What is Love? (and if somebody mouths "Baby don't hurt me".....)
I recently got into a relationship with this guy I really like. Logically, I should be head over heals by now because he is the most compatible guy I've been with. Emotionally, that's a different story altogether. So this got me wondering when my heart will catch up to my head - if it ever does. Or, and much more pressingly, when I will stop trying to prevent myself from fully experiencing the relationship. In order to understand where I come from, let me tell you a little something about myself. I believe , nay I know that love will get you hurt. I don't want to get hurt. I compartmentalize my life. I've been doing it since I was 8. My friends rarely interact with my family and vice versa. My relationships can interact with my friends, and even that interaction is controlled and limited, and never with my family. I don't adjust to things very well. I'm not big on romantic gestures. I feel like they are great, but they are not for me. They attract to...