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What is love?

What does love mean to you how do you explain the feeling of love to someone such as the heavy heart feeling from a heartbreak or the joy it brings it’s confusing how love can be a series of emotions all on it’s own so what does love mean to you?

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Reply 1

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by http.stillluvava
What does love mean to you how do you explain the feeling of love to someone such as the heavy heart feeling from a heartbreak or the joy it brings it’s confusing how love can be a series of emotions all on it’s own so what does love mean to you?

For me it’s sticking through, through and thin. Fighting for one and other and never giving up on each other remembering that love is given two ways not one way.

Reply 2

lol jsut seeing this on my feed. I had my first proper heartbreak lst summer and omg i wouldn't wish that on anyone i will be real. You wake up with such a heavy heart and its the worst feeling in the world

Reply 3

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by Anonymous
lol jsut seeing this on my feed. I had my first proper heartbreak lst summer and omg i wouldn't wish that on anyone i will be real. You wake up with such a heavy heart and its the worst feeling in the world

I had mine recently. It’s hard to forget and accept.

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by Mohammed_2000
I had mine recently. It’s hard to forget and accept.

yeah it takes a while, i believe it took me at least 6 months to fully forget and move on

Reply 5

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by Anonymous
yeah it takes a while, i believe it took me at least 6 months to fully forget and move on

Yeah it does. But it’s for the best there’s nothing more to possibly do other than that to be honest.

Reply 6

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by Anonymous
yeah it takes a while, i believe it took me at least 6 months to fully forget and move on

hope the above two users are dealing okay after experiencing what heartbreak feels like. it's such a crappy feeling and i know both of you are strong and are capable of healing and becoming stronger than ever before.

Honestly, love to me is intense. it’s not just one emotion - it’s this whole mix of feelings that can lift you so high but also drop you out of nowhere. i think i learned the most about love from heartbreak. that heavy chest feeling? yeah, I know it well. it’s like grief, like mourning something that felt real but turned out to be temporary.
i used to think love was about someone choosing you, showing you off, making promises and all. but now i see it’s deeper.
love is supposed to feel safe. it’s supposed to bring peace not leave you overthinking at night. but when it goes wrong, like when the other person lies or cheats, it literally flips your whole world and makes you question yourself. that’s how powerful love is - it can build you or break you.
But even after everything i still believe in it. i just think real love should feel like home not like a battle. and i’ve learned not to settle for someone who confuses attention with love or guilt with remorse. love is beautiful, but it’s also something you grow into with the right person

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Can't believe no one has posted this yet? 😉

Reply 8

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by Mohammed_2000
For me it’s sticking through, through and thin. Fighting for one and other and never giving up on each other remembering that love is given two ways not one way.

I think the last sentence is possibly the most important thing. If it's just one way, then it's not love, it's an obsession.

Reply 9

I don’t believe in it at all. It’s just a lie. Full of broken promises. I don’t trust it all. Even nowadays it’s done and over with for me.
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Reply 10

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by Old Skool Freak
I think the last sentence is possibly the most important thing. If it's just one way, then it's not love, it's an obsession.

Yeah and sadly it sums up the apparent love that was between us. I was the obsessive one and she well she became cold, dry. Her heart changed. She forgot about everything.

Reply 11

She played and led me on with my feelings, used it as a game whilst I patiently waited for her for 3 years.

Reply 12

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by Mohammed_2000
Yeah and sadly it sums up the apparent love that was between us. I was the obsessive one and she well she became cold, dry. Her heart changed. She forgot about everything.

felt this way. tho he wanted me first and i blew him off till we became closer as friends. then i became overly obsessed (never again 😭) and he became distant and dry. came to login to his socials and there he was being a little cheat. I did have a bit of a hunch he was doing something sly but i ignored my gut feelings.

Reply 13

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by kabulipilauxo
felt this way. tho he wanted me first and i blew him off till we became closer as friends. then i became overly obsessed (never again 😭) and he became distant and dry. came to login to his socials and there he was being a little cheat. I did have a bit of a hunch he was doing something sly but i ignored my gut feelings.

Sorry you experienced it in the first place. Well lessons learnt never to be overly obsessed or obsessed no one worth putting the time into or wasting time on. Classical cheating, to be honest I always said to her your more than free your more than welcome to walk away yet you remember if there’s another guy what I have to offer in comparison to him you’ll always remember and regret especially after everything I done for her.

Reply 14

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by Mohammed_2000
Sorry you experienced it in the first place. Well lessons learnt never to be overly obsessed or obsessed no one worth putting the time into or wasting time on. Classical cheating, to be honest I always said to her your more than free your more than welcome to walk away yet you remember if there’s another guy what I have to offer in comparison to him you’ll always remember and regret especially after everything I done for her.

it's okay. it's just something you learn the hard way and then move on. as a girl, i think we tend to attach ourselves more on an emotional level, so the heartbreak hits more harder then ever, even tho this wasn't my first. But Alhamdullilah, I don't look back at anything in that past anymore. What's gone, is gone, and I believe God has everything planned for me, for everyone. I filled the void with new hobbies and interests so I am doing good and I wont ever look back again. That being said, I still despise that mf for the constant lies, betrayal and gaslighting, I had gotten to a point where I wanted to run him over 😭, but I know what goes around will eventually come around, so moving in silence whilst working on yourself is the best and most beneficial thing to do. Whether you're a girl or guy, it doesn't matter. The pain stings, but that pain will make you grow and you will learn to grow and be better than before.

