“…but I can’t help falling in love with you”. I am wondering, did Elvis Presley really know what he was talking about when he composed that classic love song? “Love.” Everyone has felt it before, right? But how do we know that emotion we feel is really the one we think we feel. Do we really know what we feel? Do we really understand the difference between love and infatuation? "I love you" is a very common phrase used by people to express their feelings to someone. It is often said by a boy to a girl because she is beautiful or similarly by a girl to a boy because he is handsome. However, their expression of words mostly does not reflect their actual feelings because they misperceive their infatuation for a particular person with love. This happens because many people have misconception about love and infatuation. Although there are few similarities between them but they are different in many other ways. Love and infatuation can be compared and contrasted on the basis of their roots, motivated feelings and affects on the relationship.
Love is a tender, passionate affection for another person. On the other hand, infatuation is a foolish and extravagant passion. Though these formal definitions may show a stark contrast in meaning, discerning the difference in a real life scenario is truly no easy task.
Infatuation has the eyes of a falcon. It has scores points for detail and seeks out the most fashionably impressive individual: The most beautiful girl, cutest guy and so