Is Being In Love Different than Just Loving Someone?
Love is a word people toss around all the time. Someone could love Michael Jackson's music, love a certain restaurant or love an article of clothing. However, each of the aforementioned uses of the word love are different than being in love.
While I've loved many women in my life and had love for certain individuals, being in love is something entirely different. I've only experienced that a handful of times and even that's exaggerating.
In my 34 years I've only had three-and-a-half official girlfriends (that two-month debacle of a relationship in college only half counts) but oftentimes what we think is that in love kind of love isn't always the case in retrospect. In fact, my current girlfriend of the past two years and I have often had conversations about loving each other to death and wanting to spend our lives together but neither of us would describe it as being in love. That was until the night of August 26 when I dropped down on one knee and asked her to be my wife.
I'll let that sink in for a minute before I continue...
In case you missed that, two weeks ago I proposed to the woman I love and she said, "Yes, duh!"
From the moment I made the decision that I wanted her to be my wife some three months ago, I knew that I loved her but that in love feeling didn’t truly come until I popped the proverbial question, “Will you marry me,” through tear-soaked eyes. As my voice cracked and saline-filled droplets traveled across my cheeks, I felt it. I didn’t just love this woman I was in love with her and I was unafraid to let her know that.
My gamble paid off.
Not even looking down at the bauble I placed on her finger, she said, “I didn’t think I could love you more than I did already.”
That’s all the conformation that I needed. I knew she didn’t say that because of some ring, but at that moment—right there in my mother’s homeland of St. Lucia—we were both in love.
I know it may sound weird to some that I would not only make the decision to propose but go through the process of shopping for and buying an engagement ring before having that in love feeling, but that’s my process and I’ve never been more sure about anything in my life before. I won’t say anything cliché like, “I can’t seem my life without her,” but this is the woman that balances me out. She understands me and all of my quirks. To her they’re “cute.”
I’ve always known that it would take a special woman to not only come into my life but be a pivotal part of it and she fits the bill to a tee. She’s my prototype… my confidante… my partner… my best friend… my soon-to-be-wife… my everything.
I don’t just love her, I am completely and utterly in love with her.
Have you ever been in love? Do you think there’s a difference between loving someone and being in love with someone? If so, what’s the difference(s)? How many times have you truly been in love? Do you think people use the word love too lightly these days? Are you surprised to hear about my engagement? Do you think it’s “weird” that I was ready to propose before having that in love feeling? Have you ever been in a relationship where you loved the person but wasn’t in love? Do you have to be in love to be happy in a relationship?
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