Madly in love?

[NoMercy]

How many of you are madly in love with your partner?

[NoMercy]

I bet you were the envy of all the men folk, Paul. :-)

[pa___ul3]

I was indeed, apart from one of her tutors it would seem.. who actually grabbed my bum!! A bit wierd!

[LoftyLottie]

What is 'in love'? I bet we all have our own definitions.

When I was young, I used to fall madly 'in love' for about 2 weeks, before I fell madly 'in love' again with someone else.

I love my OH dearly, I still fancy him madly, but I don't get those butterflies and things every time I see him or think of him and sometimes I quite honestly could throttle him.

Seriously though, I can't understand how anybody can be 'in love' with someone they have lived with for years and years. Unless my definition of 'in love' is way off mark.

[NoMercy]

That's nothing, Paul. One of Bobjugs' crew mates keeps offering him some bum love...

[LoftyLottie]

Sqad wasn't there when I started my posting. But I agree with him.

[LoftyLottie]

I would be an emotional wreck if I had been in love for all my married life.

[Sqad]

Lofty....CORRECT..Richard the 2nd, John of Gaunt's dying speech:

"small showers last long, but sudden thunderstorms are short"

[cazzz1975]

I am, its a nice feeling.

[tinkerbell23]

Im jelous!!! I worry sometimes that theres no one! But i do have good fun aswell!!

I suppose marriages have ups and downs but being together for years is testiment i think that youre in love. Maby not "madly" x

[NoMercy]

Sure is, Cazzz.

[MrsLeeG]

I am, and we tell each other everyday how much we appreciate having each other. Cant imagine my life without him. Been together 7 years, married for 4.

[gina32]

exactly what is "madly in love"?

[gina32]

i dont believe you should take each other for granted, but by the same token i dont think you should tell each other every dy how much you appreciate, or love them or cant do without them

[LoftyLottie]

'Madly in Love' 'Madly in Lust'. Isn't it the same?

When the lust goes then surely you can't be madly in love.

[Jan1957]

I'd been so good and had managed not to cry today till I read this question.

[dennisb66]

Still on honeymoon then ,mrsleeG

[cazzz1975]

Love is a much deeper thing than lust

[Sqad]

jan....perhaps you only know that you are "madly in love" when you lose someone....a retrospective emotion?

I think about you , but do't like posting.

[Jan1957]

Think you could be right Sqad. x

[LoftyLottie]

I very much agree Cazz and I believe you can love someone deeply. But the whole thing of being 'Madly in Love' points towards lust more than that deep love.

I was madly in love with Mr LL when we got married. Now I love him for more deeply and with a more meaningful and lasting love. 40 years of washing underpants and socks tends to calm the 'madly in love' down.