What separates it from being friendship + sexual attraction? I have friends who I'll fool around with but wouldn't say I'm romantically involved with, but recently I realized I don't even know what that is beyond those two things lmao
Asking here instead of Reddit because I don't want R*dditors to respond
Love is where you literally can't stop thinking about the other person. You feel this intense sense of loyalty to them and you'd do whatever you can for them. I'm not a possessive person, never have been, so I didn't feel like I wanted to own my husband or whatever at any point. But I did feel like I wanted to impress him and keep him with me as much as possible. I lavished him with gifts and just tried to learn everything I could about him and worshipped every little thing he did.
I'm out of that phase now, and we live together and we're happy. But holy shit it's NOTHING like friendship at all. Not even this post puppy love phase either.
The Ancient Greeks didn't even know to wash their own dicks but the fact that they had like 8 words for love means they at least knew SOME shit. I think it's worth noting that you may feel a way about someone, but you'll definitely know when you're IN LOVE.