What does being in love feel like?

[Anonymous]

I had never experienced what people described as "being in love". I've had crushes and flirtations and that's it. And I used to wonder how anybody could be so sure of another person to exclusively be in a relationship with them. But recently I felt that with my bestfriend. I know it's not going to be reciprocated, but I cannot shake this feeling off. Am I in love with him or is it an obsession or something?

[t-8900]

this is really hard to describe but I'll try in words. You feel complete, accepted, safe/secure, nurtured, valued, respected, and you feel like you are with someone who will always put you before themselves. Your life has more purpose and meaning than single life could ever offer. You accept the struggles, work through it, and each struggle rewards you with newfound strength you didn't have before. You feel invincible, unstoppable, the only person that can hurt you is your partner because their opinion is the top opinion in your mind. Guiding and being guided throughout a journey of life. That's what I hope the girl I'm with will someday feel because to me this is what love is all about. There are no conditions to it if it is true.

[pickedcrisps]

It's not much different from lust or even general attraction or that soul mate feeling either... you constantly feel endorphins and dopamine in your head... it's pure joy... and some couples it easily fizzles out some barely make the 10 year hump where they remain together but are only together for the sake of the family or the careers or the expensive divorce it would bring.

But being in raw love I'm talking that real rare powerful type of love... those few people would never fall out of love. Even all the positions in that infamous book, even after countless experiences or travels or learnings or heart to hearts... those rare breeds will last to the ends of the earth and to the end of time and longer 😍😍🥰🤩💓💓💓💓

[pickedcrisps]

Thanks for MHO but my answer should be clarified as being: only if it truly was love at first sight for "both" individuals. Otherwise if it was one-sided from the very beginning, perhaps that's already the movie spoiler for the ending, to be witty 😝😝😝

[pickedcrisps]

*movie-spoiler, term or phrase.

[pickedcrisps]

*of phrase 😅😅

[ItsMeElliana]

I'd just love to say that I've been in love and he has loved me back and it was just amazing. its something I'd never experienced with anyone else before. It was just so so beautiful and felt so amazing that I'm gonna tear up typing this already oh my goodness.

[Nazgol]

It feels like you can't think about anything else no matter how much you try and wanting & needing them all the time. That's how it felt for me

[YohoHsuh]

You know you love someone when there's no other person you'd rather hang out with, like... If there's other friends you have.. and you try to hang out with them. But it's just not as fun and it's boring with them... But when hanging out with someone you love you feel amazing jus being with them... There's no one else you would rather be with... And you wanna spend every moment of your life with them... Even doing nothing with them is fun and pleasurable to be in their company... Meanwhile when you hang out with other people you feel flat or not as fun

[YohoHsuh]

Like you don't wanna ever leave their sight ever. You could spend every single moment with them... Then you can be sure you love them

[anykayd]

its like the type of "high" being addicted to cocaine. You can't live without it when you get too addicted.

[Qestyinsanity]

@anykayd yeah exactly that

[Jlegacy]

It is probably a look alike but the real thing feels much sweeter.

Many people have different views on what being in love is but for me it is finding the person God destined you for and seeing the same weight of love you have for her on the scale of her heart. It is her loving you right back. It is her loving God, loving life and loving you.

[Inthecraphole]

I am seeking a woman where we can be each other's first loves. I don't know if I will ever find that, and I may be single the rest of my life.

I cannot tell you what love feels like because I never truly experienced love (other than familial love).

[EssenceOfLight]

It's like cocaine. First months it's pure euphoria. Then it turns in normality and you feel depressed and down if the person isn't together with you. Love is a stimulant.

[user1516]

I just pictured that! That’s so sweet 😭 but also so sad

[exitseven]

If that love is not returned then it is not a good feeling.

[Mtwain]

When you want nothing but the best for them. You support all the things they want to achieve in life. It's not about possessing them but being equal based off mutual respect and care. The kind wherein you'd be happy just knowing they're happy.

[PralineCream]

looking at your man sleeping and feeling like he's the most amazing person.

[SwitchGirl]

Like I forget how to socialize and behave when I am around that person

[This_Is_My_Opinion8]

Hard to describe. It just feels right and good. That person is where you are well, were home is.

[Shihab91]

Good times mostly, but there are responsibilities and problems...

[Wester1967]

OCD and mental illness.

[Danny_dan92]

Like everything else doesn’t matter

[dmm31888]

I don’t know. I’ve never been in love either.

[Pterodon]

Like poets write and singers sing

[YAhallo]

Amazing