text; anonymous

[peninhand]

Hello. I have a question for all the Lost Souls:

What is love in your reality?

To be more specific, I am talking about the kind of love you find between two lovers. I realize how strange this question may sound. But this is very important to me and I would appreciate it if as many people as possible could reply to this with serious answers.


PS: please don't reply with a link to Haddaway's song.

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[beariot]

[ Well. Yes, but also... ]

Have we met before?

[peninhand]

[ ... Now she realizes. Oops. There's a bit of a delay. Which she knows will make it even more suspicious if she lies. ]

Yes. Though I cannot reveal my identity, seeing how embarrassing my questions were.

[beariot]

Don't worry. I'm not going to press you to unveil or anything. I suppose it just caught me off guard, a little.

Either way, I'm glad to help any way I can, if you just want to talk about things.

[peninhand]

I just want to avoid repeating the mistakes from the past. But love is such a complicated topic...

[beariot]

[ Hmm... ]

It really is complicated. And the mistakes made with it can feel really heavy, can't they?

[ ... ]

But you don't have to carry that weight alone.

[peninhand]

I do. I don't think I'd be able to speak of this at all without the cover of anonymity.

Opening up about something so important is more than I'm used to.

[beariot]

It's alright. Like I said, I won't expect you to out yourself. Even if it's anonymous, I'm still listening, and feel honored to be trusted with anything you care to tell me.

This is difficult to navigate, but I'm happy to help. [ Especially since this sounded like a younger person, to her... ]

[peninhand]

Thanks for being understanding.

I suppose if I ever need help, I shall contact you, anonymously so. Perhaps someday I'll grow a spine and go un-anon for this.

[beariot]

Don't think of it as "growing a spine". You aren't a coward for doing what you need to do to feel safe in engaging with really personal topics.