Poll of the Day > Never understood why "love" is considered a need, ala water, food, etc

(+) Yeah! (+)

Plenty of people get by just fine without it, not so much with something like water though, an actual need.
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Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs
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>using wikipedia for a source

You can do better than that.
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I don't want to do better, lol

Feel free to read whatever citations they've linked to
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Dude, who shits on wikipedia?
It's a great source.
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Dreaming_King posted...

Plenty of people get by just fine without it, not so much with something like water though, an actual need.

Mostly with the psychological impacts isolation causes. Love isn't necessarily a need but being around others/some form of companionship is important to being psychologically healthy to a majority of people.

No source but the idea behind it is pretty easy to find in a lot of behavioral psych text books

Love isn't a physical need (depending on how you look at it of course) but emotional well-being can be just as important as physical well-being. Some folks are fine being loners their entire adult life with work being their only social interactions while for some, they need that companionship with family, friends, or a love one.
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Love does not just mean romantic love....
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