What’s the difference between “being in love” compare to “loving someone”?

smiles: What’s the difference between “being in love” compare to “loving someone”?
you’re in a relationship for 2, 5 or 10 years and the other person no longer is “in-love” but loves you. They will cry if you die. They care for you but not “in-love” so can the love feeling be trusted or is this a sign that this relationship can dissolve at any moment. There’s no fights or disagreements. They’re not bored of each other. Can you fall out of love and why?

Answers and Views:

Answer by nanduaschoolcop
Its kinda like, well you “love” your mom, dad, sis, whatever. But you are not IN-love with them. Its a way of saying that they care deeply for you but they don’t get all hot in the collar for ya anymore.

Oh, and falling out of love can DEFIANTLY happen. Can not really give you a why. No more than I could tell you why I like onions now and hated em as a kid and hate bologna now and could not eat enough of it when I was a kid.

Answer by Lord_Tyveris
Wow, heavy question. Here’s my take on it. The ‘in love’ feeling is only natural for the first few years of marriage (or a relationship). After that, the couple has to ‘work’ for that feeling. One saying that I heard that I really liked was ‘the warm fuzzies are a reward for doing something loving, not a given’. The ‘loving someone’ is that commitment you make to weather the rough patches until you can feel ‘in love’ again.

That’s my take on things anyway 😉

Answer by semi
yes i loved this guy for 6 yrs. now and i would always think about him everyday, but i never got to see him for a while so i fell out of love and i never really think about him anymore

Answer by linty
I think u can fall out of love with someone–most definitely. That “being in love” feeling seems to be fickle and can fade, and while u may still love that person there isn’t that “in love” feeling anymore. Some people call that normal and stay 2gether anyway. That is love but it is limited in it’s depth. There is a couple I know who has been 2gether for over 15 years and they are very much in love still. I believe that that love feeling can be trusted when u know it is real and when it doesn’t go away after “the honeymoon period is over” so to speak. If after many years u still can’t wait to see that person again and each time u c them they still take ur breath away then it’s real. U don’t fall out of real love. If 2 people are meant 2 b 2gether it’s not possible.

Answer by [email protected]
Being in love and loving someone does have it’s similarities but being in love is when you and your partner are united in each others lives. And when you love someone, you’re giving what’s in your heart. So maybe in other words, being in love is basically being part of a loving relationship in unity and loving someone is expressive dialog, in the process of forming a loving relationship.