The question
How would you describe what love feels like to you?Originally asked
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Like a very full heart and a flip in my stomach when I see him.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 November 2025 source ↗
It is all there is.
Like nothing’s a problem.
It feels like a yearning but also a kind of overwhelming glowing out.
Like falling – endlessly – and then discovering you have wings.
Curious, confident, cheerful.
Three times when I lived in New York, I missed seeing David Bowie in real life by moments.
Losing my husband. We are properly codependent.
I lived in New York during 9/11 and worked a couple of blocks away from the twin towers. I was looking when the first tower exploded and then when the second plane flew in and, before we had to evacuate, I did see people jump to their death.
Too high an expectation of others and myself.
In the Pet Shop Boys song Being Boring they’ve a great line that says “I never dreamed that I would get to be the creature that I always meant to be”. And I feel I am, so that’s great.
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