Elvis and older women

[LianaKaralivanou]

To ignore the need of love ; either giving or receiving ....usually makes for a cold, lonely ,mean-spirited person, no matter what they might say differently.

The body can do without food or drink for a time; to do without some form of love ones whole life makes a person shrivel and die . There is no soul if it's not fed, IMO.

I couldn't agree more, cameron. Well said.

[Getlo]

If you listen to some of the comments out there for instance "He never really got over the death of his mother" as if this was why his life ended the way it did!

Speaking from personal experience, you never get over the death of your mother. But you find a way through it as best you can, so that her absence becomes an accepted (but still sad) part of life.

To move on, one needs to accept these things when they happen. You don't have to like it, but for the sake of mental health and getting on with life, you have to accept it - (suck it up, as it were; take it like a man! ). I believe Elvis did this, and people aren't giving him enough credit.

Certainly, Elvis' life changed after Gladys died but I agree with you, JJ, that the link between Gladys dying and how Elvis' life actually ended is rather tenuous.

[Getlo]

That is so not true. Love is a deep yearning in the soul. It has been for ages. It has effected the world. I don't know, maybe you think it's all just in reality a carnal yearning but I don't.

No, I don't think real love is necessarily carnal.

But it's not a genuine need: that's what we've been conditioned to believe.

Like I said, the only genuine needs are food, clothing and shelter. A man trapped on a desert island needs only those three. As for love and other things like that ... he wants them.

[KPM]

No, I don't think real love is necessarily carnal.

But it's not a genuine [I]need[/I]: that's what we've been conditioned to believe.

Like I said, the only genuine needs are food, clothing and shelter. A man trapped on a desert island needs only those three. As for love and other things like that ... he wants them.

He needs those to stay physically sustained. Ones physical health is only one part of a persons health and well being. So for many, physical health alone on a desert island would not be enough.

[utmom2008]

He needs those to stay physically sustained. Ones physical health is only one part of a persons health and well being. So for many, physical health alone on a desert island would not be enough.

Actually...it wasn't even enough for Tom Hanks. Remember "Castaway"? He formed a relationship with the volley ball and named him Wilson.