I have fallen in love two times in life. The first time my relationship with that person was very complicated; they didn't want to make a commitment and instead continued fooling around with other women while I was by his side. So I stayed in that relationship knowing that they will never care for me the way I care for them. Sounds foolish but during that time all I could see was being with him. I did have hope that he would change but that never happened. The relationship was bound to end but it didn't take me that long to meet my fiance, whom I'm madly in love with now. I would do anything for him and the thought of someday losing him pains me more than anything. I think that's what love is.

When you love someone, you just want to keep being with that person all the time, everywhere, every second of the day, and it doesn't matter what they're doing, you just want to be with them. Even if you're doing something else, you want to set down everything you're doing and go to be with them even if they're busy and start trying to shoo you away. In fact, you will put other people on hold just for them because they're worth every second of your time. All your fears go out the window when you're around them, and you'd do things that you probably normally never would if it wasn't for the sake of this special someone that you just want to hold forever through thick and thin. Admittedly, you don't know exactly what it is about them that you love so much, but you just know you have to be with them. All your logic and common sense (and you have a lot of it, more than most people) fails you when you try to figure it out, and you decide to just take it as it is, since this is a power far beyond you. To you, the world is never boring around them, and you would go through all kinds of pain and torture just to keep them safe. You would also take extraordinary measures to ensure the products of your love are always happy and well-cared for, and never in want of anything. Your dream is to live happily ever after with your darling, not that you would ever say it like that out loud because it might sound cheesy when you say it, but your darling can tell what's on your mind all the time because you either tell them every day that you love them, or you do something every day that truly shows you love them. Oh, and you would never do anything to hurt them or break their heart like cheating on them with someone else. The same goes for them, and that's how the two of you have managed to be together for over 20 years while so many other families are going through divorce proceedings that you only know about because they come to you to seek your advice even after you turn down their cases. Divorces almost always end terribly, so you tell your kids to never do anything inappropriate with anyone (be it male or female or whatever) until they're happily married. You tell your kids how to avoid making the same mistakes other people made, and then you go to kiss your darling before heading off to work.

That, to me, is love.

Call it what you like, overly romantic, star-crossed or whatever, but that's the kind of love I've been looking for all my life. I know some people will say it's impossible and laugh at it, but I'm living proof that this kind of love does exist. Because it exists, I'm alive and now I'm looking for the same kind of love for me.

For now, I haven't met anyone in real life that makes me feel that way, so I don't think I've ever truly fallen in love yet. Crushes however… that's a different matter, and I've never confessed.

I am both blessed and cursed in this. I fall in love easily, and as such have fallen for many. Each has met end worthy of song, from betrayal to a simple parting of ways. And each has made me better for the experience.

This is not to say I have loved every woman I have held. I only count those I have held with that familiar fire. That yearn to never let go.

And even now I look for the flame again, heedless of my previous burns. For in the scars I hold many precious memories, and would be lesser to have not had them at all. So for great journey or bitter ending, I know the next step is worth it.

I apologize for the romantic sap here... but these are the thoughts I think when I look to reflect on the past to better illuminate the future.

everyone here who's under 16 probably doesn't know the feeling of actual love but, all I can say is that don't be surprised if your heart goes mad to the extent you can't eat, it happened to me

I can't really say because no one's ever been able to give me a solid definition for it. There have been a couple instances where I felt some attraction to someone, but it felt more like I was hopped up on some seriously intense energy drinks. It wasn't anything on an emotional level. At the risk of sounding like an edge lord, I'm going to be honest and say I don't even know if I'm capable of loving anyone. There's an unexplainable sense of obligation to protect my family, but I don't know if that's love or instinct and I have no frame of reference for anything romantic.