In TF, to you as a child/adolescent (in your mindset of that time), "love" was:

(Wiki definition) An intense feeling of affection and care towards another person. A feeling you cherished.

6.02%

The very essence of life, the only thing that mattered, regardless who it came from/was aimed at. "God is Love!"

14.46%

Liking/feeling comfortable with someone/something. A generally good feeling.

9.64%

The reason why you were beaten and humiliated, yet still something to strive for/live by (?)

7.23%

The adults reason/excuse for having sex with whomever they pleased, including you or other kids. Thus something you were ambivalent about, or just couldn't understand.

3.61%

The Ultimate Manipulative Tool, that you (at least intuitively) identified as such, and that you consequentially feared, faked and/or used yourself.

8.43%

An all-encompassing "passe-partout" meaning sex, "discipline", affection, betrayal, promiscuity, God, more sex and violence, etc. A generally confusing and hypocritical term.

40.96%

None of the above even remotely grasp what "love" meant to me whilst I was in TF.

9.64%

83 Total Votes