Infatuate

To infatuate is to inspire unreasoning love or passion in someone. If you infatuate someone you cause him or her to have unreasonable love or attachment to you. To infatuate is different than to love. Love requires stronger and more deep-seated emotions while if you infatuate after someone the feelings are just passing.

If you infatuate for someone the feelings almost always have a sense of urgency and impatience. Feelings of love develop over time as you get to know someone while if you infatuate you are expecting immediate results and may suffer extreme anxiety if you don't get them.

When you infatuate you often are not thinking clearly about the relationship. In fact, you may be thinking irrationally and your feelings may become so strong that you obsess over the other person. If you infatuate over someone you tend to lose your common sense and these feelings take over.

Infatuation is very different from love yet many people don't understand the difference. If you infatuate you tend to have immediate feelings that are combined with a sense of urgency. You may feel impatient and anxious in wanting something quickly. When you infatuate the feelings are only temporary and often leave as fast as they came. Love on the other hand is more permanent and real. It is more rational and patient.

If you infatuate it almost certainly comes from a need to fill a particular void in your emotional life. When you infatuate the void is instantly filled with thoughts of the other person. But these feelings are not permanent. In order to build a meaningful and happy relationship you need love. Infatuation rarely turns into love because the premise of the infatuation was not based on reality. True loving and caring feelings develop over time and are lasting.

Infatuation is an almost irrational obsession or passion in someone else. If you get a crush on someone it can also be described as infatuation. Infatuation is the feeling that you have when you suddenly like someone. These feelings of infatuation can include anxiety, excitement and a sense of urgency. Infatuation is often associated with teenagers but it can happen to anyone. Infatuation may seem like a happy emotion at the time but it quickly fades away. Read more about Infatuation at the Infatuation page.