It's an interesting concept to me...

I'm going to start this off by saying, yes my SO and I are young but ever since i've known her (these past 2 years) we've both matured so much so I feel like I can say my take on what I think love is.

Story time, haHa sorry

So my SO [F18] and I[M18] are long distance so we can't be there for each other all the time when times get rough and just a little bit ago it got rough. My girlfriend sadly started to have an anxiety attack and there was nothing I could do because we are 362 miles apart(not that long but it is for us). She started feeling better and called me back after 20 dreadful minutes we began to talk about how she was feeling and how I understood her like no one else ever could. After just speaking to her and knowing she needed something to refresh her, how I have in the past, I told her to go to the pool and just dip her feet into the water, but I had other plans for what I wanted her to do next ;)

While she was sitting by the side of the pool we talked about how the cold water felt on her feet and how she said it felt nice and I told her to fall into the pool backwards. At first she just thought I told her to go to the pool to ONLY put her feet in and she was glad I told her that because it made her feel better but I wanted her to forget that she even had an anxiety attack in the first place so I wanted her to fall in backwards. She was very hesitant at first because she didn't want to get her only PJs wet and I told her to suck it up, like every good boyfriend would've done obviously, so I told her to set up her phone so I could see her fall in (since we were on facetime). She walked to the other side of the pool and stood there. At this point i'm yelling like a madman in my house, where i usually try not to be loud when i'm on the phone, Im yelling into the mic for her to turn around since she wanted to cannon ball in because she was scared to fall in backwards and I wouldn't let up, I kept yelling at her and to whoever can hear for her to fall in backwards and was trying to get the attention of others to watch her and make her feel more embarrassed. After about 7 minutes or so of yelling at her to "turn around" or "do a 180" and "that's not a full 180!!! turn 90 more!" she finally turned around fully and just fell in after telling her to imagine that it's just like the last time we were together during spring break when we were doing trust falls into each others arms for fun, after telling her this she just let go and fell in with no fear. As I watched her swim back towards the phone from across the pool all I could see is this big stupid smile on her face and thinking how stupid she is for actually going through with that, even though I knew it would've been good for her. After climbing out we talked for a bit longer about what she just did and how "not cold but FREEZING" she was she went back to her dorm and took a shower. She's doing better now and is watching a movie with one of her roommates and i'm glad i was able to help even this far away somehow.

To end this off i'll finally say what my take on love is; Love is stupid, but it's the best type of stupid. Love is where you begin to trust someone so much to where you start to not even listen to yourself. For me it's a complete peace and just a mind state of knowing that she's mine and I can be the most vulnerable with her. She means so much to me and I can't get enough of this lady.

Sorry if this is poorly written, i've tried my best to get every detail and that may have been too much. But whatever it was about me and my love, I don't really care for other peoples opinion.

TLDR: Love is stupid but it's the best type of stupid, you become stupid and decide to trust someone other than yourself and honestly that could be the best decision you could possibly make.

Submitted April 12, 2019 at 05:33AM

I'm going to start this off by saying, yes my SO and I are young but ever since i've known her (these past 2 years) we've both matured so much so I feel like I can say my take on what I think love is.Story time, haHa sorrySo my SO [F18] and I[M18] are long distance so we can't be there for each other all the time when times get rough and just a little bit ago it got rough. My girlfriend sadly started to have an anxiety attack and there was nothing I could do because we are 362 miles apart(not that long but it is for us). She started feeling better and called me back after 20 dreadful minutes we began to talk about how she was feeling and how I understood her like no one else ever could. After just speaking to her and knowing she needed something to refresh her, how I have in the past, I told her to go to the pool and just dip her feet into the water, but I had other plans for what I wanted her to do next ;)While she was sitting by the side of the pool we talked about how the cold water felt on her feet and how she said it felt nice and I told her to fall into the pool backwards. At first she just thought I told her to go to the pool to ONLY put her feet in and she was glad I told her that because it made her feel better but I wanted her to forget that she even had an anxiety attack in the first place so I wanted her to fall in backwards. She was very hesitant at first because she didn't want to get her only PJs wet and I told her to suck it up, like every good boyfriend would've done obviously, so I told her to set up her phone so I could see her fall in (since we were on facetime). She walked to the other side of the pool and stood there. At this point i'm yelling like a madman in my house, where i usually try not to be loud when i'm on the phone, Im yelling into the mic for her to turn around since she wanted to cannon ball in because she was scared to fall in backwards and I wouldn't let up, I kept yelling at her and to whoever can hear for her to fall in backwards and was trying to get the attention of others to watch her and make her feel more embarrassed. After about 7 minutes or so of yelling at her to "turn around" or "do a 180" and "that's not a full 180!!! turn 90 more!" she finally turned around fully and just fell in after telling her to imagine that it's just like the last time we were together during spring break when we were doing trust falls into each others arms for fun, after telling her this she just let go and fell in with no fear. As I watched her swim back towards the phone from across the pool all I could see is this big stupid smile on her face and thinking how stupid she is for actually going through with that, even though I knew it would've been good for her. After climbing out we talked for a bit longer about what she just did and how "not cold but FREEZING" she was she went back to her dorm and took a shower. She's doing better now and is watching a movie with one of her roommates and i'm glad i was able to help even this far away somehow.To end this off i'll finally say what my take on love is; Love is stupid, but it's the best type of stupid. Love is where you begin to trust someone so much to where you start to not even listen to yourself. For me it's a complete peace and just a mind state of knowing that she's mine and I can be the most vulnerable with her. She means so much to me and I can't get enough of this lady.Sorry if this is poorly written, i've tried my best to get every detail and that may have been too much. But whatever it was about me and my love, I don't really care for other peoples opinion.TLDR: Love is stupid but it's the best type of stupid, you become stupid and decide to trust someone other than yourself and honestly that could be the best decision you could possibly make.