What does it feel like to be in love?

Do you know the scene in West Side Story when Maria and Tony are at the dance? It becomes just the two of them and everything else is a blur, even the sounds fade away. Well. I once argued that it was not a realistic portrayal of what it is like to fall in love, but if you were trying to visually represent a feeling, that is not bad. Other people don't vanish but they are not as important. It may be the same high that gamblers get, because that's what it is. You take a chance of winning or being horribly crushed. It's like when you get a new kitten, except that you never worry if the kitten will call back.

You know my experience of love and being in love. Having said that, it is wonderful and scary and confusing all at once. Or at least for me. I think maybe it's like having a kid. When you give your love to someone else, it is like having a piece of your heart walking around outside your body. Some writer said that, not me, but it fits. And inevitably it ends in pain. Even if you're together for 50 years, they'll die on you and then you'll be in pain. And if you die first? Well, that might be ok, but who can guarantee that?