How do you know you like somebody? I mean like really like-like somebody and not just "puppy love." Wikipedia defines puppy love as: "an informal term for feelings of love between young people during childhood and adolescence, so-called for its resemblance to the adoring, worshipful affection of a puppy."
So how do you know when you really like somebody and when it's not just puppy love?
Is it when you can't stop smiling when you see her? Is it when you feel a burning sensation or butterflies in your stomach when you're near her? Or is it when everything she says makes you laugh and smile? Or is it when you can't stand seeing her cry? Or is it when you can't seem to find the words to speak when you are near her? Or is it when you speak to her, you stutter? Or is it when you look out your window at the stars at night, you wish she were beside you leaning on your shoulder?
How do you know? "Love" or "Puppy Love?"
2 comments:
This very well could be one of those experiences that you can't exactly put into words. You know?
I think if you were to differentiate the two terms, puppy love and love, I guess I would have to say that puppy love is what I would consider to be "love in the moment." It could be a long moment or a very short moment. And love? Well, that's everlasting. And you know the cool thing about love? If unconditional, it grows like a flower, and blossoms in the spring, showing off its fragrance and boasting it's bright colors to any onlookers.
Let's say, for example, that someone dated who he thought was a significant other........and noticed that things didn't necessarily grow but that the relationship was stable and finally the big question gets asked and she says "yes!" And then something happens and all the building blocks, how many of them were there, just come clashing down, gone, destroyed and in pieces. You look at the rubble and say, "I thought it was love but it was puppy love." Sometimes things aren't what they seem which makes it pivotal to date on many realms and many levels, testing your boyfriend/girlfriend. Any relationship expert will also tell you to lay all cards on the table. In the words of Thomas Jefferson, "Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom." How true? When you show your skeletons in your closet, when you tell the good side and bad side of you, her response is the answer to how she truly feels about you.
This makes me excited about whoever might be out there for me. Thanks, Ti for your post!
Hey buddy, this is kind of unrelated - but I like how you post a picture before every entry you write. Each one illustrates the individual entry really well. :)
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