-term relationship. I've been married for more years than I'll tell you and most of the time when my wife and I make love we do just that, make LOVE, but from time to time we just make LUST. They are both wonderful experiences but the former is nicer with a feeling that lasts until tomorrow.
  • "making love" is what they say on Lifetime.
  • Sex: One night stands Paying a whore for 'fun'... F*** buddys Making love: Giving your husband or wife or BF or GF your loving... BECAUSE you love them! :-)
  • i say, sex is fun reckless abandon. make love is making things as good as they can be for both of you.
  • Have you tried asking your girlfriend? :)
  • When you get older you will learn, huge difference.
  • just do according to your girlfriend's definition.will remain more happy.
  • According to the infamous Chris Rock, having sex is in the backseat of a car, and making love is when you massage a women in a bed and make her feel very special.
  • Doesn't matter what WE think. Ask her what she thinks. It's her opinion you better get right, not ours.
  • big differennce, much more intense with love.
  • Making Love is when you are totally committed to the act, when you caress and touch every sentual curve of your partner, and try to hold out as long as you can so that the deep feeling of mutual pleasure is extended for as long as possible. Having sex is just the opposite.
  • acting like a monkey
  • I think that sex is what you have when you don't care about a person as much or at all and making love is when you are in love!
  • Having "just sex" is when it's no string attached. You just want to climax and go on with you life as normal. It's basically a one nite stand. But when you make love, that is where you truly have strong emotional, physical, and mental feelings for that special person you are with.It's more than just sex or a fling.
  • Emotion. If you feel love for your partner, want more for them than you do for yourself, feel such a connection that you want to make that connection physical. That is making love. Sex is the act of sexual intercourse without a deep emotional connection to your partner. The act is the same but the experience is so different that it might as well involve different body parts.
  • connection
  • sex is sex is sex and thats cool but when you make love you use your heart as well as your ***k or P***y...its when ALL your emotions kick in and not just your hormones ....but hey hormones are cool ....lol
  • Commitment. The morning after is much better after making love. Sex-time to go before the morning after.
  • having sex to me is when you are just in it for a few minutes of pleasure. But when you are making love it is a time of pure exoticness when you and your partner share countless hours wrapped into an exotic pleasure taking your time and making each other very happy its a special bond inbetween two people who are in love and i belive only the ones who are in true love can honestly pull it off.
  • making love is when to are with one mind and one soul having sex or lust is when to body need to be released for the daily stress
  • My feeling is that when you have been with someone for a long time, there is a difference between Making love and having sex, Making love is an emotional touch feely kind of sex. And having sex is like pure animal instinct. You can have both and be in a relationship.
  • making love - being human having sex - being animal
  • there is a big difference between having sex and making love. having sex is purely physical and can be instantenous if the attraction is there. there may not be any emotion involved and it is the release of an strong urge. but making love consists of emotion, love, respect and is very long lasting
  • to me sex is just fast an rough and alot of fun. love is slow meaningfull an passionate and connected
  • There's not. Depends on the person. Making Love sounds more intimate. Having Sex sounds more wild.
  • Time and effort.
  • Emotion
  • Making love is out of care, as having sex is just something you do because you're horny.
  • The way you want to say it. They could mean the same thing to one person but totally different things to another.
  • love just brings the sex up another level
  • One word: Intimacy. Sex is just...an act. You care more about your own pleasure than your partner's. It's self-centered. Making love - the two people express love for each other sexually. It's giving AND receiving at the same time.
  • making love is connecting with your s/o. sex is something you do without emotion.
  • Making love is when both partners love and care about each other. And having sex,is just sex,which you can do with anyone.
  • making love doesn't usually involve leaving cab fare on the night stand
  • foreplay
  • You and wife with her best female friend=SEX you and wife=MAKING LOVE
  • It depends on the person who's using the terms. Seriously. A person can say he or she is having sex with someone else, and still love the person. It doesn't always mean the person doesn't care. In fact, I prefer the words "sex" and "fuck" to "making love". "Making love" is just too stupid of a line for me. I've never had sex, but I doubt I would let someone have sex with me if I didn't think he loved me. I definitely wouldn't have sex with him unless I loved him as well, so I have no need to put the words "making love" on the act, since I don't need to convince myself of anything. Maybe I will change my mind in the future. Who knows?
