"What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" reminds us that love comes in all different packages. Even though love is all around, people have many different ways of expressing it. Raymond Carver shows examples of many different types of love. There is no one way to define true love. Modern love is twisted and undefinable. In "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love", there are examples of love at all different stages. From Mel's spiritual love, to the abusive love triangle of Ed, Terri, and Mel, to the honeymoon love of Laura and Nick, to fading love of Mel and Terri, Raymond Carver accurately portrays that there is no one universal way to be in love. Love connects us all, but we must agree to disagree that there is no one way to live out love. True love does exist and should be cherished. The old couple in the story is a perfect example of true love that can only be imagined by most people. It is the type of love that most can only dream of being in. Their love exists because of the trust and compatibility they have with one another. When the old man cannot even see the face of his wife, he becomes depressed. They have practically become one.