In the story "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love," the character, Terri, talks about the love she had shared with her former boyfriend, Ed. She explained how he loved her so much he tried to kill her. If her old boyfriend couldn't be with her he didn't want to live. He had no reason for living. He was that much in love with her. Mel, her current boyfriend, couldn't grasp that concept of love. He didn't understand how someone can be so madly in love with the other that they would die for the other person.. He thought the whole thing was crazy.

Another type of love described in the story is sympathtic love. When Ed was rushed to the hospital for drinking rat poisoning, Terri wanted to be there right by his side. She felt so bad for him because he had no one else to care for him. She felt she should be the one to be there for him. This man was so dangerous and threatening, people would say she'd be out of her mind to want to be there with him. Terri was so blinded by his ways, she didn't know better. People like Terri are so fixated on love and romance, they'll believe that person could do no harm to them. These people need to wake up and realized that this type of relationship is not healthy. This kind of love will only bring you harm by ruining your self-esteem.

The different types of love shared throughout the story are very different. The obsessive love made Ed do things he normally wouldn't do. He inflicted pain on Terri and made her feel like a prisoner. He did such hurtful things to someone he supposedly loved so much and cared for. The sympathetic love was misleading and untrue. Terri wasn't being true to her self because she really didn't love her ex boyfri

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