What's the difference between loving someone and being in love with someone?

Question

What's the difference between loving someone and being in love with someone?

Answer 1

well i think theres a big difference...bt like "cathy" said its up to you cuz no one can answer you, or tell you how YOU feel.....

Answer 2

What a great question. That answer is up to you, because noone on Yahoo! Answers can tell you how you feel.

However, there is a huge difference.

Answer 3

i think if you love someone you do so unconditionally ie your kids, parents, siblings, but if you are in love with someone it has conditions with it, ie not cheating, etc. I think the love word is overused, you can have feeling for people and affection or fondness but we don't actually really love that many people in our lives. I had 3 long term boyfriends before my partner and thought I was in love with them at the time but realise now that I really wasn't.We've been together for nearly 10 yrs and have 4 children together. I am very much in love.

Answer 4

You can love someone without them knowing, but to be in love, the other person should feel the same way.

Answer 5

hiya loving someone is like the kind of love say for your sister/brother.but being in love means a different kind of love,were you are 1 person,and your bodies are 1.if you know what i mean.

Answer 6

iv never been in love but iv always thought it would be indescribable..yno?

Answer 7

I hate that saying, because it's a really pussyfooted way of saying they dont love them anymore but they're too comfortable living a cushy life with them to leave

Answer 8

Being in love happens.

Loving is a choice of will.

Fortunately the two can go together!   (In our case they have for 40 years)

Answer 9

That's a hard question to answer, but you really will know when you are IN love with someone, because there is a huge difference. Most people love their friends and family but they aren't IN love with them.

But yeah, there is a big difference between the two, but you will probably only know when it happens to you.

Answer 10

You can love your brother or sister or parents or a friend etc

But being in love is different.

Words can't really explain the feeling

Answer 11

In love is usually when you're content and in a 2 way relationship. Loving someone can mean you have feelings but not necessarily being loved back.  

Answer 12

that is a good question, but its a two way thing, so its not just important how you feel its how the other person feels about you!!!