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"But I think real love involves full acceptance of someone or something through its entire lifecycle"

This is something I'm constantly thinking about since my divorce a few years ago. I might change my mind - I usually do - but right now my take is that true love happens all the time, however fleeting it is. Doesn't matter if it's a single passionate night with that one person you felt inexplicably attracted from the moment you locked eyes with, or the one you feel super comfortable to be around, even in silence, the one you want to share your memes with when you're scrolling your feed during your lunch break. The line I quoted from your essay may be the key to a happy long term relationship, but doesn't necessarily mean true love. I think love is true, in and of itself. It might be the one true thing about ourselves. When we're in love is when we allow ourselves to be vulnerable, when we drop our act and lower our defenses. If it lasts a fleeting moment or a lifetime, in the end it's still love regardless.

That's my experience and reflection so far!

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