What having feelings for someone really means
It might sound like they’re promising you everything that you want, but it’s not really what you think it is.
by: E.B. Johnson
There is no declaration of love like “I love you” except for (of course) the infamous: “I think I have feelings for you.” While this phrase is ambiguous to its core, it’s taken the world-over by hopeless romantics as a sign that things are changing — despite their intuitive sense of dread. When someone tells you that they have feelings for you, it can be easy to interpret those feelings as love. Emotions are complex, however, and that’s especially true when it comes to romantic love.
While the phrase “I have feelings for you” literally denotes an array of feelings that might be at play, the eager heart takes it as an eager promise of love returned 100% of the time. The problem is, though, that having feelings for someone isn’t’ the same as being in love with them. How can you tell the difference, though, and what does the phrase “I have feelings for you” really mean? The answer isn’t always clear, but there are some concrete places to begin translating this cryptic promise-all.
