As dictionaries have added new words and revised definitions each year, we have seen a transition in the definition of love. Today, a commonly accepted definition of love is “an amorous episode” (Webster). This concept of love began with its portrayal in Hollywood media, causing the history and true meaning of the word to be lost. While love used to be defined as “strong affection for another arising from kinship or personal ties” or “affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests” (Webster), the more recent definition is very similar to what Hollywood sounds like he describes it as an infatuation. This can be defined as “an extravagantly foolish or unreasonable passion” (Oxford). What movies often describe as "love" is, in fact, this infatuation that makes us believe that when you are in love, you tend to love the act of being in love, not the other person. The mainstream media does not differentiate between love and infatuation; it simply sells an amalgamation of concepts in the term “love.” Love, in terms of husband and wife, can be traced back to the beginning of the Bible: Then the Lord God created a woman from the rib from which he had taken the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, “This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh; she will be called woman, because she was taken from man." For this reason the man will abandon his father and his mother and will be united to his wife and the two will become one flesh. (Gen. 2,22-24). Furthermore, they serve each other with a loyal commitment to each other. Love began as a mutual feeling with genuine intentions as the two people work together to please and help each other with care. Love continued from Adam and Eve into the Middle Ages, and this notion of love as ... middle of paper ... ... of the web. October 30, 2013..Kwapis, Ken, dir. He just doesn't like you that much. 2009. Film. November 1, 2013..Luketic, Robert, dir. The hard truth. 2009. Film. November 1, 2013..Oxford University Press, 2012. November 2, 2013..Plath, Sylvia. USA: Anchor Books, 2000. Print.Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. New York: Penguin Books Ltd, eBook.Webster, C. Merriam Webster Incorporated, 2012. 30 Oct 2013..Webster, C. Merriam Webster Incorporated, 2012. 30 Oct 2013.< http://www.merriam-webster.com /dictionary/infatuate?show=0&t=1383151815>.Wollock, Jennifer G. Rethinking Chivalry and Courtly Love. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, LLC,2011. eBooks.