I'm not sure what I like better, as far as a relationship goes. Being totally head over heels for the other person, and thinking about them nonstop, or just liking the other person and just enjoying yourself when you're around them. They both have have pros and cons. Being totally in love feels good, when it's going good, but as soon as the littlest thing goes wrong you feel like shit. While just being content is not as exciting, or as titillating, but when thing get a little bumpy, it's not as big a deal. You don't feel that irrational hurt. With the content you don't really second guess yourself, as you do when you're head over heels.
But what do you do when your relationship is both? You both are head over heels, and just content. It sounds like it would be a good thing, however it's really just confusing. One moment you are hurt because the person isn't paying as much attention to you as you'd like, but at the same time you really don't care that they are with their friends. And sometimes you are so in love with the person but in the next, it's confusing, because you don't feel such intense feelings, and then that makes you wonder if you are losing your connection with that person. But in reality it's just you not being able to discern between the two types of affection. And then what happens when you act on your over the top emotion at one point and then you start feeling uncomfortable with what you did or said when you were just content? When my relationship is like this, I never know how it's going. A good amount of the time I'm second guessing my happiness and the other times I'm.second guessing theirs.
I think what I need to realize when I'm.in this situation, is that feelings, emotions, and situations are fleeting and ever changing. And the only thing that remains relatively constant are the people in the relationship. Meaning that you can't base larger decisions (like moving in or breaking up) on your emotions. No matter how strong and how solid they may feel. You need to base them off your knowledge of the other person and your knowledge of yourself. Basically, don't be rash. From my experience, it likely brings upon regret and anxiety.
But what do you do when your relationship is both? You both are head over heels, and just content. It sounds like it would be a good thing, however it's really just confusing. One moment you are hurt because the person isn't paying as much attention to you as you'd like, but at the same time you really don't care that they are with their friends. And sometimes you are so in love with the person but in the next, it's confusing, because you don't feel such intense feelings, and then that makes you wonder if you are losing your connection with that person. But in reality it's just you not being able to discern between the two types of affection. And then what happens when you act on your over the top emotion at one point and then you start feeling uncomfortable with what you did or said when you were just content? When my relationship is like this, I never know how it's going. A good amount of the time I'm second guessing my happiness and the other times I'm.second guessing theirs.
I think what I need to realize when I'm.in this situation, is that feelings, emotions, and situations are fleeting and ever changing. And the only thing that remains relatively constant are the people in the relationship. Meaning that you can't base larger decisions (like moving in or breaking up) on your emotions. No matter how strong and how solid they may feel. You need to base them off your knowledge of the other person and your knowledge of yourself. Basically, don't be rash. From my experience, it likely brings upon regret and anxiety.