Compare And Contrast Love And Infatuation

Is it Real? Love and infatuation are only slightly alike and are often mistaken as one or the other. Love may start as infatuation and grow into pure love but they are not often the same thing. They are different because love is stable, long lasting, and dynamic. Infatuation is jealous, static, and a euphoria that doesn’t last. Love gives more insight into someone’s true feelings because it is not an illusion like infatuation. Infatuation and love are different due to the feelings they put upon people, the chemical reactions that causes them in the brain, and the overall relationship while under their control. When you’re truly in love with someone people can say that you have chemistry, but the real chemistry can tell if you’re really in …show more content…
Love can be between two people in platonic or non-platonic relation. Love can be a strong endearment. Love can be between friends and family where there is acceptance of imperfection. When you love someone the two participates feels whole and are secure enough in their relationship that they can plan for the future. Infatuation is always between two romantically involved people. Infatuation is really puppy love; it’s young and gets excited easily and doesn’t last long. During infatuation there is an insecurity that makes everything is immediate because you’re worried about losing the other person; they cannot plan for the future because that takes too much time and the relationship can fall apart by then. Love is also a dynamic relationship, meaning that as the two participates grow and mature and change the relationship does as well, while infatuation is a static relationship. In a static relationship the two participates will change and mature but the connection doesn’t therefore the relationship will fall apart because the two have outgrown each other. The changing aspects of the relationships while in love and while infatuated with someone are very different and distinct from each