Well, I always get the impression that there's love and there's in love, and that there is a huge difference. For me, this is hard to compute--my emotions just don't map out to that. I mean, I think I'm "in love" with my boyfriend, because god knows I love him fiercely enough, but it's not really a love that feels overwhelmingly different from how I love a lot of my friends. Maybe more intense, but not always--maybe different, but that's cos they're different people, and you can't love different people in the same way.
I dunno. "Love" vs. "In love" is a concept I've been struggling with and failing to understand for a long time--mostly with people, but I guess it applies to my fannishness too. I think that may be a lot of why I'm inclined towards poly, though.
Also, maybe "like" is... well, you find yourself warmly inclined towards the person/thing, and maybe it'll develop further at some point cos you do find 'em interesting, but you haven't connected enough to really say you have a significant emotional connection. Sometimes it'll stay that vague warm feeling, and you'll stay acquaintances and sometimes it'll bloom into something more? Dunno.
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I dunno. "Love" vs. "In love" is a concept I've been struggling with and failing to understand for a long time--mostly with people, but I guess it applies to my fannishness too. I think that may be a lot of why I'm inclined towards poly, though.
Also, maybe "like" is... well, you find yourself warmly inclined towards the person/thing, and maybe it'll develop further at some point cos you do find 'em interesting, but you haven't connected enough to really say you have a significant emotional connection. Sometimes it'll stay that vague warm feeling, and you'll stay acquaintances and sometimes it'll bloom into something more? Dunno.