Abi

I believe that love is when you know and trust someone as completely as you can. When you know that you can tell them absolutely anything and they won't turn you away or judge you by it. You know that you can tell them all your secrets and trust that they won't tell anybody. Love doesn't have to be like a couple, it can be with friends too. I love my friends because they are always there when i need them, and i know that i can always feel comfortable around them and be myself without having to worry what the rest of the world will think. I can act like a complete fool and say the stupidest things and they still love me, because real friends don't care how you act. That's what real love is, total acceptance. It’s not something that develops over night, or even in a week. It takes a lot longer, months or years even. But you know when you love someone, because chances are they love you too, and there’s a general understanding that you care about each other. When you’re with your friends there is like, an unspoken but understood love. It’s like the family you turn to when even your real family might turn you away. It’s not necessary to actually say, “I love you”, just getting the respect and right treatment from people says it enough. Love is a word that is all too commonly thrown around nowadays and isn’t always taken seriously. When you say you love someone, you should mean it. If people keep using the word so casually it will lose meaning. And then nobody will really love anybody, and no one will trust people anymore. People won’t tell their friends things any more, no one will have any one to talk to. So love should be treated with respect in itself.