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.
Being present where you are.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 February 2026 source ↗
Completely nuts.
When you put others before yourself, and you’d do anything for them.
Like a dryer going off in your stomach.
Very warm and slightly giddying
A strong sense of being loved and a hopefulness for their life ahead.
A net positive from my time on Earth.
If people would just follow my rules about how they get around the city.
I was going to a bar with friends and there was a line at the door. I’d been there before and asked the doorman to skip the line. He said, “Oh, I remember you, you were in Almost Famous, weren’t you?” And I said, “Yeah.” And he goes, “Yeah, get back in line.”
Things I wish I’d done better that day.
If you commit to it, you won’t ever stop learning.
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