Verb...Action Word.............

love
noun, verb, loved, lov⋅ing.
–noun
1. a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
2. a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.
3. sexual passion or desire.
4. a person toward whom love is felt; beloved person; sweetheart.
5. (used in direct address as a term of endearment, affection, or the like): Would you like to see a movie, love?
6. a love affair; an intensely amorous incident; amour.

–verb (used with object)
7. to have love or affection for: All her pupils love her.
8. to have a profoundly tender, passionate affection for (another person).
9. to have a strong liking for; take great pleasure in: to love music.
10. to need or require; benefit greatly from: Plants love sunlight.
11. to embrace and kiss (someone), as a lover.
12. to have sexual intercourse with.
–verb (used without object)
13. to have love or affection for another person; be in love.

Love can be a noun or a verb. A thing or an Action. I feel as if as a youth it was more a noun and now as a man It has evolved and must now be more action. It must be action beyond the base definitions list above. I feel that we all define the meaning of showing love and weigh the value of it vs. what will each have experienced or done for others.

I remember the first time a female outside of my family told me they loved me.It was friendship love but it major to me. It also gave birth to my "Guardian" tattoo. They said it and showed it. That stuck with me throughout my life. Words alone mean only so much. My wanting to show love on both the friendship and intimate level has taken me to many places and through many situations. It has also created a hell of a lot of work for the showing and action of love expression.

Hearing it is good. It can make you feel all fuzzy inside. But in relation to me wanting to continue to build a life and share that life with someone, I need actions. I'd always say that I've built a nice laundry list of things done for folks that I love. I need my partner to have a lil laundry list of her own for me. That'd be nice.