Do you fall in love fast or slow?

This topic was created in the Aries forum by AriesSunWPiscesMoon on Thursday, June 6, 2013 and has 9 replies.

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@AriesSunWPiscesMoon
13 Years

For some reason I fall in love quickly but I can't fall out of it; even if the person doesn't love me back. Emotions for me is a curse that I wish I could break free of. Why am i still loving you when you never loved me... its insanity but my motivation for life. Love is my existence and the drug in which i tend to OD.

What do you think about love and emotions and how do relationships affect you?
Am I only one that gets captivated by the one they love?

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@lildol
16 Years5,000+ Posts

You do have that Pisces Moon thingy going on...

I'm guessing that it's more along the lines of infatuation which you really feel - your drug comment is accurate though, your body craves the high it get's off of the endorphins which lend themselves to "feeling" in love.

In reality, true love takes time to grow... remember that!

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@sweethearts
20 Years5,000+ Posts

Wow, I get that Tiz...my last relationship was more about loving the relationship more than the person...was it the fact that I convinced myself that I was going to give the next person a chance rather than seek and wait for what I really wanted...I think it might have been so, looking back now. I don't even really know if I was "in love" or just that I wanted so desperately to be "in love"

i thought it was so at the time...

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@TheLadyScorpio
13 Years10,000+ Posts

Posted by tiziani
I've noticed Aries normally to weigh their decision to fall in love based heavily on sex and feelings, from what I've seen. It's like some people find a lot of meaning in their moments they are driven out of control or out of character, which is one take on life I guess.

To avoid it getting to the OD stage though, I find it's more useful to ask myself whether I love the relationship rather than the person. Do I like who I am and how useful I am being in that relationship? That's a question that has helped to keep my head above water from time to time.

One can not help but notice the word 'useful', how very Virgoan of you.
A Virgoan kind of love, usefulness, duty, responsibility, making yourself and others better, together.

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@lildol
16 Years5,000+ Posts

Bad quote day 😛

Even as a Cap, I have fallen into this same trap (sad to say, more than once). I have forced myself to look at things in my current relationship without the rose colored glasses, from a rational, utilitarian standpoint with a focus on how can we come together as a team yet maintain our individuality to construct what we both desire. I haven't fallen off the deep end, and find myself feeling very much at peace with the person I'm with, a first for me.

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@IridescenceMorpha
13 Years

First time was young love; quickly, deeply, and dazed.

Second time was simply a phase.

Third time, being cautious with emotions after everything not trying to fall in love; subconsciously fell in love, wasn't expecting it to happen in a surprising way...