Please give your opinion:
When you say- I AM IN LOVE (with you/him/her), is it the same as to say I LOVE (you/him/her)?
I think, "being in love" is just an immediate emotion, while feeling LOVE is something more powerful and more permanent.
What do you think?
Thank you

I'd rather just have it and live it than analyze it.

When a dog humps your leg, does that mean that the dog loves you? Or is the dog "In Love" with you? Hmmmmmmmmm!

I love what she said.
I am in love with the way she said it.

Neither, it just means he's in lust with the amazing feel of your leg...

i dunno,which one has a better chance of me seeing her boobies?

See, I thought it had more to do with the fabric of the jeans. But....hmmmmmmm....I guess my legs being silky smooth would attract a dog. Wait....that is kind of disturbing.....

That is rather disturbing... I dated someone once that had no hair on his body due to Scarlet Fever when he was young. I never could quite get past the idea that his legs were smoother than mine at times.

I once dated a woman who had a hairy a$$,...that took some getting used to...

I happen to shave my hairy azz....thank you very much!

TMI, TMI!
Oh man, the images, get them out of my head! Aaaaah!

Being in love is hard to describe but there is a difference to me. I was at one time "in love" with my ex. Now I just feel love for him - all of the chemistry, romantic feelings, lust and sparks that once accompanied my love and care for him are no longer.

I also love my family members but am I in love with them? Me thinks not. I don't get butterflies when Aunt Pia walks into the room but I do love her to bits. ;)

I think when you say im in love, thats only what you feel about your own feelings towards someone.

to love someone can only be measured by the person your loving. so if thats person feels your showing/giving them love, then you are loving someone.

Love wears many dresses and only one of them comes with a sash that reads 'Romantic'.

For me, love is a state of being. It is a verb - it requires action. I can love many people. I can love the planet. I can love animals. Love is an extension of who I am.

The 'romantic' kind comes with the added bonus of physical attraction, deeper levels of vulnerability and intimacy and ultimately growth in ways that are unique to committed relationships.

I am 'in love life' with life!

It will be nice to be romantically in love again too!

The amount of passion that you feel for that person, determines love or still in love.

The difference, in my opinion, lies in the reciprocity factor.

I love people or things, and it's a solitary statement, something that I feel regardless of whether they are willing or capable of returning the feelings.

When I consider the phrase "in love", I see it as a mutual romantic phenomenon; as in two people that love each other, hence they're in love. I've never actually experienced this particular anomalie, but I think I'd love to be in love someday.

According to DB.net:

1. ‘In love’ feeling is generally associated with passion you have for the other person in a relationship. But in simple ‘love’, you don’t feel passionate.

2. You can love something that is not human but you are always ‘in love’ with a human.

3. When ‘in love’ is burned out, love is left.

I like to think that I love, intransitive verb.