Being In Love With Someone Research

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Loving someone is different from being “in love” with them. Throughout the course of our lives we learn what love is. By the age of five we already begin to understand the concept of love by expressing it towards our families and friends, but there is a difference between loving someone and being “in love” with them. Being “in love” with someone is a different feeling then love because our emotions are at an all time high. We tend to over react to situations that are so minor and put the person we are “in love” with happiness before our own. When we are “in love” we think that our significant other is the greatest person in the entire world and tend to push their flaws aside because to us they are perfect. At the same time we are …show more content…
We give our complete trust and affection to someone and hope that it will be replicated. Many will say there is no true definition to love and that it exists in so many different forms but it all comes with the same risk. There are many risks that come with loving someone such as if the person you are with is going to be faithful to you and treat you with respect. Perhaps the biggest risk is heartbreak. Getting your heart “broken” is a brutal outcome after being in love with someone. About one third of Americans say that they have had their heart broken at some point. Unfortunately not all relationships last and in many cases it is just one of the two people who loose feelings and feel the need to move on. The person who is left can suffer from what is commonly referred to as a broken heart, a feeling of emptiness, self-pity, and loneliness. In order to truly be in love one has to accept the risks that can come from it and understand that the risks they are taking. When someone falls in love with another it is a truly special thing and there is nothing better than feeling cared for by someone …show more content…
This term friends with benefits often applies too two friends who are using each other’s bodies for pleasure. In these relationships the two agree that they will have casual sex, but will not be together or form any type of deep relationship. A recent study found that 60 percent of college students have been in a "friends with benefits" relationship (Live Science). These relationships often end poorly because one of the two parties involved begins to develop deeper feelings. This is because sex brings two people very close and inevitably leads to deeper feelings. That being said I don’t believe that fulfilling sexual relationships are possible with out the element of love. Two people can’t just be physically attracted to each other, have sex often without deeper feelings starting to arise. More often then not one of the parties involved in “friends with benefits” start to want more then just a casual hook up. Although the person is feeling this way they often hide their feelings because they know that’s not what their partner wants and are scared of losing the relationship they have. This then causes jealously which leads to conflict between these two people causing them to lose the relationship they once had and ending on bad terms. Often times a couple can be fulfilled sexually however as the relationship progresses so do feelings. This creates problems