When it comes to the emotions involved in relationships between men and women, there are a lot of grey areas, a though, some are usually clearly defined. One example of the latter, is the way that most people can differentiate the feelings that they have for someone they like, and someone they love.
Let’s take the relationship between a mother and her young son as an example. Naturally, your son would not say: ‘I like you, mom’ – instead it’s ‘I love you, mom’. In this instance, the difference between love and like is that the emotion between parent and child is something that is unconditional. A child is born loving his or her parents, so the emotion is deeply embedded, and comes naturally.
Yet, on the off chance that adoration is unequivocal, what about enjoying somebody? This has something more to do with sentiment, than fatherly love. Most people who are in a genuinely new relationship are typically reluctant to voice their sentiments. In this way, rather than saying: 'I love you', immediately, they say: 'I like you', all things considered.
Let’s take a look at more of the key differences between loving and liking. Liking someone means that you are happy being with that person, while loving someone means that you absolutely cannot bear to be without that person. As cliche as it may seem, liking gives you the proverbial butterflies in the stomach but loving someone involves something much deeper than that.
