Dwana Bradley Editor — In – Chief Urban Experience Magazine This is a question I find myself asking often. I was raised in the church, so I know about the love that Jesus showed for us and I know that I’m commanded to demonstrate that type of love. There are many around me who ask the question what is love all about when it comes to marriage or being in a relationship. Do you fall in love right when you meet someone? Is there such thing as love at first sight? Does love have to exist for two people to be together? These are questions that I’ve asked myself at one point or another in my life, and while I don’t have all the answers, I will attempt to answer this question based off my personal experiences. In having a conversation, I had someone tell me that I just want to like you, and I could remember when I heard this, I was like wait…. what? I’ve always been taught to love people and normally in relationships you fall in love with someone or at least love them, but maybe there is something to liking someone. When I looked up the definition of the word like in the Webster dictionary it says that like means: to have the same characteristics or qualities or similar, to feel attraction toward or take pleasure. Love is defined as: a strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties, an attraction based on sexual desire: affection and tenderness felt by lovers, affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests. . 2 After reading these definitions, don’t we all start off liking each other? I can remember being in elementary school giving a note to a boy that I wrote that would ask: do you like me, circle yes or no. In any relationship whether it’s boyfriend/ girlfriend, husband/wife, friends, co-workers, and even family, we start off liking that individual. There is something about them that makes us want to know more, so we start having conversations, spending time with each other, learning more about each other and before you know it, love starts to unfold and then we grow with each other, we go through things with each other, and we get to a point where we can’t see ourselves without each other. If you’re just starting out in a relationship, enjoy liking each other and may your relationship grow into something more. As your relationship begins to unfold, remember to be patient with each other, communicate with each other, spend time with each other, listen to each other, and work with each other because if you both believe in what you have, then it’s always worth fighting for. Dwana Bradley
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