What makes love “true?”

What makes love “true?”

I’m not sure I have an answer for that.

Could it be as simple as X number of years + twitterpated = true love?

I don’t think so.

Because I don’t really think there is a true or a false love. Love just is. And sometimes it’s a forever thing, and sometimes it’s not.

After all, we don’t talk about “true life.” You either live or your don’t.

Same.

You either love or you don’t.

And you might love, then not love.

Although, unlike life, you may love again.

But true?

shrugs

To me that seems to have a ring of shame to it. Like THIS love is true because it lasts, while the love you felt for your second grade crush was not true because it didn’t.

I don’t buy that.

Because when you feel love, it’s love.

To me, it can’t be more simple than that.

However, when after 7 years, I still feel infatuation and deeply IN LOVE, well, that’s something, too.

And it’s worth celebrating.

So, who makes your heart skip a beat? After 10 years or after 10 minutes…

More Posts

Relationship Black Holes

Relationship Black Holes

A black hole is a region of spacetime exhibiting such strong gravitational effects that nothing—including particles and electromagnetic radiation such as light—can escape from inside

One More Time

For me it wasn’t disinterest. It was an active and systematic (although possibly not intentional) verbal dismantling of my hopes and dreams by someone who

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.

Deleted Account

Turns out he was upset at how we handle explicit photos on Dating Kinky: 1. When you upload an explicit photo, it’s marked as explicit,

Read More »

Personality Vs. Role

This writing is based on a conversation which got me thinking. Someone asked me: What difference do you make between dominant personalities and domineering? I

Read More »
X