How does it feel to love someone romantically year after year?

Maybe take up a hobby? Donate time to a soup kitchen? If you never find it and have absolutely nothing else that will make you happy, then logically, you will never be happy.

Passionate love is real. R E A L

Why would anyone settle for less?

What most people crave the most is complete understanding. Someone who totally gets you and you them. Romance is easier to find than understanding. Work on building friendships and the rest will follow. Eventually you will find someone who can offer you both.

Passionate love is not real love, it is lust, sex, hormones and brain chemicals.
All of which wear down eventually.
True love is wanting the best for another, it is about warmth and caring and understanding and unselfishness. Most everyone WANTS to love and be loved, especially when you are very young, but you don’t NEED it to be happy and fulfilled.

The worst mistake people make is believing that romantic love is the end all and be all of the universe. It is nice but it is not necessary for happiness.
Happiness always comes from within yourself not from another.
Make your own happiness with someone who can make theirs and that is what will give you the best chance of sustaining a long term relationship.

Loving, and being loved, year after year feels a lot more like comfort and contentment than passion. Passion fades, love lasts.

Safe and comfortable. For me it is very constant, like a familiar road with great scenery and the weather is almost always good. It’s reliable and makes you feel good. As opposed to a roller coaster, a lot of people go for the turmoil of a roller coaster, I don’t recommend it nor like it.

For me, it sucks. Mainly just because he doesn’t return the feelings. Other than that it’s just kind of blah. It would probably be waaaaaay different if we were still together. You’ll find that person eventually. Everyone has someone out there, you just have to go find them. If I could give you one piece of advice on finding your “one”, look where you’d least expect to find them, because that’s usually where they are. Good luck!

Expensive.

I If you have never had it, you probably won’t miss it. I think like anything it takes time and commitment. You probably won’t know it when you find it, but will relish it when you have it.

That whole romantic/passion thing comes and goes, often unpredictably, sometimes predictably.
There are times I happen to look at the whole being of my dearly beloved and an impression of “beauty” overwhelms me. That’s nice !
There are times with a similar glance the feeling of “oh you’re still here” happens. That’s when commitment is important, reminds you why and how to proceed.

What @augustlan said.

Well, the romance thing stayed, in my experience. I would still go sit on his lap. He would still grab my ass (ha-ha). We became completely comfortable with each other. There was no longer a question of IF we were going to stay married. I wouldn’t have divorced him any more than I would divorce one of my kids. We became a unit – like my grandma and grandpa, my mom and dad.

That is why I have not remarried, even though he passed away almost 8 years ago.