As dictionaries add new words and revise definitions each year, we have seen a transition in the definition of love. Today, a commonly accepted definition of love is “a romantic episode” (Webster). This concept of love began with its depiction in Hollywood media, causing the history and true meaning of the word to be lost. While love was once defined as "a strong affection for another arising from kinship or personal ties" or "an affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests" (Webster), the more recent definition is most similar to what it appears to be. Hollywood describes it as a craze. It can be defined as “an extravagant, stupid or irrational passion” (Oxford). What movies often portray as "love" is actually this infatuation that makes us believe that when we are in love, we tend to love the act of being in love, not the other person. Mainstream media doesn't differentiate between love and infatuation; he is simply selling an amalgamation of concepts in the term “love”. Love, in the terms of husband and wife, dates back to the beginning of the Bible: Then the Lord God created a woman from the rib that he had taken out of her. the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she will be called “woman,” because she was taken from man. Therefore a man leaves his father and mother and is united with his wife, and they become one flesh. (Gen. 2.22-24.). Moreover, they serve one another in loyal commitment to one another. Love began as a mutual feeling with sincere intentions as both people work together to please and care for each other. Love continued from Adam and Eve to medieval times, and this notion of love as ...... middle of paper ....... Web. October 30, 2013..Kwapis, Ken, dir. He's just not that interested in you. 2009. Cinema. November 1, 2013..Luketic, Robert, dir. The ugly truth. 2009. Cinema. November 1, 2013..Oxford University Press, 2012. November 2, 2013..Plath, Sylvia. United States: Anchor Books, 2000. Print.Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. New York: Penguin Books Ltd, eBook.Webster, C. Merriam Webster Incorporated, 2012. October 30, 2013..Webster, C. Merriam Webster Incorporated, 2012. October 30, 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. eBook.