I'm 20/f and have been with my boyfriend 20/m for almost five years we got together when we were 15.
I care about him deeply, but lately I've been wondering if what we have is really love, or just comfort and familiarity.
When I watch movies or shows that portray those breathtaking, slow-motion kind of loves the ones that make you feel like your whole world shifts I realize I’ve never felt that. Not once. Not even at the beginning.
It makes me wonder does that kind of love actually exist in real life?
Have you ever experienced it the kind that completely consumes you, makes you feel alive, that deep, magnetic connection?
Or is that just something we’re taught to crave by Hollywood, while real love is quieter, steadier, and less dramatic?
Part of me believes there has to be more out there, but I don’t know if I’m chasing a fantasy. I’d love to hear honest experiences from people who’ve been in both kinds of love, or who realized one day that real love feels different from what they imagined and do you think it’s fair to leave someone if you’ve never felt that?