A musing

How odd it is that 'like' seems to be a stronger word that 'love' when you're not in a relationship.

And yet, when you're in a relationship, the word 'love' suddenly becomes much, much stronger than 'like.'

e.g.

Not in relationship
"I like you" implies a feeling of attraction, usually to someone of the opposite gender.

"I love you" probably doesn't imply this.

In a relationship
"I like you" pretty much means nothing when said to your partner.

"I love you" probably means 95% of their world.


Completely innocuous musings, unlike most of my other musings. Inspired by my friend, who shall remain unnamed, who drunk texted me. Long story, and all that, so don't worry about it. Just know that it got me thinking about how semantically interesting these two words are.

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