All About Love; Ladies of Hive Community Contest #121
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I'll start by blowing you all kisses of love just because it's the season. Hehe. These are very deserving questions by @trangbaby this week because they fit the theme of the season so well. My applause.
1️⃣ How do you know when you are in love? What are the signs?
When you are in love, you have butterflies in your tummy and dreamy eyes all day. Hehe. Squash that.
I like to think I'm in love. Heck, I'm in love and let me tell you how I know that.
I think besides the fundamental basis of the feel-good experience, love can be relatively different for everyone one of us but perhaps we can all agree that being in love is a beautiful feeling. It doesn't hurt and it doesn't drain the life out of you.
We cannot possibly create a mirage that being in love is the feeling of being enclosed in a big heart-shaped bubble all day and night. We know that sometimes there are the not so good times. However, those unstable moments are the moments that strengthen the foundation of love. They create clarity, stability, and a better understanding of the essence of love.
So I believe that being in love is like an elixir of sour sprinkle, a drop of bitter, and a whole lot of sweetness. I can even taste it. Aww. It is hitting the right spot. Hehe!
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The first signs of being in love are affection and tenderness toward the other person. It is feeling at its raw that needs nurturing. You want to see them always. Hold them, talk to them, and just be in their company. The fact is, you want to have them all to yourself.
You know you are in love when you start asking them if they've eaten five times a day. Lol
Soon your love grows and you begin to nurture it. I'm at a place where I know that my partner has got me just as I've got him. We are happy, growing, and striving. We are doing life together. We eat, laugh, cry, and pray together. We share hopes, dreams, and aspirations. We scold and support each other with tenderness and encouragement. For me, that's love and I want to grow old like that.
𝐀𝐍𝐃 / 𝐎𝐑 ~
2️⃣ Does love come on suddenly or grow over time? What are your keys
to ensure your relationship remains strong and healthy?
I think for many, love can come on suddenly but for people like me, love grows over time. We do not get struck in the head with a love card and suddenly start feeling dreamy with heart-shaped eyes Hehe. Like a newborn, it starts as something very cute and beautiful. Then over time, nurturing strengthens it. It blossoms, evolves, and then soars like a butterfly.
Every day we remind ourselves of the origin - The reason we fell in love and decided to be together.
Love doesn't appreciate all by itself. You have to do the intentional work to keep it sweet, healthy, and vibrant. Whether it is the occasional praises, kisses and hugs, gifts, and generally any show of affection, the little things matter.
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Lastly, love isn't enough. Yes, it isn't. A healthy dose of patience, tolerance, and understanding is very important. I learned these along the way and I'm not going to let them go. There are days when you need the patience to just listen and understand much more than you love and that's okay.
In all of these, I hope you learn to love yourself first.
Love and Light.
People fall in love differently indeed :)
This is so poetic, I love it! Love is that and everything else in between hehe. That is why it needs work too for it to keep growing and thriving. And that includes what you have mentioned - patience, tolerance, understanding and more.
Good luck to you on the contest and stay in love !LADY :)
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Love is that and everything in between. You got that absolutely right. Thank you so much for engaging with me.
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It's my pleasure :) Great to read your thoughts on the week's prompt.
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Thank you so much.
I can feel you're in love :) Great and sweet writing :)
So true and I love it, when it comes to relationships, love alone isn't enough for a successful partnership. It takes more than just love to keep a healthy relationship alive. Patience, tolerance, and understanding are essential components for any long-term relationship to thrive. Great points and thanks for sharing your thoughts :)
Thank you so much for engaging. The contest was an interesting and personal one for me. I'm sure other ladies felt the same.🥰🥰
So knowledgeable! Ahhh. God when? All these people are just finding love and look at me...
sitting in my living room in an oversized shirt, legs wide open and scraping indomie from pot!🙂💔
Love does need a lot of patience. There is a lot doing involved. You were on point my dear. Now, does your significant other have a brother? I don't mind making a new friend👀😏😂
Hehe. Unfortunately, he’s the last of his family. The others have been taken.
Now with all those wonderful qualities about you, who wouldn’t want to be with you? What I know is that you are just taking it slow. All the best girl.
Meanwhile, do you mind sharing that pot of noodles?😅😅😅
My dear, there are no qualities. But i give the hest headaches 😐
It's now a bowl of garri and groundnut with better cold water. I'm still on the rug. That hasn't changed. The color of the shirt has.
Hehe. I think you should start a comedy show at this juncture. Hehe!.🥰