What is Love?

caco_ethes

Baby,

just hear me out.

What is it, honestly? How do you know when this is what you’re experiencing? People sometimes say “I really really like him/her but I don’t love him/her”. This graduates to “I love him/her but I’m not in love with him/her”

What even are these feelings?

How do you know?

How do you know?

A for real discussion but gifs are also encouraged.

TavistockToad

SabotageinStilettos wrote: »

Baby don’t hurt me

That was exactly what I was thinking...

caco_ethes

Don’t hurt me

caco_ethes

SabotageinStilettos wrote: »

Baby don’t hurt me

TavistockToad wrote: »

SabotageinStilettos wrote: »

Baby don’t hurt me

That was exactly what I was thinking...

@denny_mac isn’t the only one who can do ear worms, I just pick better ones

Just_Mel_

Something I'm afraid to do again.

Crochetmama84

DeadliftsAndSprinkles wrote: »

I can only speak from my experience but I knew I was in love in a few ways:

1. I was unconsciously doing things for him that I hadn't before - like when stopping for groceries I'd buy something for him just because I knew he'd like it, or when I'd get up to get myself a drink I'd get one for him too.

2. I'd look forward to coming home just to see him. Even if we had no plans beyond sitting in front of the tv all night, I wanted to come home just to spend that time with him.

3. When thinking about the future he was always a part of what I envisioned.

This.

Lounmoun

There are different kinds of love.
Love for a close friend. Love for a pet. Love for a parent or sibling. Love for your child. Love for a romantic partner/spouse. Love for a place.

How do I know I love someone instead of just liking them? Kind of hard to put into words.
I think it involves many things like deep respect, joy in their company, wanting to give, support or proect them, feeling you can be open and vulnerable with them, being comfortable together, going through many shared experiences, hurting when they hurt, being happy when they are happy, feeling like you are a better/more complete person with them, knowing the person beyond their public face. I think when you love someone it is a unique relationship in your life that you would not mistake. The person can not be replaced by another.

I think I knew my dh was special to me when I felt almost immediately that I could talk to him about anything. I felt incredibly right with him. That was pretty unusual for me.

huntersvonnegut

caco_ethes wrote: »

Don’t hurt me

That’s what safe words are for.












Kidding, kidding!

Motorsheen

huntersvonnegut wrote: »

caco_ethes wrote: »

Don’t hurt me

That’s what safe words are for.












Kidding, kidding!

Coconut...


Coconut!

caco_ethes

huntersvonnegut wrote: »

caco_ethes wrote: »

Don’t hurt me

That’s what safe words are for.












Kidding, kidding!

Only answer I’ve understood yet

caco_ethes

MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »

Love is a homeless guy searching for treasure in the middle of the rain and finding a bag of gold coins and then slowly finding out they're all filled with chocolate and even though he's heart broken he can't complain cause he was hungry in the first place

Yeah but they’ll melt in the rain unless they’re covered with a candy shell but since they were wrapped in gold foil that’s unlikely so he was basically screwed all along and nothing changed except he foolishly got his hopes up and that’s why love sucks yo

81Katz

Love is a cat that paws at your face at 2am for no reason other than love, then chokes you out by curling up into your neck ... But you love them so much you're willing to forego oxygen.

Wingsont84

Love is steak and eggs, and if that's not love then I don't know what is... Maybe bacon and eggs

huntersvonnegut

Motorsheen wrote: »

huntersvonnegut wrote: »

caco_ethes wrote: »

Don’t hurt me

That’s what safe words are for.












Kidding, kidding!

Coconut...


Coconut!

Yeah, but I said I was kidding. About carrying if there's a safe word. Or not.