love vs in love
Dec. 26th, 2014 08:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wispfoxIt's funny that there's concepts that are _really_ difficult to explain, and yet - at least for me - clearly different.
While falling asleep last night, I found one difference that I think is consistently true (for me) between loving someone and being in love with them.
People I love, when I think of them, it's a warm, happy they exist kind of feeling.
People I'm in love with, in addition to this, is more of a... so much love it doesn't feel like it can be contained in me. It wants to spill out (often resulting in me telling someone I love them) and feels a bit like I imagine it felt when the Grinch's heart grew three sizes.
It's... bigger, I guess.
Poll time!
[Poll #1993483]
While falling asleep last night, I found one difference that I think is consistently true (for me) between loving someone and being in love with them.
People I love, when I think of them, it's a warm, happy they exist kind of feeling.
People I'm in love with, in addition to this, is more of a... so much love it doesn't feel like it can be contained in me. It wants to spill out (often resulting in me telling someone I love them) and feels a bit like I imagine it felt when the Grinch's heart grew three sizes.
It's... bigger, I guess.
Poll time!
[Poll #1993483]
