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Are you in love right now?

Are in love right now? What type of love is it?

What does it feel like when see him/her?

When did you first notice you were in love?


iLoveIt's picture

Ah i am oh so in love at the

Ah i am oh so in love at the moment. and it fucking suuuucks! i'm in love with a good straight friend, who in the past week has confronted me about it. i've been in relationships before and nothing compares to how much pain i'm in right now! what does it feel like when i see her? my heart skips like a thousand times faster, i stutter, and the same time, i can't bare to be touched by her, talk to her, or her look at me because it hurts that much knowing nothing will ever happen. i first noticed i was inlove when i saw her was last year, she was the year above at school and the cousin of my best friend. i saw her and was no joke like "WOW, i am whipped"
Pingy's picture

lol.

omg i know exactly wt you mean when you like can't do anything around the person you love, you just can't seem to do anything right!! i keep doing it and the funny thing is she keeps saying im cute...

gah. girl who is straight + cute = confusion!!

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women are the new men.

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Don't write me a love song;

write me a check.

 

Harriet's picture

Good God yes...

 I don't really know what love is. Everything I desperately feel for this girl isn't like the person above so I don't know if it's true love.

 I love her so much it physically hurts me but what makes it worse is that I think she likes me too but neither of us are ever going to make a move. She's going to university on the other side of the country this summer...she'll forget all about me and that breaks my heart to even think about how I'll feel without her :(

 I wish we could be together so much I can hardly think of anything else.

~Everything operates on the unatainables~...Rufus Wainwright - My Gay Messiah

Holly...she loves me? She loves me not?

Pingy's picture

well,then..

i guess that must be love? most people feel love differently, and of course, quite a few are very cliche. but that's the way it is. from what you've written, i have the impression it IS love..are you going to tell her before she leaves?

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women are the new men.

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Don't write me a love song;

write me a check.

 

emotionless's picture

are u in love right now?

i m in love with sb i shouldn't and for some time now i m trying to get over her..but the thing is that i had many gfs even though i wasn't in love with or love them at all.. 
what should i do?get over her or .......i dont know,any suggestions?




what you can't have

you can't resist

emotionless's picture

are u in love right now?

i m in love with sb i shouldn't and for some time now i m trying to get over her..but the thing is that i had many gfs even though i wasn't in love with or love them at all.. 
what should i do?get over her or .......i dont know,any suggestions?




what you can't have

you can't resist

~Road Hazard~'s picture

~Not in love~

I wish I was in love...I miss being in love. I miss missing her before she even leaves, puting her needs before my own, I miss having that connection that only "we" understand, I miss sticking it out even when it gets rough, I miss KNOWING that she loves me and only me and doesn't even desire to be with someone else bacause she's certain that she has a good thing. Being in love is the most beautiful and natural pain that I know of...

marika's picture

hay u

what u wrote is amazing hope u will be in love soon and even beter than b4 good luck
bekksii's picture

pain.. you're so right. i

pain.. you're so right. i miss it too. just having someone who loves you for who you are.. then.. i messed up. it seems easy to do that. god do i regret it.
dandylione's picture

I'm not in love

I decided, on New Years Eve, that I would not fall in love again until:

1. I can look at my naked body and the first thing I see is something I like not something I want to change.

2. I can sit with my morning breath for at least 10 minutes without rushing off to brush.

3. I can have a meal in a restaurant alone, sans book.

4. I don't play the embarrassing things I did that day over-and-over in my head.

5. I can buy myself floweres without feeling guilty for wasting money.

6. I walk in the direction of my fears and not away from them.

7. My favorite person to spend time alone with is me.

8. I can take myself seriously.

9. That little bitch in my head that poo-poo's all my ideas is not someone I listen to.

10. My life feels full and complete w/o a lover.

 

All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story.

James Baldwin

molly7's picture

Nice list!

I agree that it is important to love yourself first, before you can really love someone else. You have to be happy with yourself and your life, because no one else can do that for you. I have never been in love before, but I am happy with myself, so I am halfway there! Good luck completing your list.
Amii.'s picture

that list....

wow, what you said resonated in me so much.

every single one of those is something i need to do.

that list has clarified alot for me :]

bekksii's picture

that is very important. to

that is very important. to walk in the direction of your fears... only way to overcome them. you do that girl.. will feel so much better. i promise you.
nevermorelenore's picture

love love

I am in love right now!  This very minute she is sitting next to me and working on her art.  I love her, but the best thing is that she loves me back.  It makes me love her even more.  
shygurl99's picture

Never been in love

I desire being in love but fear it at the same time. I don't want to be one of those people who do stupid things because they are "in love" or think they are.