And totally as you said, she will remember the things you did for her, maybe not immediately, but it will for sure hit her. Sometimes it's their loss and even if they beg for you back after realisation strikes them, it's too late, the damage has been done. They only realised what they lost was soo good for them, when they lost it in the end. They didn't appreciate it whilst it was there. Hope you're okay and I am so sorry for what you had experienced. We're in this together.

Reply 15

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What is love? 🤩🎉
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Reply 16

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by kabulipilauxo
it's okay. it's just something you learn the hard way and then move on. as a girl, i think we tend to attach ourselves more on an emotional level, so the heartbreak hits more harder then ever, even tho this wasn't my first. But Alhamdullilah, I don't look back at anything in that past anymore. What's gone, is gone, and I believe God has everything planned for me, for everyone. I filled the void with new hobbies and interests so I am doing good and I wont ever look back again. That being said, I still despise that mf for the constant lies, betrayal and gaslighting, I had gotten to a point where I wanted to run him over 😭, but I know what goes around will eventually come around, so moving in silence whilst working on yourself is the best and most beneficial thing to do. Whether you're a girl or guy, it doesn't matter. The pain stings, but that pain will make you grow and you will learn to grow and be better than before.
And totally as you said, she will remember the things you did for her, maybe not immediately, but it will for sure hit her. Sometimes it's their loss and even if they beg for you back after realisation strikes them, it's too late, the damage has been done. They only realised what they lost was soo good for them, when they lost it in the end. They didn't appreciate it whilst it was there. Hope you're okay and I am so sorry for what you had experienced. We're in this together.

Yeah. Let bygones be bygones if it was not meant to be it was not meant to be. Probably best by keeping yourself active and busy. I still remember the promises she made, and for everything that I done for her, supporting her in her educational ambitions and goals, helping her gain experience within her field of study with limited contacts of my own, taking care of her health and wellbeing before myself, grinding hours of work to settle eventually in the future whilst sacrificing my health. Performing pilgrimage even. Even remembering when she said she can’t do the first year of university on the way home that very first day of being enrolled to university and she’s now about to graduate and I was with her every step along the way well till now encouraging and supporting her telling her she must keep going and believing.

As you said in it together.
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by SmallSycoraz
I wanna know know know know
What is love? 🤩🎉
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Sign of the times that your mind didn't automatically sing "baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more" like mine did.

Reply 18

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by PinkMobilePhone
Sign of the times that your mind didn't automatically sing "baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more" like mine did.

Yuuup mine did automatically sing that which is why I clicked on the thread lol

Reply 19

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by anosmianAcrimony
Not to be uncharitable but... whenever I read something like this I always wonder, did she put a gun to your head and force you to patiently wait three years? Did she even ask you to? Did she just not feel comfortable telling you to get lost 🤔

No not at all. I wanted to marry her. She told me when we first met that marriage was never a thing that she thought or considered but now that we met it changed and although it meant we met whilst she was at University, she said that the ideal time to get married will be after completing University, 3 years down the line i.e today 5 and a half months ago back she told me she was working on herself, becoming a better version of herself in order to love me whilst also in the process of being in preparation to complete her final courseworks and exams. She also went cold and dry socialising wise, whilst we would text each other everyday it no longer happens, neither do we meet or see one and other. What did that mean for marriage well she said she still feels aged like a baby at 22 turning 23 in November and I am 24 turning 25 in December and she doesn’t picture herself marrying for another 4/5 years whilst my heart is prepared to wait for the woman I love it’s a steep ask, step battle. I said many times to her throughout our relationship if you don’t feel comfortable at any point or regardless please tell me and I’ll go never once did she ever say that…I had been with her since day one, I supported her when she needed me the most when she nearly dropped out of university in her very first year in tears saying “I can’t do it” I said “You can you need to have the self belief and confidence within yourself”, She was my number one priority, I took care of her out of my own will and heart health and wellbeing ensuring she was taken home safely to and back, for every sickness or illness I would always be prepared to even keeping a handy blood pressure monitor and medicine carried with me, I loved her so much. To helping her build her experience on her curriculum vitae opening contacts to law firms with limited contacts within the field as my background is IT and making the effort to, filling out several Job Applications, Typing up Cover Letters. And even spoiling her with gifts albeit here and there…. I know I was clingy…but I loved her so so much and there was nothing more than I wanted but to spend time with her and her only I would even arrange several cute day trips to amusement’s and attractions for us to go to.

She then said I drove her away from her family, her relationship with her family now is better as a result although 90% of the time she had my attention and time and I was away from my family. So I question does she know the reciprocation of how a relationship works if it meant we weren’t going to have family time as much and the surprising thing here before you say anything she said it herself before I came into her life her family gave her a hard time. Now it’s just a total contradiction.

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