  • The terminology.
  • about 45 minutes
  • The reason why you're doing it.
  • female vs male
  • About an hour:)
  • the emotional connection
  • Sex is pretty much just for self gratification. Not really in it for the pleasure of the other person. It's fun, but lacks any depth. One may as well just "DIY" Making love is when the sex becomes very much more than just sex. It's when you are doing it to pleasure the other person above your own pleasure. It's when your hearts, minds spirits and emotions become extremely heightened, and are just as much at play as ones genital organs. The whole lot are involved which makes for a greater satisfactory experience.
  • Making love is romantic, emotional, and or spiritual, whereas having sex tends to be animalistic.
  • Love is caring; sex is self centered.
  • Semantics
  • tomato/potato
  • Obviously, if you have to ask, you have not experienced Making Love.
  • There is difference between making love and having sex. The difference are you make love with the man or woman you love with al your heart and soul but you have sex with a stranger whom you make in a night club and you juzst wanna have fun so to me, this is the difference between making love and having sex!!!
  • well sex is just an action that people do for fun.. it dont really mean alot.. or sex could be just to have fun not that romantic making love is making 2 people 1!! you have to love someone 2 make love 2 them but you can have sex with anyone :)
  • The former is intensely beautiful and the latter is intensely satisfying (and in some cases even cheap). I prefer the former.
  • Sometimes there's a difference, sometimes not. "Making love" implies that there is a strong emotional element to the act, that it is a physical representation/expression of your feelings of love for another human being. "Having sex" is simply the physical act of copulation. I prefer the former, but there are definitely times where the latter can be quite enjoyable.
  • Usually a good couple of hours ;0)
  • emotion
  • making love having sex making love has one more letter in it
  • absolutly. I am not able to just have sex, which has bothered my wife at times "why can't you be like normal guys and just do it" sex is enjoyable contact with the reproductive organs, it is about fun and pleasure. making love involves more and is about the bond between you.
  • Making love is... ..."Was it good to you?" Having sex is... ...(WHAM! BAMM!)"Thank you, m'aam"
  • There is a difference in emotions. Making love is special, thoughtful, and it means something. Having "sex" is just for fun. I can only speak from my own experience, but anytime I have had sex with someone I love I feel fulfilled afterwards. When it has just been sex, after I tend to question the situation... not sure. I think that one could also have sex with someone they love. If you are both "randy" and go at it... that's sex. Dunno... what do you think?
  • Huge difference. When you make love and you remember how cool it was when you fell asleep together or napped together after, and the thing that you remember that is so cool about it was the moment when you remember waking up and you think to yourself, how special it was that you felt safe enough to just let go and that is what goes thru your head as you wake up with them on your chest or vice versa. When that part which is not sexual but feels more important than the actual sex... That's making love.. Corny maybe but yeah that's one way I know. Matt
  • The difference, the way I see it, is that when making love you enjoy pleasuring your partner while having sex is getting your rocks off, in other words one of them is sharing the other is selfish.
  • Ofcourse theres a difference, making love is what two people who love each other do to express that love, it's passionate, loving, and meaningful. Just sex is something two people who are attracted to each other do because we (humans) are sexual beings and sex feels good.
  • Love can be oral, but sex is the practical part, or you can say, part 1 and part 2.
  • making lovecomes first, making sex come second.
  • there's no heartache after a sexual relationship - plenty of heartache when an emotional connection (making love) has ended
  • I think that when you are making love,you are having sex with someone who you love and care for.The other is just disgusting,and cold,left to nothing but the body.No love.Void.Some predators say that they 'love' you,but they really mean that they love getting off on you.It's disgusting to me.*+++++*
  • Making love you have an emotional attachment with the other person, fucking you dont.
  • Yes, but if you need to be told what the difference is then you could never understand it anyway.
  • ...the "audience" to whom you are speaking! If one speaks in the presence of a group of GUYS--it's "f*cking." If one speaks in the presence of his/her (or soon-to-be) "significant other" --it's "making love."

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