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.
Very complicated.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 November 2025 source ↗
Uncontrollable, wonderful.
You suddenly get what people are talking about when they talk about being in love.
Peaceful and joyful.
Like safety, that you've got everything covered; no stress, no fear.
A pair of Back to the Future shoes. They were auctioned off for Michael J Fox’s Parkinson’s charity, so I bid and I won. I am a huge fan of the films and if there was ever a pair of shoes I should own, it was those.
On stage with my band.
I’m afraid of the dark.
Seeing my kids getting older scares me.
Complicated, chaotic, messy.
“You’re not in Busted any more.” I successfully auditioned to be in Busted and then a couple of days later I got a phone call to say that I was no longer needed as they were going to keep it as the three of them. But it ended up being OK.
Ian McEwan, David Jason, Rory Stewart, Walton Goggins, Rory Kinnear, Gregory Porter
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