How many times have you truly fallen in love?

There is no single word to describe the feeling of being in love in English. The Greeks, however, call it “erotas” from the Greek god of love “Eros”. This specific word depicts and describes the very first butterflies you get in your stomach when you think of your significant other. It’s getting to know them and wanting to know more of them and going to bed at night with their smile and their face being your last thought of the day.

It has been reported that falling in love does not come but once or twice in a person’s life and many poets have expressed the loss of the one true love and the fear of never experiencing such strong emotions ever again.

In this week’s poll we have asked you to tell us how many times you have truly fallen in love.

As an overall result your answers show that most of you haven’t fallen in love but a few times in your lives. There are, however, those of you who haven’t been in love at all and those of you who can’t stay out of it.

Let’s see your results more analytically and in figures, then.

A good 44% of you have stated that you have been in love two to five times in your lives so far. This definitely gives hope to others who feel that they’ve lost their one true love.

You probably belong in that group of people who learn from their mistakes and are willing to jump into the game again, making things right the second time around.

It could, also, be that you’ve made peace with yourselves and you accept life as it comes, while being open to new chances, opportunities and experiences.

No matter what the reason, love does have a significant role in your life and you seem to cherish and appreciate it.

Another 33% of you state that you haven’t been in love but once in your lives. Frustrating, some might say. Be it that you have been dumped for no reason, that you have cheated or hurt your loved one in any other way or that it was one sided love, it’s definitely been a hard kind of love for you.

It might have left you subconsciously scarred and afraid, something that caused you to build walls around your heart to keep you from ever getting hurt again. It’s possible that you can figure you reasons out by asking this one question to yourself: “Do I want to fall in love again”?

If you have just come out of a relationship that’s gone bad, then give it time. Time heals all wounds they say. If you are too young, then just wait. A second true love might be just around the corner.

Then, there’s a shocking 9% of you who told us that you haven’t truly fallen in love ever, not even a little, not even at all. If you are 14, I get it, but if you are old and wise then stop what you are doing and start searching for that one person that will make you lose your mind.

No human being is incapable of loving and you form no exception to that rule. Even psychopaths fall in love eventually; in their one way, of course, but they do.

It is understandable to want to safeguard your heart, but remember that heartbreak can also be caused by every single person we love in our lives, including friends and siblings. It’s a shame not to be able to fully understand what writers like Dante and Shakespeare talk about.

On the opposite side, 3% of you can’t stay out of love and you tell us that you have fallen in love dozens of times. Wow! Really, I congratulate you though allow me to have my doubts as to whether it was true love or a fling resembling true love. I don’t mean to mock you, it’s just that in order to truly feel that you are in love, you need to allow a fair amount of time for the relationship to develop; see the other person, get to know them and their habits, allow them to reveal their true selves.

If you manage to fall in love at first sight and stay in it for a period of time, then you ought to teach the rest of us how you do it.

A general conclusion is that love is not to be taken for granted. When a love goes, it is not always sure that another one will come along, though this might depend on your feelings at the time and our willingness to open up to another person again.

It is fate’s -and chance’s- work, however, that the more we deny and fear something, the more it will chase us and vice versa. So, if you are desperately looking for love, stop and it will come to you. If, on the other hand, you make fun of people in love, get ready because it’s sure as hell headed your way and you won’t know what hit you.

Love can be both a blessing and a curse. How you experience it is entirely up to you.