 "I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation. "-Coretta Scott King

trish's picture

oh.. LOVE..

i wish!

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GOD made men then He had a better idea girls.
Volkova84's picture

Yes I am!:D

Yes I am in love and I'm happy!She's the love of my life :D Without your beloved one it feels like Siberia with an emptiness&loneliness in your heart...Good luck for the ones who wait for love ;) 

 

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"Can you tell me softly how you'll always haunt me..." t.A.T.u

marika's picture

not sure

well im not sure 50 50 i wishh i know

Smidge's picture

Such a yes.

Really randomly. I met this girl at the local gay $bar 6 months ago when I moved to university, she had a bit of a rep and I'd just got out of quite a difficult.. not relationship so to speak, but something similar. Anyway, it was very complicated, so I decided not to get into anything whilst at uni, and figured it'd just be a bit of fun. However, now I'm happier than I've ever been with this girl, and I know she feels the same. Planning what we're doing next year still scares the hell out of me though :)
Brianne's picture

In love?

I am in love! for a 17 year old, that is! it might be more obsession and infaturation than anything else, but damn it feels good! actually, no it doesn't bc..i can't really act on my feelings since she is my coach! and it hurts so bad inside, but damnit, she is the most beautiful thing i have ever seen! everything she does amazes me and i just sit in awe and stare at her with my jaw hanging open.

She's the cutest thing ever. omg. you all have no idea. like i can't even explain it. it's just, when i see her, my heart beats really slow, then it speeds up and slows down again. and when she talks to me, i tense up and stutter and it's so stupid, but i don't even care. i'm just so amazed by her, it's ridiculous. i've never been so captivated by anyone/thing ever before <3

"I wish I could lie down beside you tonight & take you in my arms." -Eleanor Roosevelt

Sam1414's picture

Wow.  I know how that

Wow.

 I know how that feels. It's beautiful, isn't it?

Katie's picture

totally with you there...

i'm in [lust? love?] with my old teacher.. my old MATH teacher. i'm out of H.S. now but i still wouldn't act on my feelings.. wanna know why? cause earlier this year i found out.. SHE'S BI. yes. my gorgeous math teacher likes girls. she's 11 years older than me.... but i don't care.. problem? she's the head varsity girls bball coach, and she's dating her assistant... a woman.

and i found this out because my x is really close to both of them and her best friends brother stole my teacher's phone and tey got it back [no before looking at txts tough!!!!] so.. yeah. i'm just  HOPING that i'm not.... ugh i can't even say it... now i know why its called a *crush* because it *crushes* your soul. :-p

 

"Sometimes when i get homesick i hum the mr softee song"

Jayhawker's picture

love

I think I'm in love. She would be my first in love and just about everything else. I knew it was love when she touched me and we kissed. It gives me goosebumps and I feel so high when I think about us together.  I just wish I knew how she feels about us. It doesn't help we live so far from each other.
kesse's picture

i'm not

i wish i am.. but can't seem to find that special girl.. i have this candidate, but here's the catch, she has a boyfriend.. and the second candidate, if given a chance, i would definitely date her but, again here's the catch, i met her online and she's from the other side of the world...

i am even longing for the pain due to love.. i wish i have that...

kalena's picture

Yes.

I am. And I hurt her and am too afraid to tell her I'm sorry in fear that she will reject me or even worse ignore me. So I haven't tried to contact her since Friday (the day we broke up) and I feel so stupid for doing it. I was stupid and let what other people tell me affect our relationship. I bought into the lies of others who I found out weren't trusthworthy at all and I broke up with someone who I really cared about and still do to this day. I can't stop looking at the text message she sent me telling me I broke her heart (It makes me think that she's so disgusted with me she dosen't even want to hear my voice so she had to text me).

So yeah, I'm in love but I ruined it. I hope nobody else makes the same mistake I did.

Em's picture

I *feel* in love...

I *feel* in love... I feel like I would die if something happened to her, or if I couldn't see her everday. But it's one of those hopelessly in love phases, and I know it--she's married, which just plain sucks. I'm hopeful, and I love the way she treats me and how she promises things to me, but it won't work. =/

 

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.
[Indira Ghandi]

BooYouWhore's picture

I wish I was.

