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Have you been in love, how did you experience it

Lots of different definitions out there exploring what love looks and feels like, is it the most powerful human emotion? Does love expire, are we able to love more than one person, what roles do the heart and mind have in love, is it purely physiological, when should we welcome love, when should we refuse, is it possible to live without loving? Would love to read every one's thoughts..

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MartikaDuponte1 · 36-40, F

I was...I am...still with the same guy!

The feeling of it? Well, I think it changes over the years - the next big anniversary for us will be our 20th, in a few years time - from sheer butterflies in the tummy/wide awake to more like.....a hot chocolate - smells good, great textures, feels good, gives you that inner glow and makes you feel relaxed...

It's pretty much unconditional...and although we have had some hard periods over our time together....we've each tried to be accepting of each other's failings and life choices, however fleeting some of them may have been. So, some have hurt but it's been a patient kind of waiting until it comes around to the right choice again...

Can I live without him? I have done for the first 17 years of my life...but do I want to live without him? Now, there's a different question.

Love is, I guess, 'getting' someone, understanding them, feeling an affinity with them, having your own language shorthand, of being a separate entity as you are a 'couple' or a 'unit'.

M x

msdistant · 26-30, F

@MartikaDuponte1 great response, would you say though that the emotional link to love and the other person is or can outweigh the logical concepts and principles that mould how love comes about?

MartikaDuponte1 · 36-40, F

@msdistant The emotional link and the rational/irrational mind, I think, and history (how long together) can sway the tide in regards to the more logical things.....you believe what you want to believe, which is where love tries it's best to hold you, regardless of how it may look to outsiders....

Love at first sight? I don't buy that, but [i]lust[/i] at first sight? Indeed! And, of course, from then it can grow and blossom....

M x