YES!! ...........3.5 Year relationship
Love is by far the most powerful emotion on earth, and I truly believe romantic love is the strongest bond two people can possibly share with one another. But love is far more than an emotion. It's a state of mind, a lifestyle, a joint existence with another, and unfortunately, a massive risk.
How it feels? Well, thats hard but....
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It feels like a surreal "high" that can only arise from an illogically intense relationship with another human being. It's a rather inexplicable feeling of feeling that there's ONE person on this earth that you truly connect with. One person who you you can laugh cry, and constantly spend time with while never tiring of them. Somebody who you can 100% let your guard down with, exposing secrets and desires you never even said aloud or admitted to yourself.
A person who completes you so perfectly that any and everything you do together is an "event"... Going to the gas station on a friday night, walking the mall, going grocery shopping. EVERY moment is a meaningful experience....
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Love is strong enough to transcend verbal language. A feeling so intense that you can drive together on the highway for hours on end with extended periods of no communication and still feel a connection stronger than any physical one can ever provide. It's an obsession and and infacuation.
Love has the power to breath life into a dead body, but also has the power to burn down the very foundation of a person.
Love changes your life indefinately, whether the relationship lasts or fails. You learn
A LOT about yourself within the context of the relationship, and i'm convinced you learn a hell of a lot more when it ends.... often more than you ever wanted to know. One thing is for sure, and that's that for better or worse, you will never be the same person again.