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Originally posted by pyraxis
By that definition, a person who gave up family, career, and dreams to move across the world and be with their partner would be deeply in love.
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Hey, that describes me perfectly. But I disagree about dreams. For one to do such a thing, they would have to have their dreams suddenly replaced or updated.
I know love exists. I know that feeling I get, that feeling I have right know. I know I'm in love, the same way I know when I'm unhappy, happy or bored. The problem is that the word "love" is misused, and also different to everybody. When I was younger, I thought I was in love, since the feelings I had seemed to fit other people's explanations of the word. Now I know more about myself, and what I consider to be love.
But my definition of the word "love" may also be totally different from other people's. And I can not prove my love, no matter what I do. Nobody else will ever be sure whether I'm in love or not. I did all those things in the quote from pyraxis, but that doesn't have to mean anything to anybody else.
I know love exists, since I've felt it, and feel it. But my definition of love may differ from yours, and if you had my feelings, you might label them something else.
For scientific proof, we could go into pheromones and all that, but I will not do so, because then I would have done all those things I did only because my wife smelled so good when I met her.
You'll just have to take my word for it. And if you don't agree with me, it's okay. I'm happy anyway.