ok so i wrote a big long entry about my parents and somehow it was lost.... in summary.... it is strange that the emotion a child has towards his parents is considered love... either i am very different than most people or this is, in fact, a strange way of describing the emotion.  i would never compare the feelings a man and a woman have towards eachother to the feelings a child has to his parents.... they are completely different..... using the same word is terrible way to describe both of those feelings.... the way i would describe my feelings towards my parents is more along the lines of a neediness for something concrete and constant in my life.... honestly something i could live without but have had and always will have... although i could be wrong, i believe true love is when there is someone that you can not see yourself living without, or would not want to live without...... honestly i could have completely different parents and i know my feelings would be very similar, that is not love.... that is some other emotion, important nonetheless, but not to be confused with love.....