it's not the same as the L word.
yes it is.
why won't you just say it?
you say it first.
guys always run when girls say it first.
Why is that? Why is it so taboo for a girl to express her love first? Why does she have to wait for the guy to be ready before she's allowed to feel anything like that? I guess girls are allowed to feel it, just not speak about it-that is, if she has any intention of keeping the boy she's with.
Erik and I went to see the second transformers tonight. The boy was leaving for college, saying goodbye to his girlfriend and that was the argument had, and I wondered: Why? Why is it so awful, or so terrifying to hear that someone loves you? isn't it what we all crave? I mean, sure it's scary to feel that way about someone, you have to completely disinhibit in order to do so. but it's not like because it's said to you, all of the sudden you're supposed to feel the same. Or is it? Have we turned telling someone you love them into a reciprocation? That people are so afraid of their feelings they won't risk exposing them unless they're sure they'll get the response they're looking for from their partner?
And who put a time limit on when you're allowed to say and feel those words? I mean, I understand you have to really know someone before you can love them, but what if you've known them for years and you've been close and you know them, you really know them, and finally you're dating but you're not yet at that time, that marker that says, "Okay. Love is valid now." ? Why can't you be in love in 10 weeks of dating someone, if you know them? Why does it have to be 6 months, 8 months, 1 year? What if you just know, right in the beginning? Why is everyone so guarded, so afraid of loving someone else? Is it the commitment people are afraid of? Or is it just scary that once someone reveals that to you, you know you have all the power in the world to ruin them?
Why, when we're so advanced in so many ways, can't we just speak freely about our feelings?
Why does love make people run?
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