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I never understood it either, until I became a father. I knew, intellectually, that I would be willing to die to protect my wife, but when the first of my two kids was born, it passed from a sort of detached knowledge to an unshakable piece of reality. I KNOW that I would die for my kids, to the core of my being.
It is entirely irrational too. I have many rational reasons for loving my wife. We are well matched in many ways, and I think she is, overall, the finest human being I've ever had the privilegde of knowing. With my kids though, I have no real reason other than I'm their Poppa. I'd flat kill someone that hurt either one of them, and would sacrifice myself in an instant to ensure their survival.
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