Have you ever mistakenly thought you were in love?

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Has never happened before, but I think I mistakenly thought this time 😁 Not that I regret anything, all is great, but it’s been a week and doesn’t seem like I am in love anymore

[Anonymous]

No I don’t think anyone mistakenly feels they are in love. Being in love is a strong feeling. Feelings can last a long time they can become stronger they can see yen they den fade.

Feelings are transient by the time you feel you were wrong about your feelings, you are simply feeling differently about the person or thing you did fall in love with.

When we fall in love we are strongly projecting based on rapid experience of our life, previous as well as present l, as well as hopes towards the future (not necessarily about the person it’s what the person delights in you and vice versa)

falling out of live is just a disliking t of possibilities.

it does not mean whatever resonated initially based on 1000 things and experiences that make you, you, was “fake”. It just no longer is applicable.

if you are hungry and the food turns out to be disappointing and you no longer feel hungry it doesn’t mean your earlier passion was a mistaken identity. It just is no longer suitable.

but what you are is now better prepared to understand the next life event, person place ever thing…

so it’s never the and never a waste.

being able to connect to and embrace and learn from life experiences in my opinion, is the goal. Even heart break is a teacher. people get caught up in trying to preserve a good feeling or avoid bad feelings—which obstructs valuable life lessons.

[unknowngurll1212]

yh, i have. sometimes, it felt so real in the moment.. like it was everything. but later, i realizd love isn’t just about feelings; it’s about actions, effort, and consistency... if someone truly loves u, they don’t make you question it...

[ohsheeT]

People come in to our live it new and exciting we start to feel things we have never felt or experienced before and then you start to dream about things that makes us feel things even deeper. No matter what happens it happens for a reason

You can't be sad about it. It's a positive
Everything we go through in life in that moment it might suck and even hurt.

But in time you will see the positive that comes from it

It doesn't matter what happen in a day. It was meant to happen and to grow from

[Summeroflove]

I think people love someone the issue is many people are in love with a image. Maybe a image they created or a image someone with more nefarious intentions is projecting.

Many people get too ahead of themselves planning everything out and filling in every detail about someone. Until they start seeing their flaws and their real personality that that things start going wrong.

[AI Opinion]

As a relationship coach on Girls Ask Guys, I totally get where you're coming from. This can be like that love rollercoaster ride where emotions are running high one moment and mellow the next 🎢. Falling in love feels intense at first; sometimes it's more about chemistry than true connection. It's all part of understanding your feelings better! Enjoy the journey and just be chill about it—you've got this! 💕

[Finchie40]

Yes a few times , until I realized I wasn’t , it was just lust , why I no longer rush into relationships with girls’ I prefer her and Into be FWB’s with some strings attached until her and really get to know each other and see the big picture

[Emily281]

"I respect your honesty and self-awareness. It's great that you're taking the time to understand what you want

[Finchie40]

Yea I feel most people don’t really know what they want , they think they do but when push comes to shove they don’t , so FWB’s with some strings attached seems to be the best option to give her and I time to really get to know each other before making the big decision of committing together for the long haul , I am over short haul relationships, short haul relationships mess with your heart big time

[AviatorTom]

I have occasionally confused lust for love. Hey, they're both four-letter, one syllable words that start with L... easy to get them confused.

[PeachyPie93]

No I have never been mistaken about love, but I have been mistaken about liking a few guys..
Like this one guy he was calling me everyday after work and we would talk for an hour or two until he went to bed and I initially thought he was ugly but because I enjoyed our convos and he was always really nice and messaged me every morning (for 3 months) I thought he liked me too. When I told him I liked him, he turned me down saying he liked someone else (a really pretty girl, totally out of his league), at that moment I realized I wasn't even attracted to him because I didn't care about being turned down, I think I was just super lonely LOL. He ended up contacting me 4 months later saying he was sorry and wanted to be friends again but I had no real interest in being friends with someone who could block me just over saying, I like them.. I said yeah we could be, but I ended up never talking to him again lol.

[glennos89]

Not in love but I did meet this girl at a party and I asked her number because she was cute. She gave it to me but apparently I was so wasted that I wrote down a number which ended up being the number of 1 of my guy friends.

