Comments on: Looking for love in Vietnam: Don't forget to :)

Cell phones and the Internet have changed how Vietnamese go about the business of finding and maintaining love.

[Mr. Bloggerific Himself]

*Still* enjoying these posts. Please continue sharing. :)

[tm_13]

LOL very true! love this real-time, witty, and exotic [in comparison to your tech posts] series!

[gadjitfreek]

Love is a myth, a neurochemical response to the natural mating instinct. Or a neurochemical response to the natural parenting instinct. People generally are in love with an illusion.

[c|net Reader]

How cynical. Being "in love" is about what you've described. We used to call it "lust" or at least most of being "in love" is lusting. It is based, at least in part on a superficial view of the other party. "Love" is a many-faceted English word. The Greeks had several: eros, phileo, and agape. (Probably more.) Each of those is "love," and none is a myth. "Eros" is erotic love. "Phileo" is brotherly love. "Agape" is unconditional love. It is what a good parent generally has for a child. It is what God has for His children.

If, perchance, you meant that lifelong, committed, monogamous love is a myth, I can understand how you might think so, but that, too, is real. My parents, for example, have been married for 55 years and remain committed and monogamous, and, yes, still love one another. My wife and I have done the same for 22 years and counting. Such relationships aren't perfect, but they do define love nicely, thank you.

[botaydotcom]

I know local Vietnamese sometimes put it with a "p", but it's bó tay, not pó tay.

It's just a "my hands are tied" direct translation.