>The only thing I find harder as I grow up is to fall in love. It’s not that it doesn’t happen, it just doesn’t happen with the frequency and the easiness it did twenty years ago. But then again that might be a good thing, not to fall in love with every gorgeous woman that crosses your path.
I don't need to be even near your age to know for sure that love is a term used for something different than this. Much deeper, much longer-lasting and resilient. If you keep falling in love literally every time hot chick passes along, you've never fell in love. I know both states well enough, and they are worlds apart
Love is bonding. But to get there you first have to fall in love. And as you grow older, at least in my case, you don't get so easily enthusiastic when you meet an interesting woman. You've learn to keep your hopes down in case the whole thing goes south. It's a defensive mechanism to keep you from feeling heart-broken every so often.
I don't need to be even near your age to know for sure that love is a term used for something different than this. Much deeper, much longer-lasting and resilient. If you keep falling in love literally every time hot chick passes along, you've never fell in love. I know both states well enough, and they are worlds apart