Can you prove that love exists Without examples?

Question

Can you prove that love exists Without examples?
This conversation came up in the break room at my old job and I oly now decided to post it. One guy was talking about how he was going to ask his girlfriend to marry him. He was going on and one about how much he loved her.

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This can be done!!brbrFirst you must resolve the semantics. What is love?brbrFor arguments sake, agree for the sake of the argument which elements must be present when love is present. Possibly Commitment, sacrifice, yearning, whatever. If you cant do that, youre not arguing about presence of love, but the definition of it. brbrThen prove those elements one at a time. Most are provable by definition. However, since the existance of those elements is objective, using examples to prove them does not become negated by the quotlove as a learned responsequot argument.brbrAssuming that each element can be proven, then one can assume that anytime those elements exist at the same time, then love exists.brbrFor example Prove that a table exists. Determine that a table is defined as a flat surface with at least three legs supporting that surface. Now prove that a flat surface can exist, then prove that three supporting legs can exist. Now one can assume that if the flat surface and the legs exist in the same object, then a table exists. And you never used a table as an example.brbrIn a simplified example of love. Lets say we agree to define love as having the following three elements Financial commitment to the Lovees well being, Personal sacrifice of comfort for the lovee, and the willingess to buy purple flowers every Columbus Day. We note the willingness of the lover to give half hisher income to the lovee, That the lover puts the toilet seat down as the lovee requests, and purple flowers arrive every October. If these elements exist at the same time for the same person, by agreement, love exists.brbrThe tricky part for a mutual love is that both the lover and the lovee agree to what the elements of love are, and agree that ALL of those elements are present before they declare it as quotlovequot. Nowadays, that step is too frequently skipped.brbrIn this light, what your girlfriend is actually saying is that she has never had all of the elements she needs for love happen for the same person at the same time.