The "L" Word
I really don't understand how or why people throw the "L" word around so freely and easily and quickly. Most of the people who even use the word love don't know what that word actually means. People meet, one week later, I LOVE YOU. How the hell is that actually possible? It's just not. You don't even know that person well enough to say you love that person. You can actually be with a person for years and still not know everything about a person... Now, I know I've done the same thing. Instant fall in love and all of a sudden there's that "L" word. But I've realized that it really is not possible to love that quickly. Yes, I do believe you can fall in love instantly ... but IN love and LOVE are two completely different things. In fact, IN love usually wears off after a year and a half. That is why most relationships don't last much longer than that. That whole "honeymoon" stage. Yup, that can last as long as a year and a half, but after that's all done and said, what's left? Usually, two people who once "loved" each other now hate each other. What the hell is the point in all that?! I really don't want anything to do with any of that.
Love is something that is grown into. And if it's true, it never stops growing. Every day that goes by you love that person more and more (hopefully). Because, every day you've spent one more day with that person and you know them a little better. Even after years, like I said, you still continue to learn about your significant other. People are always changing. Therefore, it is imposible to really ever fully know someone. Just when you think you know someone, some small litlle detail comes up that you didn't know about. To me, love is about knowing. In order to love someone, you HAVE to know them. Since, you can't know someone well at all after a week, you can not possibly love that person. It starts off as an attraction and than grows. Eventually, you realize that you care about that person. Then, you realize that you love that person. It doesn't happen over night. Like, I said every day you spend with someone, you learn more about them, which in turn makes your love for that person grow. If it is true love, you never stop learning about that person and your love for that person never stops growing.
Love is something that is grown into. And if it's true, it never stops growing. Every day that goes by you love that person more and more (hopefully). Because, every day you've spent one more day with that person and you know them a little better. Even after years, like I said, you still continue to learn about your significant other. People are always changing. Therefore, it is imposible to really ever fully know someone. Just when you think you know someone, some small litlle detail comes up that you didn't know about. To me, love is about knowing. In order to love someone, you HAVE to know them. Since, you can't know someone well at all after a week, you can not possibly love that person. It starts off as an attraction and than grows. Eventually, you realize that you care about that person. Then, you realize that you love that person. It doesn't happen over night. Like, I said every day you spend with someone, you learn more about them, which in turn makes your love for that person grow. If it is true love, you never stop learning about that person and your love for that person never stops growing.