Four years ago…
IS WANT DESIRABLE?
I’ve been thinking a lot about ‘Want’ lately.
The most frequent definition is similar to Merriam-Webster 1. To be needy or destitute. 2. To have or feel need.
Thefreedictionary.com says it is – to desire greatly; wish for.
Wiki.answers.com goes a little further and says ‘Want refers to what you absolutely have to have and ‘need’ refers to something that you don’t really lust for – but you just need it.
Answers.yahoo.com says – DESIRE is when you want something you can’t have. WANT is when you don’t need it but you get it anyways.
I always thought that reaching a point where one says, ‘I want nothing’ was a sign of happiness, an expression of gratitude. I don’t think it means you have everything you could want, it just means that you are grateful and appreciative for what you have. I disagree with M-W that…
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Oh dear. As I said on FB, I misread the heading as I want ro be desirable and was all ready to respond with you are.
Hahahahahahaha oh don’t you just love logic! One can never read too much Bronte or Austen!
J > Count me as old-fashioned, but to me ‘want’ is the absence of something that is needful. Unfortunately the two have become confused – along with the desire to fill a want. To be in want of a wife means that a man needs a wife but doesn’t have one. Presently, I have a wife : I need her, but I do not want her – because I have her as wife already! Perhaps I read to much Bronte and Austen!