Be But Sworn My Love

[swahvay13]

It’s been awhile since I’ve written a journal entry, and a much longer time since I’ve written a journal entry like this one I’m sure. I don’t like the feeling of some of my journal entries the past few months as much as I do most of the ones from before then, though I’m not totally sure why. I feel things have changed recently and I’d like to

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[anonymous]

Yeah, love's tricky. How do you know that the other person means the same thing when you say you love each other? Perhaps it's impossible to ever say precisely what you mean by love; at least it was for me, and I tried damn hard.

Maybe that's why the three words are so powerful. It means more than we could ever really say, even with many more words.

But as for why it changes a relationship, I think that verbally acknowledging love not only adds security, but saying it also requires deep trust and reveals vulnerability. Love isn't the same as simply needing, but when you love, that other person has a lot of power over you, to cause both joy and pain. I guess saying the words aloud acts to acknowledge and accept this. It's like an invitation for someone else to have a significant part in my life, and in who I am. At least that's, in a sense, partially what it was for me, I think.

Perhaps it is different for everyone. I think the nuances change over time.

Anyway, DUDE, give me a call or IM me; we should grab coffee or something and talk while you're in Cali.

- sherry