hmm, good question. Looking back at what I thought was love, I guess I could say I was truly in love with and devoted to someone two different times in my life. The others were more or less false, or perceived but not really there like I thought.
Twice... Once when I was 14 (well, i was 13 but my b-day was just around the corner) and once when I was 16 (still going on today)...
well.. i guess like 3 or 4. some of my boyfriends though were like.. i was just dating them to be nice (i assure you i have gotten out of that stage... thank god....) and others i fought for... love is beautiful and but also a bitch...
In love...or in a loving relationship... I was in love once...it never leaves...that feeling memory. I'm not sure if my perception of love is healthy. Its full of fire and breathlessness, its fast heartbeats and sweaty palms. Its dizzyness and endless smiles. Its feeling as if your heart will really come right out of your chest with just one look. Holding hands is almost as good as sex...lol (almost) Its reckless and dangerous and all encompassing... once that's enough for me... Loving relationship - I've had a few...in one now for the last 6 years. This is full of friendship, faith, fullness. It's comfortable, like your favorite jeans. It's real and concrete. Its paying bills and making dinner. Painting the living room and planting a garden. Its lasting and freeing...it allows for outside hobbies and friendships and a sense of self seperate from the relationship...this is what I have today. (sex is WAY better than holding hands) Namaste
well once! And it just happened... I can tell because the feeling is so much stronger and better and I've never felt this way before...not even for the father of my childern. *sigh* I'm soooo happy...I hope it lasts forever.
i dont think i've ever been in love. I've cared about past boyfriends deeply and unconditionally, but i dont think it can be considered as "being in love" i thought i was in love once or twice, perhaps three times, but it;s a feeling that lingers...so far i've been able to move on from failed relationships and i find it that now it's even harder for me to actually care for someone. I care for them to a certain level, i guess the problem is that i just dont want to be hurt again, so i put limits to what i feel. i know it's bad, but heartbreak sucks.
I thought I'd fallen in love a few times, but then I learned what love is really like. I found out what true love is when I met my fiance. So...once. And I'm happy as can be!