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The FEELING of Love...

March 25 2013

Not long ago there was a great Forum posted by Meeka who asked "How do you know if you have fallen in love with someone?"My question* What does it FEEL like to be in Love, what exactly is it like??* What does LOVE mean to you??Foxy

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  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    a strange and chemical addiction a rush to the head and heart a stopping of the breath a tremble in the voice an overwhelming desire to consume and be consumbed by the other   love is both agony and ectasy a fire in the blood a melting of will an inspiration to create to build a life.   but the absence of love when love ceases to be is simply pain.   ,

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    What does it FEEL like to be in Love, what exactly is it like?? Words dont adequately describe it...intoxicating, exhilirating, breathless - one could go on and on with nouns,verbs , adjectives etc. Its is every beautiful piece of poetry ever quoted, its every lingering love song ever written, its every gorgeous sunset, it is the reason we keep on choosing to breath and to fight the good fight....., .. but for me it simply means.....that at last - when youve me that rite person that totally rocks your world .............youve simply come home * What does LOVE mean to you?? Everything - is there truly anything else ?

  • wingman2014

    wingman2014

    12 years ago

    You summed it up well For me It is also when you will do just about anything just to hear her voice , caress her lips Feel her touch one more time And it is still never enough- Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    There are so many different aspects of love. Familial love, comradely love, the love for a pet or cherished inanimate object, romantic love, etc.   I'll stick with romantic love.   Looking at the person you love and just feeling an all encompassing happiness, feeling flutters and twinges as you physically react to their presence. Smiling absently when your thoughts turn to them making you feel your insides turn to warm treacle. Being able to totally be yourself and share absolutely everything with them. Seeing their soul mirroring your own. It's like having a super power, like everything just feels right or if not that it'll all turn out right. It's being unable to imagine what life would be like without them in it. It's the ache when you are apart, the excited tingles when you know you are coming (and cumming) together.

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    Love feels like: a million little things: when he's your first waking thought, your last thought before you sleep, he fills your head when you should be doing something else, you smile when you see his name come up on your phone or in your inbox, you get breathless from his kisses, his touch is electric, you can't wait to share your day with him, you smile at his cute habits, your face breaks into a smile when you see him, you're happy to just hang out, you can't wait to introduce him to your friends and family, you want to know what he thinks about every topic, you talk about the most inane things, you laugh at the in jokes that you've created together, His embrace is a safe place to hide when things aren't going well, he's the person you most want to share good news with, all you want is to make him feel good and you know he feels the same way.     Love means to me: Quite simply, it's the reason we are here. It is everything.     There is so much more i could say.......

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    Can't remember the explicit feeling too well... it is a bit like happiness... you know you've had the feeling but just can't remember how to put it into words. That all being said, I do LOVE Freya's definition   Feeling loveless... that on the other hand I remember all too well... a bit like we remember most of the bad things in life but only a few of the good things.   Love to me means everything... not having to say a word yet being understood, hearing everything unspoken and knowing her thoughts, feeling vulnerable at the same time as invincible, unconditional trust, giving without thought and the loss felt in between moments of someone's company.   All so hard to describe. I think I missed the point.

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    its not a 'feeling' tho.....its a 'being'...its something that touches every aspect of your life. it does ours....from the moment our eyes open, to that time of night where we fall asleep in each others arms... its in every word we speak, every action, every intent, and every look, touch and kiss.... our children share it, as do their children..... its who we are.

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    KarynB comes about the closest. Most if you are describing lust which is a whole nuther story. Love is not blind. It is accepting of faults. I can see all the faults but that us okay because after all....he is only human and has faults I know I can survive without this man but I really don't want to. When he goes out of town missing him is an actual physical pain. Nowhere is as safe as being wrapped in his arms hearing the steady thump of his heart beneath my head. Being in his embrace is like coming home. When he is with me I just breathe him in so when he is away his unique scent is imprinted on my memory.- Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    “We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness—and call it love—true love.” ― Robert Fulghum, True Love

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    Waiting for it to walk around the corner when I least expect and the least I think I need it. I think love happens when we are totally happy living without it. Then can we truly open our hearts again and let someone in without reservation or any doubt.

