We gotta talk.
I’m trying to help a friend understand what it feels like to fall in love. We’re on the phone right now. Her funniest quote of the day: “OH Gosh. I gotta start eating.”
She doesn’t believe me when I tell her I’m pretty sure she’s falling.
So… Y’all… Have you ever been in love? Do you remember what it felt like?
C’mon.
Give her all you got.
She’ll be here. She’ll be lurking all day. She’s our #1 lurker. She never comments, but she’s here.
never been in love. nope.
Wow. Well, here are some things that might help you know if you’re in love:
1. Every love song starts to make sense
2. You can barely eat
3. There will be a cheesy grin plastered across your face
4. He’ll be perfect with few flaws and the flaws he does have will be endearing
5. You will practice saying and writing your name with his last name to make sure it sounds good
I didn’t get tired of him no matter how much time I spent with him.
Thanks y’all! She’s reading.
When any little thing happens during the day and you think, “Oh, I gotta tell (name) about this!”
And then you grin… and your heart gets just a smidge lighter.
And you see his name on caller id and you grin.
When you talk to him you notice he doesn’t take his eyes off you… and you feel like the most important human on the planet.
And he stops by after work in his business suit and you have to catch your breath. And then you grin.
I think when I fell for that guy I grinned a lot… hadn’t thought about that for a long time! The good old days…
You doubt yourself when you’re apart, but as soon as you see him, you know it’s real.
He makes some tiny gesture: takes your hand, opens your door, puts his hand gently on your back or leg, and you get butterflies in your tummy.
It is real. Don’t be afraid to jump in…
this is a fun post.
- your heart starts beating faster
- when you are getting ready for the day you are thinking of how he’ll think you’ll look
- your tummy is all knotted up
- you smile much more
- you are always, always thinking of him
- when you touch, any little touch, makes you crazy
It is comfortable and I think the main thing is that it is easy. It just fits.
I met my husband on a 6 month mission training program. It wasn’t love at first sight. I actually really liked this other guy on our team… We traveled to Costa Rica and to India and then once we got to Holland, Aaron (my husband) and I were spending a lot more time together.
I really liked the other guy but it was just a crush. With Aaron, I didn’t have to try, I it just worked. We could spend the whole day together and it was comfortable and easy. We just fit.
Ah… and now from a man’s point of view… this post made me think of my wife and what she has meant to me… in fact I posted something I wrote her awhile ago that shows how much she means to me.
But to put it simply – time will roll together, it will move to quick, memories will add up faster than you ever imagined. Smiles will grow, your heart will grow – life will change.
It is one of the coolest things in the world, and for me, 18 years later, I still feel the same way.
I’m with HW. I’ve never experienced anything like it.
P.S. It’s awesome and scary all at once.
You’ll know you’re in love when the guy makes you puke…LITERALLY…in front of him when you see him.
I’ve been in love, and that how i knew. When he made me so nervous in my stomach that i would throw up every time i saw him.
It’s a long story…
Just called her to see if she’s panicking over these comments yet. Dang voicemail… Will have to wait to hear what she thinks about this.
BUT. From what she’s told me, y’all aren’t far off base.
Michael: 18 years later? beautiful… thank you for sharing.
http://thenoreaster.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/the-seasons-of-cities/
The things / quirks that were so endearing…became the #1 things most annoying once I married him. Can I get an AMEN ladies?
It just feels like home. It’s weird, it’s like you have memories of this person…when you really have NO REAL memories with this person.
We just talked. I think she believes me now. hehehe!!!!
I knew I was really in love when I realized I couldn’t imagine growing old with anyone else but him.
It is when you can’t wait to tell him something that just happened and you almost forget to tell your best girlfriend.
It is when you are really sick and you don’t mind him coming over to see you even though you are in sweats and haven’t combed your hair.
It is Breathless!
At 17 years later….That hasn’t changed. Now it is more amazing then it was in the beginning. I can’t imagine my life without him.
Your heart feels at home with him.
With my husband, surprisingly, I didn’t feel giddy or giggly. I felt more at home with him than I ever have with anyone possibly excluding my Dad. Every time I got around him my spirit felt excited (yes it was my spirit – it was weird at the time) and I felt perfectly at home. I think I’ve said that three times now.
K.
whenever i fell in “love” i always felt like i had to pee.
thats all i got.
is she still in denial?
Tam, your comment and Brooke’s made me think of Charlie Brown.
My thoughts:
Love should always fly free. Never be afraid to follow it.
Its flight will never be smooth, but the story it scribes in the sky will be beautiful.
when my heart stutters and I cannot catch my breath.
A sense of knowing, it can’t get better than this. He gets me. He sees my flaws, and there are so many, yet he holds on…regardless.
She called last night. A little panicked. I think y’all did a VERY adequate job of convincing her.
No pressure. NO pressure. Just a realistic understanding of what in the world has taken over her life.
It feels like it feels now…only now, we are more comfortable in our own skins.
You get this kind of queasy feeling in your stomach, but you KNOW it’s not the lunch you ate.
@ mandy and annie – absolutely – “It feels like home to me”
I’m still working on it….
On the guy’s side, one thing was a constant state of unease (i.e. wow, my life is changing; don’t screw this up…). Not sure if girls had the same experience
Hmmm…interesting. Very interesting…
p.s. I had no idea this post was so long ago. November?! Anyway, thanks for the inadvertent help.
Your welcome…?