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Originally posted by Frenchie But there IS a difference IMO. I love my closest friends, but I'm not IN LOVE with them. I still love one of my ex's, but I'm not in love with him. I don't think so. You just associate everything with sex.

I do understand your point. I think it's better outlined in romantic languages: Spanish, for example, "te quiero mucho" is probably the equivalent of "I love you"; "te amo" would be more in the sense of being completely in love with a person, rarely used even in relationships.
Not that there is a difference in the feeling; love is love, it's just a matter of the intensity in which the sentiment is felt, and the seriousness of the commitment to that person.


Yeah, I'm in love.

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Originally posted by DJFreaq wtf Ygrene is energy backwards

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On A friend once told me that people don't change, they only get worse at hiding their true selves and I have contemplated this for quite some time and not been able to reach any definite conclusion.

the bolded segment below seems to be quite conclusive.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On I'm not saying I could ever be in a relationship with any of these people ever again - some didn't really 'end' so well, but those people made me who I am - and I love them for it.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On I have come to realize though, that being in love makes us who we are and suppressing it is one of the only true sins that exist.

so seeing as i've yet to be 'in love', you're saying i'm not who i am?

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I didn't get the chance to read the entire thread, but here is my input:

I was in a relationship with a guy for three years. I broke up with him in the end because, on top of cheating, lying, and neglecting me, he had become too wrapped up in his life of drugs that I was no longer held in high esteem to him. He hurt me terribly... and when I say that, I mean, I have never gone through such a more emotionally painful experience in my life.

Even after *all that*, I know that even now, I still love him and always did.

The only difference is that the type of love isn't the same.

I think a lot of people need to understand that there are different types of love. You don't love your mom like you do your girlfriend, right?

At one time, I romantically loved my ex... I loved him in a way that I wanted to be intimate with him, and perhaps spend the rest of my life with him as my mate. Now, I no longer feel that type of love for him since it has been distinguished due to circumstances drawing us apart. The way I would describe my love for him now is one that is platonic; a love you have for your second cousin, the love you have for a friend.

If my ex died, I would be heart broken, but not the same way I would be heart broken if my current boyfriend died.

I suppose it all comes down to what you think love really is, and how you define it.

Love is eating a girl out, and telling her she is starting her period because you can taste it.

I am in love now and it is serious, i've met her parents, and go over to her parents for dinner all the time, and shes met my parents to. I am in deep haha

She makes me laugh and comfortable, that is love to me.

I have said "I love you" to a few people. But out of those few I only loved 3 of them. I dont know why I said it when I didnt mean it, I think I just thought it was the thing to do after a certain amount of time. I look back and think, wow I did not love that person. IMO, I think you realise you really loved that person a few years after the fact.

The relationship (marriage) I am now as taken me to a new point of understanding what love is. It is completely different to relationships I had in the past.

It is like working as a team to achieve each others goals together as a family. It is always putting the other person first and making sure you are making them happy and that both parties are equally happy in the relationship. I could go on and on, but I wont.

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