Love is...

So I haven't posted anything in about a week, and I honestly don't have any idea what this post will be about... I think it should be relevant to things that are going on in my life, so I'm going to talk about... love. And I know it sounds cheesy and really ridiculous, but it is relevant. I'm going to try and make it as non-cheesy as I possibly can because there is so much cheese on my blogspot already that maybe it's time for... a little bit less.

I've had some conversations with people recently kinda just about love and what love is to them, because love is different to everybody. People feel it sooner in relationships than others, I mean, people can go years without ever feeling in love with the person that they're with. Personally I'm someone who falls in love quite quickly, because I'm very emotional and I'm very passionate, and as soon as I find someone that I really like and have a lot in common with and want to share experiences with, I suddenly get attached to that person and that just becomes falling in love with them.

But when I look back at the times I've said 'I love you' to someone.. the actual phrase I love you, in hindsight, I have actually said it without meaning it. I've said it because I feel like I love them in that moment, but as soon as that moment's faded, I suddenly realize that why I said has been quite extreme and quite intense and that I didn't actually mean it long term, I just meant it in that moment. That's quite a big thing to admit as well, especially with the people that I've said it to. But then again, I'm sure that people have said it to me and felt exactly the same way as well so.. it works both ways I guess.

I don't know if anyone knows about these, but there used to be these posters around London that said 'Love is...' and then a picture of a man and a woman showing someone's depiction of what love was to them. They were things like, love is giving her the last chocolate in the box, or love is kissing her even when you know others can see. I used to love looking at those posters on the internet because I loved seeing them, and I don't think there was one that I didn't 'awwww' at.

So I thought I would do one of my own. I think that love is being the most 'you' that you can be around him. If someone loves you, they can't expect you to change, they need to love you and who you are when they fall in love with you. I don't think it gets any better than being entirely yourself around someone. Those little bits that you hide from other people, those little secrets from family or other friends, that you don't have that with this person. They know everything, they know all the ins and outs, they know all of your secrets, you can't hide from them. And they always know when something's wrong.

So yeah, that's what I think love is. I don't know, I just thought that this was a relevant subject because I've been meeting a lot of new people recently, I just thought it would be nice to talk about it and also get your views, so write in your comments 'love is...' and then write your idea of love.