Loving Someone Vs Being IN Love With Someone

I had no idea you could tell someone no when they were trying to break up with you. This has happened to me twice now.

I am in a long distance relationship and I have been for the past two years. I am finally ready to give in. Our differences have become to great and as much as I love him because he has been one of my best friends over the past two years I am no longer IN love with him.

What is the difference between loving someone vs being in love with someone?

This is a really good question and I am going to attempt to answer it, but chances are whatever I come up with will not be completely sufficient.

Being in love with someone has a lot to do with warm fuzzy feelings you get when you are about to see someone. It has to do with a constant feeling of fulfillment knowing you're apart of their life.

Loving someone. I can love you for who you are and not have an incessant need to be apart of your life. I can step back and watch you change and progress and move one to bigger and better things and not be sad for what I do not have.

"Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with everything they have."