{"id":116596,"date":"2026-05-03T21:35:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T01:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.society19.com\/ca\/?p=116596"},"modified":"2026-05-03T21:35:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T01:35:04","slug":"what-to-do-if-youre-unsure-if-you-love-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.society19.com\/ca\/what-to-do-if-youre-unsure-if-you-love-back\/","title":{"rendered":"What To Do If You&#8217;re Unsure If You Love Your BF Or GF Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having an intimate connection with another person who&#8217;s seen you through the good and bad can be joyful, thrilling, yet terrifying all at once. It&#8217;s probably the most terrifying when your partner confesses their love for you &#8211; but you don&#8217;t know if you feel the same way. What do you do if have a bf or gf that you are unsure you love back?<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re unsure, don&#8217;t panic and break off the relationship. Being unsure about whether you love someone is natural &#8211; you&#8217;re simply guarding your heart.<\/p>\n<h2>What is love?<\/h2>\n<p>Love is a big deal &#8211; and should be treated as such. The topic of love is everywhere &#8211; in books, movies, music and social media. But how can you love someone if you don&#8217;t understand what love is?<\/p>\n<p>For one thing, it&#8217;s not just a feeling. If love was purely based on romance and the butterflies in your stomach, we would all be hopping from one partner to the next, searching for that &#8220;feeling.&#8221; Love is a&nbsp;<em>choice.<\/em>&nbsp;It&#8217;s <em>choosing<\/em> to stick by your partner, even on days when they make you want to rip your hair out. The word&nbsp;<em>choice&nbsp;<\/em>covers far more than that, though. It also means <em>choosing<\/em> to put&nbsp;your partner above yourself. This might mean backing down from the petty arguments or going through inconveniences for your partner&#8217;s sake. Are you willing to choose your partner and put them above yourself? Judging from this definition of love, do you love your partner?<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Take some time. Think about it.<\/h2>\n<p>It wouldn&#8217;t hurt to get some space as you reflect. Let them know that you enjoy being with them and <em>really&nbsp;<\/em>appreciate that they told you they love you &#8211; but that love is something you have to think about before you can say it to someone else. If your significant other truly loves you, they&#8217;ll understand. Get some space &#8211; thinking about something this important will be tougher with them around. You don&#8217;t want to be pressured into &#8220;loving&#8221; them back &#8211; this may stir up regret and resentment in the future.<\/p>\n<h2>Talk to someone,&nbsp;dammit!<\/h2>\n<p>Before I met my boyfriend, I met a few people who are commonly known as&nbsp;<em>ask-holes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ask-holes are not necessarily assholes. They just tend to ask the same questions over and over in hopes of hearing an answer they like, but they never&nbsp;<em>actually follow the advice given to them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I never wanted to be an ask-hole, so when my boyfriend and I started dating, I kept my relationship under wraps. That is probably one of the worst things to do in a relationship, as well as handle any situation in life.<\/p>\n<p>Other (<em>trusted<\/em>!) people have a more objective view of your relationship. You might be so emotionally invested that you can&#8217;t assess the situation clearly, and you don&#8217;t even realize it. Talk to a friend, sibling, or even a parent, and see what they think! There&#8217;s a reason you decided to read this article &#8211; you WANT another opinion. This article might help a bit, but someone who knows you and cares about you can probably offer more specific advice.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I could go on and on, but that would be redundant. With all these things in mind, I hope you find the answers you need. Good answers are not always the ones we look for. I also hope that whatever you decide, you&#8217;ll be brave enough to carry out your decision, even if it&#8217;s hard.<\/p>\n<h5>Do you have a boyfriend or girlfriend that you are unsure you love back? Share what you did in the comments below!<\/h5>\n<h6>Featured image source: pinterest.com<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having an intimate connection with another person who&#8217;s seen you through the good and bad can be joyful, thrilling, yet terrifying all at once. It&#8217;s probably the most terrifying when your partner confesses their love for you &#8211; but you don&#8217;t know if you feel the same way. 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