A week long I was texting and flirting with this girl, or at least I thought I was untill the person I was texting with started noticing that I was flirting with him. It turned out to be 1 of my guy friends I was hitting on...

So embarrassing and disappointing haha

[genericname85]

you probably actually were in love. but the thing about love is that we can never love a person for who they really are. cause we never know who they really are. we can only approximate and if our approximation was bad initially and it gets corrected by the facts shown through their behavior, we find ourselfs to be wrong. we're always only in love with our idea of someone else. and whether we stay in love or not stands and falls with the accuracy of our idea.

[molonski2]

Oh hell yeah , so very many times. Look I think all / most of us love the concept of love , so we want that feeling " the only one " , " the one for me " , this idea is obviously not true , but its what we wish to believe.

Reality is of course a vastly different thing.

[IslaTheWitch]

no...

if I feel love it means I love... I give myself time to check how my feelings change over time... so I'm sure that I feel what I feel :D

[Joshydavid25]

Yeah, you were probably just high on emotion, and the attention he was giving you.. But no, I don't think I've ever been in love, or ever felt like I was..

[Blunky]

Yep. Had to reflect on several "love" interests to learn how to separate love from lust and infatuation.

[PrincessC16]

Hey. Every relationship brings different emotions with it. Have I ever done this. Absolutely until I learned that sex doesn't mean love!

[exitseven]

I suppose I did. It really was lust, plain and simple but it felt so powerful and compelling that it got me all turned around. It got over with as fast as it came on.

[sawno]

No, I base it if I truly love someone for who they are. Its hard to screw that up. Take the feelings that come with it as advisory.

[msc545]

Yes. turns out it was just lust - and more than once.

[tzdc21]

Once a long time ago in sixth grade I thought I was in love. Looking back now I doubt it. I had seeing feelings but it wasn't love.

[DJB72]

Yep. Usually it's like being in love with the idea of being in love rather than being in love with the other person.

[Nikki1989]

Only once, my first boyfriend. Then I found out how horrible and disloyal men can actually be

[14gurlz2gagonit]

I think what you're describing are simply cases of conflating infatuation with love.

[JHNS98]

Well... I doubt and second-guess my feelings all the time, which isn't healthy either.

[fish5505_87]

No. The very very start is the most exciting. You have to discount the first few weeks or months sometimes.

[Anonymous]

Twice, hope to never do that again the first guy left for 24 hours then came back to tell me he had another woman , the second guy left me after a month of talking with no real explanation.

[Still-alive]

hmm sounds like you were just infatuated then in my opinion.

[msg321]

It is pretty normal especially for teens. In teenager era people want to be in love so they find a prince/princess to die for.

[Anonymous]

Yeah happens all the time to me tgats why I am 38 soon never married and no kids, I alwwys get the impression but get bored and attracted to another person in time

[MikeTheBartender]

Every time the sex was good. :(

[Anonymous]

Nope, never, I know exactly when I'm in love, and I know what type of girls I like.

[Eempriyanka]

I feel like a stone.. no feeling whatsoever 😏😶

[Sleephazard]

I am only ever in lust.


Or whatever. XD

[Credentialmayhem]

This happens when someone is good looking with no chemistry

[Simslover92]

In college yes.

[katiesmuff]

We all have at one time or another!

[spartan55]

It seems like you've come to your senses.

[WhitneySnow]

What changed your mind?

[NicholasRedone]

Sure I have - countless times 🤩🙃

[missindiana93]

Yes. Very stupidly thought it

[Aakash_Hangargi]

Everyday everyday everyday!

[Staximus]

Oh shit here we go again

[PaleDale]

Yes, it felt great tho 🔥

[Madgedays]

It happened to me before

[Becky93]

Few times then realized it was lust.

[wkhan_87]

Maybe happened in younger age

[Bklynbadboy12]

No never how can you mistakenly think your in love

[Manuelwe]

Yes but saw true later

[serious]

No. Never.

[MoonFace2]

Nope.

[jahaims]

Nah, I'm not stupid

[DCVsMarvel]

What is love?

[QuietRunner]

yes once

[Anonymous]

Yes, I did.