The question
How would you describe what love feels like to you?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this exact standing prompt.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Like a very full heart and a flip in my stomach when I see him.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 November 2025 source ↗
Relief and an achy feeling in your cheeks from smiling.
A shimmering bioluminescence that lights up each cell.
Bees humming in a tree of blossom.
A longed-for, familiar shore at sunset.
Too high an expectation of others and myself.
One time an engineer said, “I always forget your frequency is at the same level as a crying baby.” I think he was on to something, because I have been told to shush many times over the years.
Running out of time.
Compulsory headphones for phone users in public.
Curious, confident, cheerful.
I think we become stars.
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