An Essay About Being In Love

732 Words2 Pages

Do you believe in a relationship that doesn’t involve two people being in love? I’m pretty sure most people will claim that this kind of relationship will go nowhere, that there is no future to it. But do we really need to share our lives with a person that we are madly in love with to be happy? That ONLY relationship with two people being in love will last forever? I don’t think so.
There are situations where ‘not being in love kind of relationship’ actually works. Bear in mind that ‘being in love’ and to ‘love’ are two different things. ‘Being in love’ is when you love so much a person that you wake up in the morning and go to bed at night with the person on your mind. It is a powerful feeling of attraction that makes us feel weak whenever the person we are ‘in love’ is around. To ‘love’ is to care about the person and cannot bear the person being hurt. You enjoy every moment spent with the person you love. You can ‘love’ everybody but you can only be ‘in love’ with that ONE person. But sometimes, ‘love’ is enough even without the overwhelmed feeling of being ‘in love’ with your other half. I believe that we don’t need to be ‘in love’, that simply being able to say we ‘love’ the person is enough to build and maintain happy and long-lasting relationship.
Have you heard of people saying about marrying your best friend? Obviously, you can’t be in love with your best friend. It feels like being in love with the smelly pillow you sleep on every night. But is it really bad and unhealthy if two best friends decided to be together and maybe walking down the aisle one day? Because neither of them had luck in love, but as friends, they love each other and always appreciate the presence of the other. They share common interest and never ...

... middle of paper ...

...ieve in ‘not being in love kind of relationship’. If you are in a relationship with the person you are deeply in love with, congratulations. But if you are not, don’t ever have doubts in your relationship. Do have faith in relationships that do not base on two people being in love because trust me, it can work perfectly well. Sometimes, it is simply because of the love you have for each other that is enough to be as happy and loving. All the feeling of being madly in love is not essential. A ‘not being in love kind of relationship’ is not a bad relationship and never will be.
So, this year’s Valentine’s Day, I dare those who are still single, to stop waiting for the perfect one, to get over with your ‘first true love’, and ask someone you truly care about out for a date. Let the chips fall where they may and we’ll see what happens. The others, we’ll worry later.

Open Document