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    I've been thinking a lot of this lately - what it is like to be in Love and what it feels like...as it actually scares me a little.It sounds really overwhelming with a lot of emotions going all at once, unsure if it is something I could handle. Foxy

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    Nothing ventured, nothing gained..... Quoting 'SuperFox'I've been thinking a lot of this lately - what it is like to be in Love and what it feels like...as it actually scares me a little.It sounds really overwhelming with a lot of emotions going all at once, unsure if it is something I could handle. Foxy   I have the song Love rollercoaster by the Chilli Peppers in my head. lol.

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    I've pondered these concepts myself over many years and many drinks , with no real epiphony or great moment of enlightenment .If you ask someone what was the date when they knew they were in love I'm sure most would'nt have a definitive answer, it just becomes clear over time. I Still can't understand why my partner loves me, I would'nt. haha My suggestion is to listen to a power ballads cd with a bottle of wine, let Richard Marx and Reo Speedwagon tell you what it's like to be in love. I personally don't think Love is scary unless your expecting it to be like a Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks movie, the reality is far more unremarkable . To me love is defined by actions not words it's when you put their needs and wants before your own and you know they're doing the same for you, and if you still don't mind looking at them many years later -BONUS!   When my partner used to say "I love you" , I always responded with "I love the thought of you" because I really did'nt know,and I could'nt understand how they knew . Plus it's always good to keep them on their toes.

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    Foxy

  • wingman2014

    wingman2014

    12 years ago

    Foxy you just know . It is just something that happens when the chemistry is right. you cant help it and you cant rationalise it It is what it is..... You have to give in to it....even if you dont want to

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    A very interesting topic. Having been married, it wasn't one where he proposed and all that, more an arranged type of thing. The feeling of being in love with someone is ... well just a total unknown. You meet someone, you like them, you think of them regularly, you have contact daily etc, but from where does that liking of someone, turn into love, turn into 'being in love' and when does that feeling of liking someone then become something different and you know its love.There have been a couple of men I have known and really liked them, but I dont think I would say i loved them. I have had many who I care about and love as a dear or close friend, but no idea where the being in love starts or happens. Wingman says 'you just know' ..... hmmm well we can rationalise anything and assume its love, but is it? Fingers crossed that at some stage there will be a swift smack in the back of the head so we know its love ;)

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    a quote:   It is a risk to love.   What if it doesnt work out ?   Ah, but what if it does ?         Peter McWilliams

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    Quoting 'Shinas' a quote:   It is a risk to love.   What if it doesnt work out ?   Ah, but what if it does ?         Peter McWilliams

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    Quoting 'wingman2013' Foxy you just know . It is just something that happens when the chemistry is right. you cant help it and you cant rationalise it It is what it is..... You have to give in to it....even if you dont want to If I know then why am I seeking what it feels like....some people I like, as in really like but how then do I know when that "like"feeling has turned to Love..I've never had those feelings of Love, being in love with anyone so how would I know?? Hope that makes sense...FOXY

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    Quoting 'SuperFox' Quoting 'wingman2013' Foxy you just know . It is just something that happens when the chemistry is right. you cant help it and you cant rationalise it It is what it is..... You have to give in to it....even if you dont want to If I know then why am I seeking what it feels like....some people I like, as in really like but how then do I know when that "like"feeling has turned to Love..I've never had those feelings of Love, being in love with anyone so how would I know?? Hope that makes sense...FOXY Its like when you stand on a platform to bungie jump, you just take a breath and fall thats why they say you Fall in love , to do that you have to let go

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    Listen to the song nothing is real but love by Sarah Ferguson " nothing can fill you up but love" and that one line sums it up for me

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    Delete Sarah and insert Rebecca Ferguson

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    fallen in love okay so what's does that look like?

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    Quoting 'danguru'fallen in love okay so what's does that look like? wet tissues and a red nose and eating icecream out of the tub and watching love movies were people die   usually in flufyf slippers and a horrid dressing gown   for men its beer by the truckload and changing your bank account details and getting a mail order bride.

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    I can't remember. I do however recall the losing of love quite clearly. Cold, empty, knots in my stomach, black clouds in my head. Damn PMS.