They both have a point - Merbella and Wired. Love is another way of understanding hope, and what's the point in continuing to live in hell if you have no hope of positivity? More understandable as, what's the point of fighting to survive with nothing to fight for ? You need something to fight for. And love is something that can strive you to survive. What's the point in living without hope? So yes. Thats why there are romances. Not cheesy teenager romances. Romances that keep you alive. You need something to survive for. How about them apples?