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
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Completely nuts.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 March 2024 source ↗
Stimulating in every way.
Very warm and slightly giddying
Somewhat disconcerting, but not unpleasant.
Like hunger, which feels like anxiousness, which feels like fear, which feels like excitement.
I always thought I would be a terrible driver because I’m sort of a wafty person, but it turns out I am very good at staying in between the lines. I passed my test last year.
I once asked a young woman if she had ever heard of the musician Laura Marling, insinuating I knew Laura Marling, to which she replied: “I am Laura Marling.”
I’m actually looking forward to getting older.
Two sturdy teeth.
I would have been OK with feeling shy. In my teenage years, I thought being an actor meant that you had to be a little more performative.
People give me a hard time about my hats. Over Christmas, this drunk woman shouted something about me having a shit hat because I had a red beanie on. Last week at a party, someone gave me a hard time for wearing a cap. I just think about melting ice caps when this happens.
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