I've been single for a year... and it's starting to get old. There aren't even any "potentials" after a year. WTF?? Blegh.
kbeen1's picture

not right now . It was 6

not right now . It was 6 months ago...this girl from where I worked. I noticed her the first day I saw her smile at me in the break room. the second day I saw her its like cupid shot my heart with his arrow. I approached her and we talked..I remmeber it was funny but I though she was way older than she actually was b/c of her hip size and her maturity and her intelligence. I turned out to be three years older than her. she though I was young like 18...everytime I saw her and when we talked I could feel the blood rush through my viens like my pressure just shot up. my palms would get sweaty and my heart would race..she turned me on..when she laughted at my jokes...she made me feel alive...I would get butterflies in my stomach and I would get nervouse around her like forget what to say...or be afriad to say something stupide. we were friends for a while and then she changed her mind on that . to me she was the only beutiful woman with a beutiful mind and spirit. I felt like she was the love of my life...no woman had made me feel the way she did. the best part of thinking about her was how I cared about her and how it felt to be considerate of her. the sound of her vioce was like a syphomany to my ears...I always wanted to know what was on her mind and how she felt about certain things. I loved her very much...I asked her out and she laughted and blushed but said no...her trend is men. I love how she could uniquely expressed her ideas. the pain of not ever having her kiss or embrace still hurts. it's a deep wound to my heart to think I'll never see her agian. I miss her very much, but I go on. you know the world does not end. I just think now I feel empty and very cold hearted. I don't know if I want to fall in love agian,but I sure it will happen...
Melissa Hsu's picture

wonderful business of love & being loved....yeah right

i do not discriminate. i just ignore certain people.

I guess I am. I want to get out of it .

I even hate her But I like her so much i mean she told me how she felt to me like last year and then we just stopped talking when she thought that i had a girlfriend which i'm not.

That's coz i did have a crush on another girl last year until she told me how she's in love with me.  

We only talk to each other during physic classes but i dont talk much coz the more i talk to her the more i long for her and the more i hate to see her.

Confusing in toto.

I can even count the words that i'd spoken to her

*sniff*

 

Gryska's picture

Nope, and lovin' it!

I thought I was with my ex but looking back I was just filled with naivete. Unfortunately, she didn't know how to respect me and treat me well and she hurt me on numerous occassions. I admit, I was at fault for allowing her to re-enter my life several times. Now I'm single, have been for a while now, and honestly, I'm loving every minute of it. Granted, there are times where I wish I had someone around to comfort and love me, but those moments are few and far in between. I'm happy being single and being my own woman. I feel as if I regained my "self" and I'm becoming the woman I want to be.
Laura's picture

Yes :-D

... and I love loving her! She's the cheese to my macaroni and the pepper to my salt. When I'm with her I can't help but smile and hold her. She is the sweetest girl in the world and I'm so lucky to have her!

I love her <3

It's really the best feeling ever, and I hope we never break up (although realistically we probably will, because we're still in high school, but a girl can dream, right?)

I know this is kind of silly, but... One time she asked me to marry her (not with a ring and such, just while we were cuddling, and in a not-so-serious way), and I said yes and told her that now we were engaged. We talk about what marriage would be like all of the time. We talk about our kids, our cats, our jobs, our house, and just.... everything. It always really makes me want to be so much older so that I could marry her *blush*

"Wouldn't it be nice if we were older?/Then we wouldn't have to wait so long./And wouldn't it be nice to live together/in the kind of world where we belong?"

2 Little Joyful Girls's picture

Be Optimistic...

I met my girl in high school and 15 years later, we are still together and more in love than ever. I was 17 and she was 16 when we got together and now we are old ladies (31 and 32) happier than we have ever been. If you guys are meant to be, you can make it through anything, including high school. In fact, the “her asking you to marry her thing” so reminded me of us back then. That's why I decided to comment because you never know; 15 years from now you guys could be reading something that brings back fond memories of when you first started out.

And please don't wish that you were older, yet. Before you know it 10 years will have passed and you will wonder where they went. Take it from an old lady who knows. 

 

carmen's picture

oh yess !!

- yes, i'm pretty much in love with a girl .


- it's a forbidden love tho , as we can't be togther ever , she lives abroad and we only talk online for HOURS and on the phone sometimes. plus, it's not allowed for us to be together because it's againest our religion .

- when i see her , i literally lose all sense of time, watching her just typing and speaking to me online , i'd stare at her forever without realising.

a.j.'s picture

love

oops- double post - no patience
a.j.'s picture

love

Love, desire, want, need - where are the boundaries? I am very attracted to this woman. She's beautiful, just a little younger than me, full of fun, very independent but very vulnerable. We live in different countries, I see her from time to time. I desire and want her; I don't know her enough to love or need her. She is just out of reach but it might as well be a mighty chasm. When I don't see her it gets better, but just one glimpse and my  stomach flips and I can't get her out of my mind. And does she know this? No. Will I ever tell her? I doubt it. Does she love someone else? Probably, but she avoids talking about those kind of things.
Katie's picture

ah, unrequited love..

makes even the most illiterate beautifully, eloquent poets.

