Modern Love

Love, to me, is an important emotion and contributes greatly to overall happiness in human beings. Love is the feeling of comfort, belonging, and overall happiness one experiences when in the presence of someone or something. The word love should not be commonly used, as it is a powerful word than can only describe your feelings toward something that is extremely important to your overall well-being. Although those are my opinions toward the word 'love', I believe it is far less meaningful in society today because of the overuse of the word. Media and Pop culture are largely to blame for the degradation of the word love and what it means to truly love someone/something. People use the statement 'I love...' quite frequently throughout their day, to refer to something or someone that really may not be that important to them. On social media, I constantly see girls commenting on other girls Instagram posts, or Facebook photos, and the usual response is  'I love you'. Media sources such as magazines often drop the word 'love' when referring to celebrities spotted in public together. Musical artists use 'love' all the time in their lyrics and song titles. Dating has also changed greatly in the past 5-10 years. The amount of dating websites and phone apps have increased dramatically, and so has their popularity. Society is getting lazy about going out and meeting people, person to person, and seem to prefer sitting at home swiping right right on their phones. Rarely do you see men approaching women asking then on a date face to face anymore. Relationships these days usually begin with a text, or a photo like, or any other form of communication through social media. Meeting your significant other using a dating website or app is not a bad thing, it is not any less meaningful. However, it is sad how often it is used, and the lack of effort from society today to go out of their comfort zone and interact in-person. Personally, I find meeting people in person far more exciting. To me, there is something about finding out about a person in face to face conversation that makes it far more impactful.