An intriguing facet of most ENFP's I know... Love is an extremely broad term which applies to many things. But we do not take love lightly.
Some of the following quotes are a way to understand how we view "love"... I think:
"It's not that I can't fall in love. It's really that I can't help falling in love with too many things all at once. So, you must understand why I can't distinguish between what's platonic and what isn't, because it's all too much and not enough at the same time."
- Jack Kerouac
"Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses."
- Ann Landers
"Any type of relationship is meaningless if you can't actively express your genuine emotions without feeling ashamed"
Basically... We "love" everybody in some shape or form. But I know that most people don't view it that way. Which is why I have to stop myself over and over and over when I'm about to burst out "I love you" to someone. Because they aren't going to get it and I'm not going to know how to explain it. And then I'm just going to act so weird you are going to wonder why I'm not in a straitjacket.
And then if I actually fancy someone (I prefer the word "fancy" over "like" because let's be honest, that is so much more clear) I will take it to my grave rather than tell them. Most ENFP's that I've met fear rejection like it's the plague, so my best guess is that we just don't want to be rejected if our sentiments were known. But who really does, anyhow?
However, flip side... If someone tells me they love me or I feel like someone is getting overly attached to me, I will literally freak out. It feels like someone is forcing me to fit a mold. I will almost immediately resent that person if I feel obligated to show any sign of affection for them or I feel like my emotional freedom is being compromised. But again, I probably won't tell them.
So that's about all I can think to say of this matter before I just beat it dead. Mooooving on!
