Taking-Chances wrote:blueroan wrote:what is love?
i'm terrified. i know a month is too soon to confess after dating, but i'm terrified i won't grow to love my s/o. i care about them so so so much. it's really healthy in the sense of communication, and the fact we remain independent unlike my previous relationship. but i don't feel a fire, a magic, pangs in my chest from being overemotional, anything. i'm just content and euphoric when i'm with them, like i'm grounded and they bring me down from my mania. i don't want anyone else to have them, bc i'm jealous like that, and the thought of losing them terrifies me so i haven't told them any of this. and i sometimes crave someone else's touch bc they're not here with me (it's an ldr). i just want them here. i want to love them, i do. i want this to be right. but i overanalyze and overthink and ruin everything.
like i said, i know a month is too soon, but i'm just terrified it won't change.
Yes, love is described as fireworks, a deeply beating heart, and a ton of emotions. But love is also being at home with them. Love doesn't need fireworks to be love. What you have described is love. If you've only known them about a month, then yeah, it may be too soon. If you've known them a while before you've started dating, a month is not too soon at all.
I definitely feel that a month is too soon! There should NOT be pressure to feel such intense feelings for someone you have only been dating for FOUR WEEKS. My friend has been dating a guy for that long and she doesn't even know if she'd want to kiss him yet! Sure she likes him but she takes things slow and that's fine. Heck, my own boyfriend has felt intense passion, just losing himself to other girls, but is that good? Not necessarily! With those other girls came other intense emotions - anger, impatience, stress, etc. With me he feels somewhat like you described - grounded, calmed, comforted, content. He feels at home with me, he feels equal and supported and honest with me. I trust him and rely on him and feel safe with him.
Did that develop within one month?
Absolutely not.
Also - craving the physical side of a relationship is completely normal. But, that said, if they were here with you and you feel as you do now (unsure about things), would you really want them doing that physical side? Kissing you, touching you, etc? Would you feel ready? Would you feel okay with them putting themself out there when you are unsure? I just feel that jumping to saying that you 'crave someone else's touch' after just a month is a bit soon to be so concerned about that. Lastly, would you ever even get the chance to meet up? If you worry that you will get involved but never get to meet up and never get to try out the physical side of being with each other, then maybe that IS something to think about. Teens often don't have the means to meet with their LDR partners but as an adult at least, it's really important to be able to have that goal, that light at the end of the tunnel that you guys are working towards. For example, my relationship is long distance as well, and my boyfriend is being deployed in a few days. I can't even tell you how much it sucks and how much I dread it. However, he will be back next year and I am very determined to be there upon his return (even that is across the country). I have that goal to work towards and save money for, to count down the days until.