The Dyke Whisperer

Dear Dyke Whisperer, How do you know you are in love with someone? I have loved several women in my life, but I’m not sure if I’ve ever been in love. I lust after women all the time. What does being in love feel like?

Unsure in Laguna Beach

Dear Unsure,

The state of being in love is a most powerful and wonderful experience. You go to sleep thinking about a woman and you awake to thoughts of her as well. She becomes timeless and ageless to you, always resembling the woman whom you first fell in love with. She is everywhere: in the songs you hear, in the plans you make, in your meetings at work, in your choices at the grocery store, in your gift-list for the next holiday season, in your dreams.

You can talk to her for hours about nothing and find profound meaning in the most simple of her statements. You capture moments with her as one captures images with a camera, effortlessly and easily. The images remain with you for years, forever.

Your senses become heightened. Her perfume, her hair after a shower, the coffee brewing automatically as you both lie in bed on a Sunday morning: these aromas comfort, captivate, and caress you. You can easily spot her immediately in any crowd. Her voice commands your attention at all time, never so much as when it whispers your name. Her touch radiates through you — all through you — like the rays of sunshine on a beach on the perfect summer’s day or the warmth of a fire on a cold, cold evening.

Wine tastes better, nights seem shorter, and moments apart seem endless. You are the protagonist of every romantic movie and the subject of every love song ever written.

Okay. Now consider the sentiment in the above statements and multiply it by 85. That’s what it feels like to be in love.

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