yeah, its true that the word is highly overused and grossly misunderstood... what most people call "love" is actually lust... thats where the danger is, and without thinking about it, it's sometimes easy to mistake the two... we throw words around, like we actually understand them, and the result is the word gets watered down and ends up meaning nothing... if you walk through the verses phrase by phrase and compare them to your life, in every relationship (not just with the opposite sex) you'll get an outline for love thats truely remarkable... that's the way God intends for love to be, anything else is a sham... good thoughts though, appreciate the remark!