huh, this comment confused me at first and then I realized that we have slightly different gradients of 'in love', which by my definition starts out in pure passion and mellows out into the bittersweet attachment. 'love' I associate more the way you label 'in love', ie. OMG LOVE!, it's that flare of pure joy that may be empty very quickly. 'like', for me, lasts about as long as 'in love', but it's...shaded less ardently. I'm not as compelled to understand the messy sides and with things that I love.
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