In love with an idea.

A response to Cody Weber's video "Love".

Is it possible to be head-over-heels in love with your idea of a person rather than the person themselves? I think so. I've been infatuated with women before, but I don't believe I have yet been truly in love with one. I was once in love with my religion and was so infatuated with the idea of a perfect being who loved me unconditionally that I didn't bother to question whether or not it was actually real. It felt real, so therefore it must be.

From the relationships I've observed, I think seeing reality objectively for what it truly is, and still loving the person, is what is required for real love. I would cite my parents as an example of this kind of relationship. So I know it's possible. But it's not like you see in the movies.

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• love
• relationships
• religion
• illusion
• perception
• reality
• objective

[SirDavis100]

What you said wasn't that weird. Love has no concrete definition to it.

[DILLIGAF333]

Like Chris Rock says, when you meet someone, you don't really meet them. You meet their representative.

[CousinoMacul]

I can say that there have been a couple of occasions where I really "thought" that I was in love (and maybe I was--I'm not sure I really know what love is), but after it was over, I came to "realize" that it was just an "illusion" (apologies for all the quotation marks)