In Love....

A friend of mine posted this on Facebook, and I hope he doesn't mind me using it, because here it is:


If Girls Get Butterflies, What Do Guys Get?
     Us boys, we don't get butterflies. We get fireworks. We don't have you on our mind 24/7, but we do have you on our hearts. Often, yes, we wait for you to get online. Sometimes just seeing your name under "Online Friends" makes our heart skip a beat, even if we don't chat. Whenever you talk to us, our face gets that half smile; it means we are happy but are trying our hardest not to show is, and failing at hiding it. We do miss you all the time; granted, we'd spend all of our time with you. We don't think of the smallest things you say, we think of every word you say, panicking at every single word, trying to define what it really means, to read between the lines.
     We would love you in a million ways. And once we start loving you there is no going back for us. No matter how hard we try we will always love a girl who has touched our hearts. We will think of that girl first thing in the morning, and think of that girl last before we go to sleep at night. Whenever we see a couple, our thoughts immediately jump to that girl, and imagine that the couple was us. Every single detail about her is loved; the way she walks, talks, speaks. The sound of her voice. Her laughter. The sparkle in her eyes. Her shy smile. The way she dresses. That cute face she makes when she's asleep. And the way she says our name that our hearts just explode with joy, a simple act that no one else can replicate.
     A boy in love with a girl is no simple thing, though ladies stereotype us guys as simple. A man in love is not simple. No, he will be unpredictable. He will be persistent, stubborn, and, if given the circumstance, would carry you around the world and back to win your heart. He will be a martyr, giving his all and asking for almost none. He will show you how to appreciate the beauty of the world in a thousand ways, and then tell you how much he appreciates your beauty in a million ways.
     A man in love is no simple thing.

Now, I'm a girl, so I really don't know if this is how guys get about a girl, but I do know this:
    We girls, we don't just get butterflies in our stomachs; our hearts leap for joy. We have you guys on our hearts as well, if not on our minds. And yes, seeing your name on the Chat List makes our hearts pound. If you're online while we are, the whole time we are praying you will say something to us, even if it's just a simple "Hello". When you talk to us, we cannot stop smiling, no matter hard we try, just because you're talking to us. We don't just miss you all the time, we wonder where you are, what you're doing right now, and we hope you're having a good time. We think of each word you speak to us, treasure it in our hearts, and ponder all the possible meanings of them. No, we don't remember every single word, we remember the meaning and the actions behind them.
     We love you more than we think we do, and we would willingly do anything for you if it meant you would never leave. When we start loving you, we never completely stop, even if the relationship ends. We look upon the memories of you with fondness, and never forget even the smallest act of affection. We think of you at the first moment of the dawn and the last minute of the night. We think of the parts of our day that we will or might see you, and when those moments arrive, you completely and immediately overtake our thoughts. Everything about you we love; nothing is left out. If we truly love you, we do not judge, we don't run away, for we are one and the same, both dark and light. From your deepest, darkest secret to your crooked smile, we only love.
     A girl in love is a complicated thing. Girls never really are predictable, and it only gets worse when we're in love. We won't be just unpredictable, we'll be surprising, genuine, sacrificing, and loving. Most of us like it when you show us common courtesy, but we would gladly return the favor for you. We don't ask for anything but your love, and return it a million times stronger. A girl in love will show you things you would never have known, never have believed, never have felt without her, and then she will show you how each thing reflects upon you to make you even more the man she knows and loves.
     The guy a girl loves becomes a man through her love. A girl in love becomes a woman in his love.