Do you know what love is?

[OlderAndWiser]

I recently saw a myTake in which a younger user (actually, 99% of you are younger users) said "I don't know what love is." I was sad to hear that comment and I fear that too many young people today are disillusioned about romance, love, and marriage. Hollywood issues movies about people betraying their love or their marriage and it is treated as a minor infraction that should be accepted as the norm. That is so incredibly wrong! So, if you are one of these people who does not know what love is, I have written this myTake for you because . . .

I know what love is.

I feel excited knowing that I will be seeing her again soon. I feel happy when I am with her. I know that I can live without her. . . but I don't want to. When she is happy, I share in her joy. When she is sad, I want to console her. If she cries, I want her head to be on my shoulder. I want to be the one who she knows will always be there for her. I want to be a better person for her.

Her birthday is February 14.

When she talks about herself, I am not impatiently waiting for my next opportunity to talk, but I am actually listening to her; when she says something about her likes or dislikes, I remember because I want to give her things that she likes and I want to shield her from things that she dislikes.

Since I met her, its seems as if it has been raining less. Recently, I feel younger.

I want to see her face when I wake up in the morning and I know that she is beautiful before she applies any makeup. She is 63 years old and she never entered a beauty contest but I know she is beautiful.

I don't have her on a pedestal, I know that she has faults, but I adore her anyway. Every time I look at her, I smile. When she reaches for my hand and wraps her fingers around mine, I feel special. When I have my arms around her, the rest of the world does not exist. Every time we kiss, I feel excited. Whenever I think about my future, I see her standing by my side.

Today, I am sending her a love letter to tell her how I feel because I feel that I will explode if I don't confess my love for her.

This is love. I know because I am in love.

[Phoenix98]

Actually I have had the pleasure of being in love, having those feelings returned and knowing what love is. It is something I hope to find again one day, though my view of it is not hollywoods in fact my parents own love and marriage is what I base it off of and what inspires me to find it.

This was a good mytake by the way.

[OlderAndWiser]

Thank you, sir!

[Phoenix98]

Mhmm.

[EllaC]

First of all, this is so sweet.:D And I think I actually knew what love is before I read this, but it's nice to read a take from someone more experienced and make sure hehe. Lovely.

[diarrhea]

So basically you think you know what love is, but that doesn't mean you actually do know. You're just using your own experiences and feelings to construct this idea of what love must be; you haven't reached any ultimate truth. Humility would have you say the same thing that younger user did: You don't know what love is. You think you know, you hope that your version of love is as high as it gets, but you don't know.

In reality, apart from the kissing, most of what you said I could say about my dog, and the rest about family or very close friends. It's called caring. You wrap it in romanticism and call it being in love but overall it feels very shallow as a description of true love.

[OlderAndWiser]

I hope that you and your dog are very happy together.

[DodgersGM]

I know what it is, yeah. I have had it, lost it, and attempted to rediscover it. It's what drives every single thing I do in life, really.

It is so beautiful that it hurts sometimes. There's just nothing comparable to that feeling. :)

[theccanyon]

I always enjoy reading your opinions, @OlderAndWiser , and this myTake is no different. Thanks for sharing and I'm glad to hear you've found someone who makes you feel that certain way. :)

[OlderAndWiser]

Thank you, ma'am!

[Anonymous]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhrBDcQq2DM

Is she your girlfriend... if she's not, this ain't going to work!

[Anonymous]

I think this shows it pretty good:

www.diffen.com/difference/Infatuation_vs_Love

[kingoficeolation]

It is reassuring to know that what I feel is nothing other.

[soccerchick4eva]

This is beautiful! :) great take!

[OlderAndWiser]

Thank you, ma'am!

[Anonymous]

On the Internet everyone is an expert

[OlderAndWiser]

People on this site offer their opinions. Most of us recognize that our opinion is not the definitive statement on a particular issue and we welcome other viewpoints. When we read others' myTakes or opinions, we take what we can from what we read and try to incorporate it into our accumulated wisdom to make ourselves even wiser than we were before.

A few of us are merely angry souls looking for an excuse to criticize others.

[Aeon_Flux_21]

Chemical reactions and nothing more.

[OlderAndWiser]

Had your heart broken once upon a time?

[Aeon_Flux_21]

Nope, I'm just a man of science.

[fulloflife]

Wow that was beautiful

[Icyfire101]

Woah... Another great MyTake!!