What is Love?

We have all seen the fairytales where the guy falls in love with the princess and they live happily ever after. Love at first sight normally. But we all know fairy tales are not reality! So what is love? What causes someone to "fall in love"? How do people "fall in love"? There are many things that factor into dating and love.

Think about how many times you've been in love. Generally this number is one or two times. What did that feel like? How did it happen? When we are searching for someone to date we put people through a filter. What is the first thing that influences who you date? Most of you would probably say appearance...right? You're so close, that's actually the second filter. The first is location, if they live close to you. However, online dating helps broaden our search for potentials.

For me, I love people watching. Here at BYU-Idaho it is so easy to observe flirting and dating. You can see how couple interact with each other and if they click or not. The dating game is so real! You see this when guys will go up and try to flirt with girls and the girls either are clueless, want nothing to do with them, or reciprocate the flirting. But what is the good behind this? It's the interactions we have with people that we can tell if we like them or want to pursue anything with the other person. You may think someone is really cute and this could be reciprocated but if you can't talk together then your relationship will go nowhere! For a successful relationship there needs to be shared values and interests. There should still be some differences, some individuality. It's when things align and when the person you're with makes you feel complete and helps you work to be better.

Now, I am no love expect on any terms!! But I have learned a lot through my own experiences and through others.  There are factoring things that go into falling in love but overall it is between the victims involved. They will come to know each other as they go on a wide range of dates so they can see the other in different situations. This way you can really get to know the different sides of you personal interest.  Low is a mystery. Quoting Ed Sheeran, "people fall in love in mysterious ways".