I’m not sure if this is the best place to post this, and if you have suggestions on where I should post it, please let me know!
I’m (f 28) in a committed relationship and feel good about it mostly, but I’m finding myself asking a question that I’ve asked myself in all previous relationships.
I know what it feels like to love someone and be in love, and the difference between love and lust, romantic love and platonic love, etc. But I’m not sure I know what it feels like to be loved.
It’s not like I feel unloved, I just don’t know what it’s like to feel like someone loves me.
I don’t know what that emotion would feel like, whether it’s from a family member, a friend, a lover, etc.
It’s such an odd question to have at the back of my mind. And I can’t really shake it. I know my love language(s), but not really in the sense of how I receive love, and it’s not something I can just ask for (which is a whole other can of worms).
So I’m just here in a relationship, and have gone through so many others, just feeling my side of giving love/having love for someone, but not really knowing love received.
TL;DR
I don’t know if I’m sure I’ve ever felt loved, and I’m wondering if anyone else has insight.