..and its the story of the past two years of my life. haha

 

"Sometimes when i get homesick i hum the mr softee song"

a.j.'s picture

illiterate?

.. but definitely not a poet, it's the rhyming thing, it's, well, not my thing..

 

carmen's picture

a.j.

a.j. ,

i think u should go for it and tell her how u feel , you can  style it out and not say it directly. Because you will not get over her like this, in fact  , you might fall for her more & more each day.

i don't know buti think that is what i would do.

a.j.'s picture

carmen

I see where you're coming from, and if we lived in the same country I probably would; but we live on different continents. She couldn't do what she does where I live and there's no easy way for me to move to where she lives. I have no doubt that I'm capable of falling for her more and more every single day; but if she's thousands of miles away that's a bunch of feelings I'm not sure I want to have.

Domo_Kun's picture

Unrequited love

is the most painfull form of love. >_<

Interesting enough, I had never actually fall in love. There was lust, like...no love.

I'm just waiting for it any day now lol.

 

~A dream is called a dream because it never come true. Why do you keep on dreaming?~

Mezzanine's picture

i am totally in love right

i am totally in love right now with my gf Randi! :D shes so amazing! weve been together for 6 months now and its going great we really have a good strong connection both mentally, emotionally, and physically i cant imagine life without her! as corny as it sounds she really is the first thing i think of in the morning and the last thing i think of at night. its the healthiest relationship ive ever been in and i couldnt be happier. we've had a couple of speedbumps that we've had to deal with but weve always been able to work together and its just such a wonderful relationship! :D

 

LittlestBoom's picture

ive fallen for the girl

ive fallen for the girl that 6months ago i never thought that would happen at all with!

we are now together and its amazing, shes perfect for me. we have total trust and honesty at the base of it all and that makes it work.

everything about her makes me smile.

we are very different but have some similarities, just the right mix to make it very interesting.

i can honestly say ive never felt this for anyone before and i love her deeply.

x]]

Ava's picture

You know what?...

Maybe!

Az's picture

Are you in love right now?

*shakes head**shrugs*

 

~What do you do when your shatterd, when the tales you have to tell are normally reserved for those who have traversed this world for thrice your span? All I have found as an answer is "Share"~

reanbean's picture

Oh to be in love.

Love, in my opinion, is the most beautiful thing in the world. It's when you go to bed and wake up with that person on your mind and your heart races at the mentioning of their name. It's when you get chills when they talk to you and your head is constantly spinning and you only want to be in their company and every time you say goodnight it breaks a little bit of your heart even if you're only saying goodbye for a little while. It's when you want to scream from the top of the tallest mountain how much they mean to you and give every bit of yourself in order to make them happy.

 Love moves mysteriously and strikes you at the strangest times and has the ability to singlehandedly define or destroy who you are. It is the most powerful force and nothing can be compared to its abilities. I could on for days about how amazing I think love and being in love is.

It just...ahh! I love love.

Chelsea's picture

I'm in love with life and

I'm in love with life and proud of it! :)
sarky7's picture

im so completely and

im so completely and utterly in love with her, she's stunning in lots of ways inside and out, makes me smile all the time, is funny, sexy, smart, geeky, kind, different, loyal, loving, independent, strong, trustworthy and so so beautiful .....   

im crazy about you and can't wait to experience all we can together for a very long time :o)  xx 

(please stop singing though!!!  lol)

 

the worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself

Melissa Hsu's picture

  Are in love right now?

 

Are in love right now? What type of love is it?

Maybe.  Old puppy love at first sight

What does it feel like when see him/her?

I get heart regurgitation, it exciteds, twist, stops, etc..

When did you first notice you were in love?

When you can't stop thinking about them..haunts me in my sleep and when I'm awake.. <-----thank goodness that episode is over

 

 

 

Your mind can make you or break you

susans not my name's picture

head over heels!

soooo in love, this girl is amazing. she's funny, smart, adventurous, and unbelievably cute. the only problem. she's not my gf. my gf is pretty much this girls opposite. but such is life i guess.
IsThisIt's picture

jfa;lijwemas

I don't know. I don't even know if I know what love is. I know that every time I see her my heart skips at least 8 beats and my chest constricts and my stomach gets all knotty. I know that I'd do anything for her to love me the way I love her. I know that I feel so strong about her that I'm willing to watch her date all these moronic guys at school because if that's what truly makes her happy then I'll be happy. I know that I've never felt this way about any one, and that she's pushing me away hurts like hell. I know that she's all I think about and I feel pathetic.