lover

Lover it is the one who loves. The concept is used to name the things in which the love. For example: "I am a lover of French fries", "My brother is a true soccer lover: he can watch three or four games in one day", "I appreciate the invitation, but I am not a party lover".

The term also refers to man and the woman that they love each other. However, the meaning is usually applied to the informal or clandestine couple, that is, they are not socially recognized. If a man has a parallel relationship with a woman who is not his wife, that second woman is said to be his lover: "Luciano got divorced because his family discovered that he had a lover", "In all novels there is a spiteful lover", "A lawyer assures that she was the lover of the writer for two decades".

Among the most famous lovers in the world are those known as Lovers of Teruel. Halfway between History and Legend is the story of these two young people: Juan Martínez de Marcilla and Isabel Segura, who were completely in love and wanted to marry, but his humble origin and her wealthy family became its main obstacles.

That made him decide to go to the army to get honors and money with which to marry his beloved, but not before warning her that if five years passed and he had not returned, she would rebuild his life. After that time, and seeing that Juan did not return, the girl agreed to marry another man.

But he came back and ran into this event, which caused him to drop dead. Suffering for what happened, she approached him to kiss him on his deathbed and there, too, he fell withering before the eyes of those present, who decided to bury them together forever.

In a monogamous relationship, therefore, lover is the person with which the first couple is cheated. The condition of lover usually refers to a relationship of certain stability and permanence, despite the fact that the lovers do not live together or show themselves in public. Therefore, a lover does not count on no legal status.

In the field of cinema and literature, taking into account that it is said that love and passion move the world, lovers have been inspired many times. Hence, works like these have emerged:
• “Lovers”, a 1991 film by Vicente Aranda that narrates the life of a boy who finds himself between two women: his girlfriend and his lover.
• "The passing lovers." In 2013, the filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar released this film that revolves around the relationships that are established between passengers on an airplane.

In the nautical, lover is a thick rope that is secured to the end of a pole or hanger and that, provided in the other with a rigging, allows to suspend something with little effort. Lovers have different lengths according to the place where they are installed and the maneuvers to which they are intended.