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It's like eating a Peppermint Patty skiing down a slope of emotions (happy, excited, nervous, lust, anger, etc) and getting to the bottom and either going AHHHHHHH or UGHHHHHH what a ride!
It's a chemical (over)reaction in the brain, basically. That's really all there is to it. They've even done studies proving that 18 months afterwards, the honeymoon is over, replaced by familiarity and contentment but nothing more.
It's a silly emotion, really. I say I love my girlfriend, and she says she loves me, and I'm sure it's true in a sense, I mean it expresses something more than "like," so I see it as a strong feeling of... umm... adoration, I guess. But it's nothing that overrides my rational mind. I don't think, "OMG I'd step in front of a bullet for her." F*** that! My life is way more valuable than anyone else's, I'm not stepping in front of a bullet for anyone. And I wouldn't expect her to do something absurd like that for me. I expect people to behave more or less rationally -- it's no wonder I'm usually disappointed
When you just fall "in love", you feel like you are about to explode with happieness (considering the situation is right and it's mutual). You always want to see this person, be with this person, talk about this person. It is an incredible feeling of butterflies and fast heart-beating...
However, when you are with the person you love for a really long time, it is a different feeling of comfort, feeling of belonging with this person.
You know, you can also feel an intense feeling of hate when you are in love, that is if love not mutual. You can also feel like someone is stepping on your heart, you may also feel incredible pain.
Love can bring out the best AND the worst in you. It may open some doors in you that you never knew about, you may discover some personality traits in you that you haven't noticed before.
It all sounds so silly and irrational, I don't know why you'd WANT that to be the case. I mean it's extremely annoying when someone just constantly talks about their SO, like we all care. No, we don't. Talk about something more important. But that's the issue, most people having boring crap jobs and don't really do anything with their lives, so this is the most excitement they're likely to have. *yawn*
It all sounds so silly and irrational, I don't know why you'd WANT that to be the case. I mean it's extremely annoying when someone just constantly talks about their SO, like we all care. No, we don't. Talk about something more important. But that's the issue, most people having boring crap jobs and don't really do anything with their lives, so this is the most excitement they're likely to have. *yawn*
You strike me as very cynical. So what if people want to talk about their SO? Why should it bother you?
Because it's ANNOYING! I don't want to hear about how great your "hubby" is constantly, it's just really obnoxious behavior. I think most polite people realize this. It's one thing to bring up someone else, because they are part of your life. But it's another to go on and on and on and on about how great your SO is. It's just really annoying and strikes me as someone having no life whatsoever.
"Very cynical," lol, no I'm just not easily manipulated into flights of fancy. I'm a realist. There's a difference.
Because it's ANNOYING! I don't want to hear about how great your "hubby" is constantly, it's just really obnoxious behavior. I think most polite people realize this. It's one thing to bring up someone else, because they are part of your life. But it's another to go on and on and on and on about how great your SO is. It's just really annoying and strikes me as someone having no life whatsoever.
"Very cynical," lol, no I'm just not easily manipulated into flights of fancy. I'm a realist. There's a difference.
Annoying to you because you don't even believe in love - to you its just a bunch of neurons sending chemical signals in the brain. But to other people it means something significant - so let them talk about it! People talk about less important stuff like American Idol, or Jon and Kate Plus 8, I don't see why they can't talk about their husbands or wives.
I didn't say they couldn't talk about it sometimes, I said it's annoying if it's constant. My sister does this with EVERY new guy. I don't get it. I don't talk about my girlfriend all that much at all, I mean it's just not that interesting. Our relationship is ours, and I appreciate her company and talking to her, but it's personal. I'd rather talk about my career and accomplishments, something actually interesting and significant, not mundane.
It's not a big deal that YOU, an individual person out of 6 billion, feel the emotion of love, it's in fact incredibly common. So talking about it is just really mediocre. It's like saying well gee today I ate, I slept, I took a ****. Oh wow, haha, how special. No, it is not, it's just like everyone else. To talk about such nonsense is trivial, and same with relationships, totally trivial. Only a girl would think otherwise. I've never sat around with my guy friends talking about that. It would be pretty lame.
And yes, I agree American Idol and Jon and Kate Plus 8 are even worse. Ugg, disgusting.
Because it's ANNOYING! I don't want to hear about how great your "hubby" is constantly, it's just really obnoxious behavior. I think most polite people realize this. It's one thing to bring up someone else, because they are part of your life. But it's another to go on and on and on and on about how great your SO is. It's just really annoying and strikes me as someone having no life whatsoever.
"Very cynical," lol, no I'm just not easily manipulated into flights of fancy. I'm a realist. There's a difference.
Ummmm...by the time this man turns into a "hubby", most likely the feeling of elation is not there to constantly talk about him. This mostly happens in a very beginning of a relationship when elation and excitement is intense.
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or UGHHHHHH
what a ride!
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