# Love Questions..COmplete opinion
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-questions-complete-opinion/127036
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [September 4, 2002, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-questions-complete-opinion/127036 "2002-09-04T21:39:10Z")
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### Author:  [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-questions-complete-opinion/127036/21 "2002-09-10T22:58:46Z")
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> \*Originally posted by gigi
> First “love” can be so overpowering that it feels “right” even if it is manipulative or unbalanced or unrealistic.
I do not understand if you are talking about _love the feeling_ or _behavior of someone who says they are in love_. I don’t think they are the same thing.
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> It takes some experience with relationships to understand what a healthy love relationship is like.
I think it takes a look around society to find a “norm”.
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### Author:  [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2002, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-questions-complete-opinion/127036/22 "2002-09-10T23:02:55Z")
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> _Originally posted by gigi_
> First “love” can be so overpowering that it feels “right” even if it is manipulative or unbalanced or unrealistic.
I do not understand if you are talking about _love the feeling_ or the _behavior of someone who says they are in love_. I don’t think they are the same thing.
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> It takes some experience with relationships to understand what a healthy love relationship is like.
I think it takes a look around society to find a “norm”.
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