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.
A dog bounding through the grass on a summer’s day chasing a squirrel.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗
A continuous in-breath.
In some way your life is doubled. You’re you and the other person.
Love is understanding, authenticity and being able to be exactly who you are with no editing – and it’s a gift.
It’s like all your emotions are apples and they get crushed all at once into cider.
Proportional representation.
I’m going to confess I haven’t finished The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg.
I wanted to be in the WWF – the wrestling one, not the wildlife one.
Nothing. Tony Benn, one of my favourite politicians, said, “I don’t care where you’ve been, I care where you’re going.”
Chlöe Swarbrick who is co-leader of the New Zealand Greens. She’s demonstrating the bold leadership that I look to do every single day.
I’ve got no kids, but I’d like us to leave a planet for everyone’s children.
Jeremy Vine, Robert Peston, John Simpson, Gloria Steinem, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Clive Myrie
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