Do you believe in love…

@iamonfire696 or…maybe you’re just that great?🤔

@Ghostinthemachine Doubtful

@iamonfire696 I’m sceptical of lavish compliments as well. Especially if the person hardly knows me

@Ghostinthemachine it’s not the first time I have heard that and I am sure it won’t be the last time

@iamonfire696 each time we become wiser to those who come bearing gifts of kind compliments

@Ghostinthemachine love bombing is very real

@iamonfire696 I’ve never heard that term before.
I suppose I’ve been “like bombed”
And even “mildly amused bombed”, but never “love bombed”

@Ghostinthemachine
[quote] “Love bombing is characterized by excessive attention, admiration, and affection with the goal to make the recipient feel dependent and obligated to that person,”[/quote]

I honestly think this applies to everyone to some degree. In the first months of any new relationship you aren’t getting the “real” version of the person. It’s later when you find out what the real version of them is. Look at your relationships and I can bet you have experienced this before.

@iamonfire696 I have, been both recipient and in the flip side.

Perhaps it’s just human nature

@Ghostinthemachine perhaps it is but it’s hurtful nonetheless when it’s pretty extreme.

@iamonfire696 when anything is extreme, it makes me feel uncomfortable

@Ghostinthemachine it’s the people that think they own all of your time after only talking a few times seem very mentally unbalanced to me. I am not just talking about men either. I encountered a woman who was a complete narcissist recently and she thought I owed her every free minute 🙄.

@iamonfire696 yep, it’s a balance of time you can give and time you share with someone

When anyone takes the time to thoughtfully engaged with me here, I appreciate it because I know everyone has busy lives

@Ghostinthemachine Agreed! I blocked that psycho, I just wish I knew her alt to block it too 🤣