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So I came up with a definition of the emotion "love." I haven't worked out all the ideas and details but I'll try my best to explain.

Love basically is obsession. You don't fall out of love, you become obsessed with other people. It's like this basically. People confuse love with like and they're totally different things. When you like someone, you know how they are, what makes them laugh, what doesn't. You know, stuff like that. But when you love someone you know which hand they write with, how they breathe in their sleep, how they walk, how they drink and all the other weird things like that.

Being in love is basically being a known-stalker. And what I've noticed is that as long as the person you're stalking is stalking you back, it's not seen as a problem. Once that person is no longer obsessed with you, it's no longer okay for you to be obsessed with them.

The problem is, that's easier said then done. Just like a stalker, you're so intrigued by this person, that it's difficult- nearly impossible- to just stop obsessing over them. You still remember all the discoveries you made back when it was okay to discover these things, and now all of a sudden it's seen as wrong to know these things. It's like there's an unwritten rule that states you are no longer allowed to share these observations with the public because the object of your obsession is no longer obsessed with you.

In short, you're told to stifle you feelings, which makes me think, "if you're not allowed to share your observations and discoveries anymore, then there was always something wrong with them." Yes, under certain circumstances the things we perceive as wrong change, but who's to decide when that is? Under what circumstances is it okay to "love" someone and when is it not? If you feel something at one point, and your feelings don't change as quickly as those around you, that shouldn't mean that it should be seen as wrong.

That's basically the definition I've come up. It may be flawed, but so far, it seems to make a lot of sense to me.