it really bothers me how the term “in love” is construed to only be romantic love for another person, like being in love is more than just loving someone, like the whole notion of romantic love is somehow on a higher plane than other kinds of love and like?? i think that being in love is a particular thing but not that particular a thing like i am in love with my friends and my family and with celebrities and books and ideas and movies and my mother’s apple tart and i hate that “in love” is used to try and exclude me from those experiences like my life isn’t any less full of love b/c i don’t have a bf/gf


